South Africa Guide
The Eastern Cape
Accommodation
1 Cradock Spa 4.5km north of town on the road to the signposted Mountain Zebra National Park 
048 881 2709 The best bet for budget accommodation, with self-catering, fully equipped chalets sleeping two to four. Price: R101-200
2 Heritage House 45 Bree St 048 881 5251 or 3210 Large Victorian home with a pool landscaped into rocks in the garden and a menagerie of animals, including a tame springbok. The owner is the curator of the Olive Schreiner Museum and will pack you a picnic for an early morning hike up to the tomb. Price: R101-200
3 Tuishuise Market St 048 881 1322 
www.tuishuise.co.za Staying in this street of comfortable and very stylish one- to four-bedroomed Victorian houses for rent gives an authentic sense of colonial domestic life over a century ago. Prices are very reasonable given that you get what amounts to a mini-museum to yourself, each house kitted out with antique furniture and crockery. There's dining close at hand at the Victoria Manor, though you can also self-cater. Price: R201-300
4 Victoria Manor 36 Market St 048 881 1650 www.tuishuise.co.za Effortlessly gracious, old-fashioned hotel with excellent service, bags of character and period fittings. The rooms are en suite, dining is off silverware – the restaurant does very tasty dinners in a crimson Victorian dining room – and the breakfasts are among the best in the country. Price: R201–400