Drostdy Hotel
Forty-eight rooms on Church Street in Graaff-Reinet's national-monument quarter, founded 1804
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The hotel is a restored magistrate's residence on Church Street in the national-monument quarter of Graaff-Reinet. The original structure was built in 1804 to a design by architect Louis Thibault and served as the official residence of the town's magistrate until 1847. Lord Charles Somerset and Sir Rufane Donkin both stayed within its walls. In 1878 the building opened as Kromm's Drostdy Hotel; a Victorian façade was added around the turn of the century. Historical Homes of South Africa carried out a formal restoration in 1975. Since 2012 the property has been owned by the South African College for Tourism, whose year-long internship programme brings graduates from rural communities into the hotel's staff complement.
Forty-eight rooms are divided into Bachelor, Standard, Executive, and Suite categories. Bachelor rooms measure twenty square metres on average and contain a double bed, mini bar, and en-suite bathroom with separate bath and shower. Standard rooms measure thirty-one square metres; Executive rooms range from twenty-seven to sixty-three square metres. Suites average forty-six square metres and include a lounge area. All rooms are fitted with air conditioning, television with satellite channels, underfloor heating in bathrooms, and Egyptian cotton bedding. Two Executive rooms in the Ferreira precinct can be reserved alongside three Standard rooms and a private pool for group travel. Wheelchair-accessible rooms are available.
De Camdeboo Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner drawn from Karoo culinary tradition—slow-cooked lamb, root vegetables, and baked goods. The wine shop stocks South African estates, many sold at cellar-door prices. Three pools lie on the grounds: one main pool, one at the Ferreira Suites, one at the Kromm Cottages. The Africology Spa offers treatments using natural products. Camdeboo National Park, which almost entirely surrounds the town, lies fourteen kilometres from the hotel and contains the Valley of Desolation, a dolerite-cliff formation rising one hundred and twenty metres from the valley floor.
Forty-eight rooms are divided into Bachelor, Standard, Executive, and Suite categories. Bachelor rooms measure twenty square metres on average and contain a double bed, mini bar, and en-suite bathroom with separate bath and shower. Standard rooms measure thirty-one square metres; Executive rooms range from twenty-seven to sixty-three square metres. Suites average forty-six square metres and include a lounge area. All rooms are fitted with air conditioning, television with satellite channels, underfloor heating in bathrooms, and Egyptian cotton bedding. Two Executive rooms in the Ferreira precinct can be reserved alongside three Standard rooms and a private pool for group travel. Wheelchair-accessible rooms are available.
De Camdeboo Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner drawn from Karoo culinary tradition—slow-cooked lamb, root vegetables, and baked goods. The wine shop stocks South African estates, many sold at cellar-door prices. Three pools lie on the grounds: one main pool, one at the Ferreira Suites, one at the Kromm Cottages. The Africology Spa offers treatments using natural products. Camdeboo National Park, which almost entirely surrounds the town, lies fourteen kilometres from the hotel and contains the Valley of Desolation, a dolerite-cliff formation rising one hundred and twenty metres from the valley floor.