Somerset Lodge Luxury Self-Catering Apartment 1

Somerset Lodge is a family owned three-storey apartment block in the heart of Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is adjacent to St Andrews College and Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) and Rhodes University. Walking distance to shops and central business district. It is ideal as your home away from home accommodation requirements for trips visiting school or university children or on a business or academic trip to Grahamstown. We have several luxury self catering apartments available. Somerset Lodge luxury self-catering apartments have been beautifully revamped into modern contemporary spaces with combinations of porcelain tiled and beautifully refurbished parquet wooden flooring. The new aluminium windows with acoustic glass make the apartments light and bright and minimise street sounds. Top quality fittings and finishes have been added with LED downlighting throughout. Tastefully decorated with hand-made and modern contemporary furnishings. The apartments each have their own Juliet balcony overlooking the Hodgson field and Webster astro towards Signal Hill and Mountain Drive. Visit our website (Website hidden by Airbnb) for more details. Ideal for short, medium and long-term rentals. All furnished apartments are fully equipped and fitted with: Air-conditioning Flat screen DSTV with commercial bouquet package Wifi Bosch™ kitchen appliances including stove, oven, washing machine and tumble drier Double door fridge / freezer Microwave / grill Oven Kettle Toaster Kitchen utensils Premier water purification systems Eat-at-bar kitchens with granite counter tops Lounge with Coricraft™ couches Handmade wooden furniture Fitted cupboards and carpentry throughout Wooden venetian and sheer-weave roller blinds fitted throughout Premium memory foam beds Percale cotton linen Over-sized cotton towels Electric blankets Premium down-like microfibre duvets and pillows Additional feather-down pillows Velvet covered feather bed cushions All bathrooms are generously sized, modern and well-aired with large granite vanities and cupboards, spacious rain showers with Hansgrohe™ fittings. Bedford Studio sleeps a maximum of 4 persons and it’s key features include: Top floor with commanding views of fields and mountain beyond Open plan bedroom/lounge with Queen XL bed One bathroom Eat-at-bar kitchen fully equipped Separate study fitted with desk and double bunk bed with LED lighting. There are other apartments in various combinations of studio, 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms in the block. The apartment block is within an electric fenced area with motorised gate access. After dark automatic lighting on external of building and inside lobbies and stairwells. Motorised gate access into secure off-street parking inside electric fence. Each apartment fully contained. Building has two shared entrance lobbies and stairwells. Guests have their own private space. Regarded as the heart of the tourist route known as 'Frontier Country', Grahamstown, along with towns like Alicedale, Sidbury, Riebeeck East, Hogsback and Alice, is part of one of the most diverse ecological regions in South Africa, with thousands of hectares devoted to nature and game conservation, and a history seeped in forts, conflict and strife. Grahamstown lies at the intersection of four very different climatic zones and its unpredictable weather is part of the excitement of the annual arts festival, which takes place in the middle of winter and sees thousands of people bundled in coats, gloves and scarves, descend on the city, whose broad tree-lined streets, gorgeous historical buildings, museums and plethora of churches - responsible for its ‘City of Saints’ label - are a throw-back to the time when Grahamstown was the second largest city in the Cape. The Grahamstown Arts Festival, which during apartheid was a hive of political and protest theatre that never closed its doors to any race, colour, sex or creed, and imposes no censorship or artistic restraint on works presented at the festival, continues as a platform for experimentation. The Fringe still serves as a great place to spot talent as theatre is not subject to a selection committee, as is the main festival. Grahamstown maintains its small-town Victorian charm, its over 100 schools and university earning it a reputation as an academic city. Grahamstown is also a bird watchers delight. The Thomas Baines Nature Reserve, which lies just outside the city, and the Great Fish River Reserve, about 35 kilometres away, both provide a wide variety of bird life. The Oldenburgia hiking trail, Grahamstown’s own hiking trail, is a two-day circular trail starting and ending in the city, and there are another two shorter walking trails in town - the Dassie Krantz and Gowie Kloof. Walk Car Airport Shuttles available to and from Port Elizabeth and East London Airports from local service providers. Secure apartment block in electric fenced off area with secure parking and motorised gate access. Guests can pre-arrange for catering items to be stocked in the kitchen. Walk to nearby shops and restaurants in the central hub of Grahamstown.