Berea, Durban

Planning a holiday in Durban is made that much easier with the range of available holiday accommodation in Berea. The Berea suburb of Durban lies perched on the crest of a ridge above the city, an exclusive residential suburb, littered with an eclectic mix of architectural styles that include large Victorian, Edwardian, art deco and modern homes that bring to mind the colonial days of yore, and support the city’s epithet as the last British outpost in South Africa.

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The views from this garden suburb with its wide tree-lined streets and Indian mynah cacophony at sun down, offer some of the most superb sea and city views in the city. The city centre is an easy bus trip, the beaches are close by, the suburb is renowned for its pavement restaurants and diverse mix of African, Indian and European cultures, and there are a couple of shopping centres here that offer easy and accessible shopping.

Durban’s Botanic Gardens on the eastern slopes of the ridge that began as a site for growing experimental tropical crops, today offer a herbarium, an orchid house, a cycad collection, a garden for the blind and a charity tea garden.

Fashionable Florida Road that leads off the Ridge, south of Mitchell Park towards Windermere, is a hive of art galleries, restaurants and fashionable boutiques in a wash of colour and quasi-colonial, semi-bohemian lifestyle where, what began as a largely residential area, today is a humming commercial part of the city that deserves a visit for the restaurants, coffee shops and listed buildings.

And whilst you’re up on the ridge, take a trip to Mitchell Park, the tree-filled family favourite with a resident colony of tortoises, ducks and a wonderful aviary, although the coffee shop leaves a lot to be desired, rather head off to Florida Road or the harbour if it’s fabulous fare you’re after.

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This shopaholic was very pleased we chose Berea for our summer holiday. I was worried we'd be stuck on the sand in the middle of nowhere.! BUT, Berea had awesome shops and restaurants and, yes, a beach for the rest of the family! Fun fun fun!

Tamsyn Venter (Pretoria)

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My husband and I recently spent a few nights in Durban and stayed in the Berea. A highlight was strolling through the beautiful Botanical Gardens and having tea and scones at their cafe that has been operating for years! I really enjoyed our time!

Helen (Kearsney)

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