Walmer, Gqeberha

Walmer, a rather popular suburb of Port Elizabeth with its wide tree lined streets, is something of an establishment - a number of the city's oldest families live here, and businesses too are lining up for their share of the large homes, as parts of Walmer fall into demarcated business zones, particularly on Main Road. Walmer's origins are as a farm that was later sub-divided - the portion known as 'Muller town' renamed to Walmer after the Duke of Wellington, who died at Walmer Castle, which goes some way to explain its links with older, more established residents of Port Elizabeth, some of whom could have been here since the 1850s.

Aside from its obvious beauty, staying in the garden suburb of Walmer has a number of advantages: the airport is five minutes' away; beaches are 10 minutes' drive from here, and you're walking distance from Main Road and the Walmer Park Shopping and Entertainment centre, also referred to as the 'cosmopolitan centre', due in no small part to its up-market quality.