Johannesburg offers visitors the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of history-makers like Nelson Mandela, Gandhi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu and to visit landmarks important in South Africa's road to social reform. The South African people refer to Johannesburg as Egoli, the City of Gold, given the gold mines that lie beneath the city and the Gold Rush that led to the city’s founding in the late 1800s.
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Soweto - Hector Pieterson Memorial & Museum - Mandela House - Tutu House - Regina Mundi Church - Oppenheimer Complex - FNB Stadium (Soccer City) - Gold Reef City - Apartheid Museum - Newtown - Nelson Mandela Bridge - Mary Fitzgerald Square - Market Theatre - Johannesburg Zoo - Zoo Lake - Lion Park - Montecasino - Satyagraha House (Gandhi's Residence) - Recommendations for the Budget Traveller - Places to Stay - Premiere Classe Suite Hotel - Faircity Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments - 12 Decades Art Hotel - Ginnegaap Guesthouse - Accommodation in Soweto - Places to Eat & Drink - Canteen - Licorish - Ghazal - Tasha's - Dining in Soweto - Places to Shop - Malls around Johannesburg - African Craft Market - Other Markets around Johannesburg - Ngwenya glass factory - The Bead Shop
