GPS coordinates: lat: -33.310558 - lng: 26.525311

A Stone's Throw

Address:

Stones Hill Port Alfred Road, . Grahamstown

Telephone:

+27 (0) 83 651 9244

Fax:

+27 (0) 86 542 7613

Description

A Stone's Throw B&B accommodation offers country living only 4km's from the city centre of Grahamstown, the heart of Frontier Country. A warm welcome awaits you at A Stone's Throw, the perfect travellers stopover in Grahamstown Africa's Festival Capital and City of Saints. A Stone's Throw B&B is situated in a tranquil country setting with the advantage of accessibility to the main centre of Grahamstown, as well as Thomas Baines Nature Reserve. The beaches of Kenton-on-Sea, Kasouga and Port Alfred are nearby and the Great Fish River Game Reserves, Addo Elephant Park and Port Elizabeth are just over one hour away. A Stone's Throw B&B is situated "a stone's throw" from the main centre of Makana.

Keywords

Accommodation, Swimming Pool, Restaurants, Television, Fishing, Golf Course, Breakfast, Hiking Trails, Beach, Cycling Paths, Internet Facilities, Kitchenette, Affordable, Babysitting, Fax, Family Rooms, Laundry, Beds, Attractions, Pubs, Gardens, Credit Cards Accepted, Safes, View, Travellers, Wooden Deck, Cabins, Rondavel, Loft Rooms, Self Catering Facilities, Scenic Walks, Country Setting, Main Room Ensuite, Architectural Styles, Thorn-Tree Garden

Company description

A Stone's Throw B&B is ideal for visitors to the wide variety of attractions historical and educational in Grahamstown including, Rhodes University, Kingswood College, St Andrews College, The Diocesan School for Girls, Artificers Square, the old artisan quarter with many restored original houses which reflect a number of 1820 Settler architectural styles. The Botanical Gardens, 1820 Settlers National Monument, Fort Selwyn, Gunfire Hill, used as a lookout point for the garrison in early Grahamstown years. Albany History Museum, Selmar Schonland Herbarium, a pressed plant library. National English Literary Museum & Bookshop, Observatory Museum. The Observatory is a unique multi-storeyed 19th century Victorian shop and home which is now a museum. Visit the Egazini Memorial one of the first township based heritage sites in South Africa. The Memorial marks the event of the Battle of Grahamstown which took place in 1819. Don't forget the students "night-life" including some wonderful restaurants and viby pubs and much much more.

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