If you want to explore small town South Africa, a visit to the Free State should top your road-trip agenda. With endless veld, impossibly blue skies and the ubiquitous lonely windmill every few kilometres, this is archetypal South African scenery in its purest form.
Though this province has always drawn history-lovers due to its...
Genuine South African hospitality on this 5th generation 1885 Free State merino sheep farm, where Gerhard and Marie offer luxury accommodation, country spa and gourmet cuisine...
The self catering cottages are beautifully positioned to enjoy the most spectacular view of the Eastern Free State, with long warm summer days that lend themselves to barbecue...
Experience Cape elegance in the Free State. Bloemstantia is a charming Cape Dutch style home in a beautiful garden in Dan Pienaar, a quiet residential northern suburb of...
Dersley Manor, 10 minutes drive from the centre of Bloemfontein, is a boutique guest house offering 15 lavish Oscar-winning movie-themed rooms in the heart of the northern...
Nick's Place is a charming guest house and restaurant in Smithfield, Free State and offers many comforts that will have you feeling right at home. Victorian charm abounds with...
Springfontein House in Springfontein, Free State, is just off the N1 with beautiful views over the Karoo countryside. This charming B&B, with three cosy bedrooms and two...
Ashbrook Country Lodge offers stylish self-catering units and studios in the picturesque village of Clarens. In easy walking distance to the village square’s restaurants,...
Andes Guest Farm and Wedding Venue is set on the 1 000 hectare Welgelegen Farm, a working cattle, apple and game farm, on the outskirts of Clarens in the Free State with...
Oranje Guest Farm is a tranquil working farm set amongst the beautiful sandstone mountains of the eastern Free State, near the border of Lesotho and close to Clarens and...
A warm welcome awaits from Hennie and Sandra at De Oude Huize Yard in Harrismith, Free state. Built 150 years ago and steeped in history, this is a real gem and offers great...
If you want to explore small town South Africa, a visit to the Free State should top your road-trip agenda. With endless veld, impossibly blue skies and the ubiquitous lonely windmill every few kilometres, this is archetypal South African scenery in its purest form.
Though this province has always drawn history-lovers due to its fascinating Boer past, it was once seen as a staid backwater left off any modern-day traveller’s must-see list. The Free State has come into its own over the past few years on the back of the growing yearning among city dwellers for a more simple way of life. Anthony Trollop wrote, after visiting Bloemfontein back in the 1870s, ‘The town is so quiet and seems to be so happy and contented, removed so far away from strife and want and disorder, that the beholder … is tempted to think the peace of such an abode is better than the excitement of Paris, London or New York.”
Enjoy delicious traditional boerekos (farmer’s cuisine) while staying at one of Portfolio Collection’s handpicked Free State B&Bs, Guest Houses or Farm Lodges, The semi-dessert of the Karoo spills into the south of this province so expect extremes of temperature depending on the time of year you visit - exceptionally hot temperatures in summer, while there’s a chance of snowfalls in winter. Travel to the west and you’ll find open grasslands, while the east offers grand scenery.
Use our Free State map to plan a fascinating foray when planning your Free State travel. And wherever your Free State travels take you, Portfolio can guide you to the best, quality and luxury Free State accommodation in a range of B&Bs, guest houses, farm stays and safari lodges in this South African province.
