Tatyana Binovskaya- artist

Colonel Bird's bath. In fact, it turned out that Colonel Brad had built this bath and Lady Barnard had nothing to do with it. But this is a more beautiful legend! Official version. Colonel Bird's Bath is the centrepiece of the Dell Valley in which the park is located. It was built around 1811 by Colonel Christopher Bird, Undersecretary for Colonial Affairs. He built this pool in the shape of a bird (a play on his name) to collect spring water, let it stand and clarify before being sent into the house. The pool is made of Batavian type bricks and is fed by four crystal clear ice mountain springs. The paths and surroundings of the bathhouse were paved and paved with local stone by Kirstenbosch stonecutters. This bath is also known as "Lady Anne Barnard Bath", but this legend is not true. Lady Anne was the wife of the Minister of Colonial Affairs and lived on the Cape from 1797 to 1802. She could not swim in this bath as it was built after she left the cape. See how th...

Practice at the Academy of Tourism. After the course of lectures, we began practical training. These were full-fledged excursions to the historical sites and reserves of Cape Town. First, I will tell and show you about these excursions, especially since I have preserved photographs. On the first day, we visited the most famous Cape Town park, which I already told you about - this would be Kirstenbosch - remember the concerts in the open-air meadow. And today I will tell you about Lady Barnard's Bath. After graduating from the Academy of Tourism, I developed a very interesting hobby, one might even say not a hobby but a real passion. It is thanks to this passion that you are reading my notes today. With great pleasure, I began to collect interesting facts like pearls in a necklace, because working as a guide, I needed to interest clients, no one needs to listen to and remember important dates, it is much more interesting to listen to legends. It was and is very interesting to me mys...