Graaff-Reinet

Graaff-Reinet is a town of 36,000 people (2011) in the Karoo Heartland. A touch of history wafts around the old houses, the small church and the busy main street of Graaff-Reinet. Wikivoyage

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Before you go

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• 112FireFire

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Hester Rupert Art Museum Museum · 300 m
• Old Library Museum · 280 m
• Urqouhart House Museum · 490 m
• Military History Museum · 510 m
• Old Residency Museum · 520 m
• Reinet House Museum · 530 m
• Jan Rupert Art Centre Gallery · 620 m
• War Memorial Memorial · 190 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Regional 2
• Burger 1
• Steak house 1

All 8 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Camdeboo National Park 25.1 km across 990 m

Getting around

• Mini Bus Taxis 460 m
• Graaf-Reinet 1.4 km

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