Pro
Much more pleasant style of life than Jo'burg & Jacaranda trees in Spring are superb
Con
The CBD is very run down
In a nutshell
Pretoria caters for many types of tourists. Adventure, nightlife, shoppers, cultural tourism, sports, indoor and outdoor entertainment.
23 Reviews Several other reviewers have provided excellent information on the Voortrekker monument, so I won't repeat what they have said. Suffice to say that I believe that this is an underrated tourist destination, and would certainly be on my Must Do list for anyone spending more than a couple of days in...
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...
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...
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