{"id":89600,"date":"2013-12-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/things-to-do-in-paternoster\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:50","slug":"things-to-do-in-paternoster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/things-to-do-in-paternoster\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to do in Paternoster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?attachment_id=31190\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31190\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31190\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/pater.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I only recently discovered this old fishing village (actually the oldest in South Africa) on the West Coast. Being a Grecophile myself, I found the Greek-style buildings absolutely breathtaking. A mere hour and a bit from Cape Town, it makes for the ideal weekend destination. And with so many activities, restaurants and small shops to choose from, why not check it out?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Things to do include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Buy fresh fish and have a fish braai.<\/strong> Visitors can buy their meal straight from local fisherman, who sell fish fresh off the boats as they come in to shore. Or if you feel like going out, find a plethora of fantastic eateries a stone&#8217;s throw away. Try some delicate seafood at Gaaitjie Salt Water Restaurant or basically anything at The Noisy Oyster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oep ve Koep (Die Winkel op Paternoster building) is also <strong>great for browsing<\/strong> jams and preserves, antiques, freshly baked bread, bokkoms, olives and pickles, farm butter, hand-harvested West Coast salt and other delicacies. Also a great spot for\u00a0breakfast or a light lunch with flair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paternoster is also a big destination for <strong>snorkelers, divers<\/strong>, kite surfers and flyers, hikers, bikers and kayakers. The town makes you want to be active and enjoy the outdoors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Watched over by a stoic Cape Columbine lighthouse<\/strong> which stands tall in the nearby nature reserve &#8211; of the same name &#8211; this is definitely a must-visit. Camp or just pop-into the reserve for the day &#8211; it&#8217;s beautiful!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The standards of <strong>accommodation<\/strong> in Paternoster is extremely high and plentiful. I recommend staying at Die Opstal, Abalone House or Paternoster Dunes. All great places!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be sure to keep Paternoster in mind the next time you book a weekend away &#8211; it&#8217;s the gem in the West Coast&#8217;s crown for sure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gem in the West Coast&#8217;s crown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":89601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_destination_ratings":[],"_destination_review_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,445],"tags":[49,79],"class_list":["post-89600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-destinations-travel","tag-cape-town","tag-cpt","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Things to do in Paternoster - 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