Ask any local, one of the best ways to spend your summer days is at the beach or braaiing. Most South African beaches ... beach on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth’s suburban centre.

At the eastern end of the Garden Route in South Africa and 400 mi/650 km east of Cape Town, is P.E. (as it's commonly called) or Port Elizabeth, an industrial city fringed with excellent beaches.

The full version extends more than 500 miles from Cape Town in the west to Port Elizabeth (renamed Gqeberha in 2021) in the ...