Bosman’s Crossing is a picturesque blend of heritage and modern
lifestyle with a trading village as the central theme. The trading village incorporates
tourist shopping, community shopping and craft markets. To enhance visitor browsing,
an arched village piazza, a river promenade and a cobbled arcade were added
with an aesthetic emphasis on natural materials.
This provides an area of leisure, reflecting traditional activities of the
Stellenbosch wine lands embraced by the ambience of a village square consisting
of restaurants, coffee shops and wine bars, open square and arcade, riverfront
boardwalk and bridge, access to the nature reserve, mini museums and a place to
honour South Africa’s wine pioneers - a “third place” to meet people and make
new friends.
Papegaaiberg is a stone's throw away, with the starting point of the 24-kilometre long Vineyard Hiking Trail, through a series
of hills and ridges, through forest plantations, vineyards, olive groves and
some of the remaining small remnants of the coastal Renosterveld.