Guidebook for Port Elizabeth

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Guidebook for Port Elizabeth

Food Scene

Good quality food, freshly prepared.
29 locals recommend
Bocadillos Restaurant & Bakery
42 6th Ave
29 locals recommend
Good quality food, freshly prepared.
Best value for money in the city.
10 locals recommend
Angelos | Café | 6th Ave
42 6th Ave
10 locals recommend
Best value for money in the city.
Opens early, very popular with cyclists after morning rides.
25 locals recommend
Cobblestone Bakery
40 6th Ave
25 locals recommend
Opens early, very popular with cyclists after morning rides.
Light breakfasts and toasted sandwiches. Closed in the evening.
12 locals recommend
Urban Espress Coffee Co.
132 Villiers Rd
12 locals recommend
Light breakfasts and toasted sandwiches. Closed in the evening.
Consistent quality and nice atmosphere.
25 locals recommend
Chingada's Mexican Cantina
54 Main Rd
25 locals recommend
Consistent quality and nice atmosphere.
Consistent quality, right on the beachfront opposite Shark Rock Pier.
30 locals recommend
Ginger The Restaurant
Marine Drive
30 locals recommend
Consistent quality, right on the beachfront opposite Shark Rock Pier.
South Africa's favourite fast food and burger joint. Open 24hrs.
Steers Engen Heugh Road
158 Heugh Rd
South Africa's favourite fast food and burger joint. Open 24hrs.
Located in Port Elizabeth's oldest building - the harbour master's office. Its small and intimate with great food.
6 locals recommend
Friendly Stranger
1 Bridge St
6 locals recommend
Located in Port Elizabeth's oldest building - the harbour master's office. Its small and intimate with great food.
Fast food pizza chain. Convenient and consistent quality. They Deliver.
Debonairs Pizza
Heugh Road
Fast food pizza chain. Convenient and consistent quality. They Deliver.
Arguably one of South Africa's best sushi bars. Booking Essential.
19 locals recommend
Fushin Sushi and Eastern Cuisine
Stanley Street
19 locals recommend
Arguably one of South Africa's best sushi bars. Booking Essential.
Preprepared home style meals. 100m from the cottage.
Home Cooked Meals
129 Fordyce Rd
Preprepared home style meals. 100m from the cottage.
Good value with traditional decor. Known for grilled steak. Only a few hundred meters from the cottage.
14 locals recommend
The Hussar Grill Walmer
50 6th Ave
14 locals recommend
Good value with traditional decor. Known for grilled steak. Only a few hundred meters from the cottage.

Drinks & Nightlife

Stanley Street is a precinct of cafes, restaurants and bars. A good variety of spots to choose from and great street atmosphere.
32 locals recommend
Stanley Street
Stanley Street
32 locals recommend
Stanley Street is a precinct of cafes, restaurants and bars. A good variety of spots to choose from and great street atmosphere.
Great verandah for sundowners. Excellent upmarket restaurant (Ginger) next door.
10 locals recommend
The Beach Hotel
Marine Drive
10 locals recommend
Great verandah for sundowners. Excellent upmarket restaurant (Ginger) next door.
Typical casino, but decent restaurants and touristy shops. Opposite Hobie Beach.
94 locals recommend
Boardwalk Casino
Beach Road
94 locals recommend
Typical casino, but decent restaurants and touristy shops. Opposite Hobie Beach.
Featuring the best local and South African music acts. Restaurant pub. Highly recommended.
7 locals recommend
The Music Kitchen
69 Mangold St
7 locals recommend
Featuring the best local and South African music acts. Restaurant pub. Highly recommended.
Micro brewed Beer and Pizza. 3 minutes walk from the cottage.
Cherry Place Cafe & Conference Centre
156 Villiers Rd
Micro brewed Beer and Pizza. 3 minutes walk from the cottage.
Award winning craft beer, decent food and festive atmosphere.
67 locals recommend
Bridge Street Brewery
1 Bridge St
67 locals recommend
Award winning craft beer, decent food and festive atmosphere.
Popular nightspot, especially if you are under 30 years old. Open until very late. Under 10 minutes walk from the cottage.
Balizza
108 Heugh Rd
Popular nightspot, especially if you are under 30 years old. Open until very late. Under 10 minutes walk from the cottage.

