The Village Inn - Nieu-Bethesda

This has been on my bucket list for years and I finally got to visit! What a great privilege to experience the life of Helen Martins. The video was very informative. Her home and the sculpture garden are so well preserved. Being among the sculptures brought on many emotions that can only be explained to someone that have also seen them before. A must!

What a fascinating story the artistic expressions by Helen Martins have been well maintained. The video was so informative well scripted and presented. The sculptures, the owls, the playfulness of light definitely a stop worth making.

Definitely worth the visit, as Nieu-Bethesda depends on The Owl House to bring in visitors from all over the world. Prepare for an emotional journey through the mind of Helen Martins and Koos Malgas, her sculptor.

It is a fantastically strange museum. The outside sculptures are biblical. The internal walls, doors and ceilings (and some sculptures) are covered in different colours of broken glass. It was fascinating.

World renowned, playwright, Athol Fugard 's play 'The road to Mecca ' was inspired by the life of Helen Martins. A visit to Nieu Bethesda and the Owl House is definitely worthwhile from the beautiful scenery en route, the quaint village buildings to being transported back to a time when the strength and determination of a woman with a vision was reason to be spurned by a community.