A well developed infrastructure, strategic position (on the main road to Gauteng and the Southern Cape) ample watersupply, serviced industrial sites and a safe environment make Worcester the ideal town for industrial investment.

Worcester boasts with excellent medical services, two hospitals as well as community health services rendered by the Municipality.

Worcester has for many years been known as an educational centre with its community college, computer college, six high schools (one being a technical school), sixteen primary schools (one being a private school), two schools for the hearing impaired and one for the visually impaired.

The town, situated in the scenic Boland region with its mountains, valleys, vineyards en fynbos offers a wide variety of tourist attractions.

Tranquil, scenic footpaths in the Karoo National Botanical Gardens take visitors from one surprise to another through a wide selection of the region’s flora.

The more energetic can take on quite a number of hiking trails in the mountains surrounding Worcester.

During certain times of the year, visitors can take canoe trips on the Breede River whilst angling and various watersports are popular events on the dams and rivers outside of town.

Due to the positioning of the surrounding mountains, Worcester is one of the best places in South Africa for hang-gliding and glider flying.

Worcester’s townplanning represents a neoclassical influence. Privately owned buildings were often erected without consulting an architect, resulting in an architectural style of its own of which the Worcester gable is a typical example.

Many of the old gable houses remained thanks to the town being spared the destructive fires some of the neighbouring towns had suffered in the past.

This architectural heritage of more than forty different forms and styles of architecture can be observed by tourist on one of the walking trails through the historical section of town.

The region’s wines can be tasted at any of the more than 20 cooperative cellars around town. Tourists can also taste and buy award-winning wines at Worcester Winelands at the Kleinplasie complex.

KWV’s brandy cellar take tourists on guided tours through the cellar to observe the distillery process.

Farming activities from way back can be seen at the Klein Plasie Open Air Agricultural Museum and at Beck House Museum. Exhibitions depicting the way of life in Worcester from the earliest years are open to visitors.

Artworks by famous artists like Hugo Naudé and Jean Welz are permanently on view at the local art gallery. Tourists visiting the Unobuntu Multipurpose Centre in Zweletemba, can learn more about the culture and way of life of the local black community.

Hardly an hour’s drive from Cape Town, Worcester offers excellent value for weekend-tourists, especially with attractions like the Agricultural Show in January, Easter Bazaars, Brandy Festival in April, the Young Wine Show and Wijnlander Golf Tournament in September, Winelands Bowling Tournament and the Food And Wine Festival in October.

Worcester’s three-star hotel and number of guest houses in and around Worcester offer excellent accommodation.

For more information on Worcester, telephone Mr JR Botha, communications/marketing officer at the Municipality at tel. (023) 348 2600 or fax 347 3671.