Pretoria Travel Guide

 14 Reviews  The Union Buildings, offices of the State President and Minister of Foreign Affairs After the Boer wars, South Africa in 1910 united under British hegemony to become the Union of South Africa. ( Mahlamba-Ndlopfu is further east, but hidden behind security gates and guards.) ===Cecil John Rhodes... 

 10 Reviews  Church Square is one of the few places in the Pretoria CBD where you can get a sense of how Pretoria must have looked a century ago, and, as a result, is often used as a set for local period movies and TV series. The Square is surrounded by important civic buildings, including the Palace of... 

 4 Reviews  I have put of writing up Freedom Park until last, because it's such a polarising monument that is difficult to provide a fair and balanced perspective on. Well, let's start with the positive. Freedom Park is a long overdue monument to South Africa's indigenous heritage, and from an architectural... 

 4 Reviews  Pretoria Zoo is located just north of the CBD and is a good zoo, particularly by developing world standards. However, over the past couple of decades, seems to have been somewhat left behind by its southerly neighbour in Johannesburg. Whereas Johannesburg Zoo seems to have managed to attract... 

 4 Reviews  The Kruger House was the home of SJP Kruger, who was the president of th old ZAR (Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek). Kruger was a very influential figure in South African history. I'm sure that most people are familiar with The Kruger Park (Game Reserve). His statue can be found on Chusrch Square. The... 

 3 Reviews  Melrose House is named after the famous Melrose Abbey in Scotland. It was built in 1886 by Pretoria businessman George Jesse Heys. Today this elegant house museum stands as a superb example of the transition of Victorian to Edwardian architectural styles and interiors. Inside, the museum is... 

 1 Review  I had long intended to visit the Transvaal Museum, so when I found myself with an hour to kill before a meeting with a Government Department, I finally took the opportunity to discover what I'd been missing out on. And, it turns out that I had waited so long that they had changed the name in the... 

 3 Reviews  The Rietvlei angling area is next to the nautre reserve. It has a separate entrance. Besides the angling, there is also a yacht club. You can get a permit for overnight camping. There is toilet facilities. It is very family friendly, and very popular during weekends. All angling equipment can be... 

 3 Reviews  You can visit the Art Museum in Pretoria. There are a collection of more than 5000 works of art. Visitors have the opportunity to buy curios, African art works, sculptures, postcards, T-shirts and many more crafts at the Museum Shop. 

 2 Reviews  The entire complex is designed in the style of Tuscany. If you're not gambling and not even shopping, you can still enjoy the beautiful buildings. The ceiling is painted so as to resemble a dusk sky. It's very convincing and makes for such a nice mellow atmosphere. 

 1 Review  Situated on the grounds of the Voortrekker museum, this centre is dedicated to Afrikaners and how life use to be. Some interesting things they have there, they play very very old Afrikaans music and have written the words on the walls in English. Interesting if you have time to kill, but otherwise... 

 1 Review  The City Hall is located in an area called museum park. It is opposite the Transvaal Museum. It has a clock tower with 32 bells. In front are statues of Andries Pretorius (from whom the city got its name) and his son, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. The city hall can be visited free.