Description: Gordons Bay is an ideal holiday destination with warm waters, white sandy beaches and harbour in the Helderberg Region of the Western Cape
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Gordons Bay , a breathtaking coastal village, lies in a corner of False Bay where the majestic Hottentots Holland Mountain dips it’s toes in the ocean.
Only 45 minutes drive from Cape Town and adjacent to Somerset West and Strand , this popular vacation destination is the only town in South Africa boasting with 2 fully operational Harbours, namely the Old Harbour where you will find the Gordon’s Bay Yacht Club and Harbour Island a marina development with mooring for yachts and home of the Gordon’s Bay Boat Angling Club .
Gordons Bay has had a few name changes over the the last 350 years. In 1672 Gordons Bay was called Vischers Baaij. Later variations were Vischbaai, Visch Hoek and then Fish Hoek. Gordons Bay grew from a fishing village to a holiday resort in the late 1800’s.