George, South Africa Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

There's little reason to visit GEORGE , 66km northeast of Mossel Bay, unless you're starting or finishing a trip on the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe. This large inland working town, surrounded by mountains, is a five-kilometre detour northwest off the N2, and 9km from the nearest stretch of ocean at Victoria Bay. Sadly, all that's left of the forests and quaint character that moved Anthony Trollope, during a visit in 1877, to describe it as the "prettiest village on the face of the earth", are some historic buildings, of which the beautiful Dutch Reformed Church , in Davidson Street at the top end of … more »