Rent a holiday apartment in Free State – discover landscapes and routes

Renting a holiday apartment in Free State leads directly to an important travel decision: Which landscape or route should shape your stay? Free State is a South African inland province between the Orange and Vaal rivers. Accommodation searches should therefore be tailored to the regional surroundings that correspond to your planned route focus.

Free State: a range of landscapes rather than a uniform picture

As a regional range of landscapes, the area extends from flatter, more sparsely vegetated terrain in the west through broad grasslands to more distinctive landscapes in the east towards the Drakensberg. If you mainly want to experience open grasslands and nature, you should choose your accommodation according to the appropriate landscape or route focus.

Routes, culture and regional cuisine

The official tourism routes of Free State combine culture, nature, history and leisure. The Lion Route also combines culture, nature and history; Trompsburg in the Xhariep area is described as an example shaped by history and agriculture. This turns a trip through the province into a series of different themed experiences, with the regional focus playing an important role in planning.

Agriculture shapes the province. The area around Ficksburg is known for cherry cultivation and an annual cherry festival. In Mangaung, or Bloemfontein, the Naval Hill Planetarium is part of the province's cultural and scientific offerings. In Bochabela, Bloemfontein, The Zone is an example of township culture, music and kasi food.

Choose the accommodation location according to your travel plans

If cultural experiences, township culture and regional cuisine are to shape your holiday, choosing a location near the planned cultural or urban focus is a reasonable option. If you are travelling with children and want to combine nature with cultural experiences, first determine which focus should take priority; then search in the corresponding regional surroundings.

Free State should therefore not be treated as a single short-excursion destination. Look for accommodation in the regional surroundings of the route or experience region that is at the centre of your trip. For your accommodation search, you can choose between a holiday apartment, holiday home and hotel. You can then decide which of these search options to use based on your travel plans.

Explore the subregions of Free State further

For further regional orientation, you can open the six subordinate pages individually: Fezile Dabi, Lejweleputswa, Motheo, Northern Free State, Thabo Mofutsanyane and Xhariep.

Further destinations for orientation

For your broader travel plans, you can open South Africa as the higher-level starting point. You can also view Gauteng for further travel planning. If you would like to compare other types of travel, the catalogue leads to cruises - rooms at sea and on rivers.

Start with the experience that should define your trip, and then choose the accommodation region. This keeps the search for a holiday apartment, holiday home or hotel connected to your specific travel plans in Free State.