Getting Around

All the major car rental companies are represented. 5 minutes drive from the cottage. Tourist Information is available in the arrivals hall. This is a super convenient airport with loads of daily flights to Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
46 locals recommend
Port Elizabeth International Airport
Allister Miller Drive
46 locals recommend
All the major car rental companies are represented. 5 minutes drive from the cottage. Tourist Information is available in the arrivals hall. This is a super convenient airport with loads of daily flights to Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
Petrol station and 24 hour convenience store.
Caltex
37 8th Ave
Petrol station and 24 hour convenience store.
The cottage is 3 mins from the airport where all the major car rental companies are located. Uber is available, cheap and reliable in Port Elizabeth.
Hertz Port Elizabeth Airport
The cottage is 3 mins from the airport where all the major car rental companies are located. Uber is available, cheap and reliable in Port Elizabeth.

Parks & Nature

Scotia offer game drives and you have a chance of spotting African big game. Experience a meal in an African boma. Just less than a 1 hour drive from the cottage.
Schotia Safaris Reception
Scotia offer game drives and you have a chance of spotting African big game. Experience a meal in an African boma. Just less than a 1 hour drive from the cottage.
20 minutes from the cottage. Get up close and personal with lions and other cat predators.
30 locals recommend
Seaview Predator Park
Lower Seaview Road
30 locals recommend
20 minutes from the cottage. Get up close and personal with lions and other cat predators.
African wildlife right on the edge of the city. Ideal for a 2-3 hour activity. 20 mins from the cottage.
131 locals recommend
Kragga Kamma Game Park
162 Christian Rd
131 locals recommend
African wildlife right on the edge of the city. Ideal for a 2-3 hour activity. 20 mins from the cottage.

Shopping

Convenient, small mall with PostNet (internet, printing, courier), Banks, Pharmacy, Checkers, liquor store.
FNB Bank ATM 6th Avenue Walmer Shopping Centre
Convenient, small mall with PostNet (internet, printing, courier), Banks, Pharmacy, Checkers, liquor store.
Large, upmarket shopping mall with places to eat and movie theatres.
102 locals recommend
Walmer Park Shopping Centre
Main Road
102 locals recommend
Large, upmarket shopping mall with places to eat and movie theatres.
90 percent of the world's mohair is processed in the city. Find unique mohair products such as blankets, scarves and clothing at the global headquarters of mohair. You are buying direct from source. 100m from the cottage.
Mohair South Africa
127 Fordyce Rd
90 percent of the world's mohair is processed in the city. Find unique mohair products such as blankets, scarves and clothing at the global headquarters of mohair. You are buying direct from source. 100m from the cottage.

Sightseeing

Amazing views of the bay and city history.
68 locals recommend
The Donkin Reserve
68 locals recommend
Amazing views of the bay and city history.
This house has been restored to its original condition and displays life as it was in Port Elizabeth in the 1800s.
10 locals recommend
7 Castle Hill
7 Castle Hill
10 locals recommend
This house has been restored to its original condition and displays life as it was in Port Elizabeth in the 1800s.
Shark Rock is a great base from which to explore the beautiful beaches and have a meal or sundowners over-looking the bay.
23 locals recommend
Shark Rock Pier
Marine Drive
23 locals recommend
Shark Rock is a great base from which to explore the beautiful beaches and have a meal or sundowners over-looking the bay.

Arts & Culture

Great collection of regional artworks.
19 locals recommend
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum
1 Park Dr
19 locals recommend
Great collection of regional artworks.
The university's institutional art gallery has an active calendar of national, regional and student exhibitions. Free entrance.
Bird Street Campus
The university's institutional art gallery has an active calendar of national, regional and student exhibitions. Free entrance.