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Local Travel inspiration in and around South Africa
Local Travel inspiration in and around South Africa
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Culture<br />
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Centre or the Hobby Bookshop on Vereeniging Drive. In Port Elizabeth in the Nelson<br />
Mandela Bay Metro, Fogarty’s Bookshop has been serving the local community since<br />
1946. Pickwick Books & Stationers on 5th Avenue, Walmer, sells school text books,<br />
reading books, wall charts, maps, study guides, workbooks, games and stationery.<br />
On the north-eastern outskirts of the city at Bluewater Bay you’ll find A Little Book All<br />
About Me; in Central there is the quaint little Book & Bygones; and in Newton Park<br />
there is Sizwe Books. ]<br />
scenic road trips, and stop in the historic town of Barrydale for lunch and a visit to the<br />
House of Books. Situated on Van Riebeeck Street, it is a treasure trove of secondhand<br />
books. Deep in the heart of the Great Karoo, in the fascinating little town of Nieu<br />
Bethesda near the Gariep Dam, and famous for Helen Martin’s Owl House, you’ll<br />
find Dustcovers. It is a quaint and unexpected bookstore where you browse through<br />
everything from collectables to the classics, coffee table books and many other new<br />
and second-hand books. Coffee is also served under a grapevine in the courtyard or<br />
in the icy winters next to a crackling indoors fire.<br />
Small Country Towns<br />
It is not only South Africa’s larger cities that cater for bookworms, travellers from afar<br />
and armchair travellers. Travel around the country and you will be surprised with the<br />
many unique little bookstores that await you in the most hidden away or remote little<br />
towns and villages.<br />
Travel from Cape Town to Oudtshoorn along Route 66, one of South Africa’s most<br />
In the historic university town of Grahamstown, on High Street, you can stop at Fables<br />
Bookshop which sells mainly African, out-of-print, academic and specialist books. If<br />
you are visiting the seaside town of Hermanus on the south-western coast near Cape<br />
Town, a visit to the Book Cottage is a must. The bookshop is located in a charming<br />
cottage filled with a wide range of books from local to international best-sellers, niche<br />
books and children’s books. They also host special readings and book launches.<br />
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