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250  THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN C APE

q Street-by-Street: Port Elizabeth

The third-largest port and fifth-largest city in the country,
Port Elizabeth, part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality,
faces east across the 60-km (37-mile) wide sweep of Algoa
Bay. Modern Port Elizabeth has spread inland and northwards
along the coast from the original settlement. It is often
referred to as the “Friendly City” and its wide open beaches
are popular with visitors. Among the many attractions in this
sedate indus trial city are a host of well-preserved historic Donkin Lighthouse
buildings, splendid architecture, Bayworld, Donkin Reserve Built in 1861, the lighthouse is
and the SA Marine Rehabilitation and Education Centre. home to the Nelson Mandela
Bay Tourism office. N2 Highway

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. Donkin Street Horse
The row of quaint, double-storey Memorial
Victorian houses lining this street was
built between 1860–80. The entire
street was declared a national H A V E L O C K
monument in 1967. S T R E E T B E L M O N T T E R R A C E T R O A D
P E A R S O N S T R E E T Art Gallery, P R O S P E C
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Pearson
Conservatory
and War Memorial

BIRD STREET

Donkin Reserve
Overlooking the city and harbour, Donkin Reserve features
the Opera House, a lighthouse, a flagpole and the touching Key
memorial to Sir Rufane Donkin’s wife Elizabeth, after whom Suggested route
the city was named.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp387–8 and pp404–5

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