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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Paarl

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Paarl, South Africa

Updated May 26, 2017

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The Goat Tower of Fairview Cheese & Wine Farm

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.
The Afrikaans Language Monument overlooking Paarl Valley.

Paarl, South Africa

Afrikaans Language Monument

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.
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Dylan Lewis Studio and Sculpture Garden

A sculpted indigenous garden featuring more than 60 works by Dylan Lewis.
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