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Books : Travel : Africa : South Africa : Johannesburg
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“Surely one of the most ingenious love letters—full of violence, fear, humour, and cunning—ever addressed to a city.” —Geoff Dyer
This dazzling portrait of Johannesburg is one of the most haunting, poetic pieces of reportage about a metropolis since Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City. Through precisely crafted snapshots, Ivan Vladislavic observes the unpredictable, day-today transformation of his embattled city: the homeless using manholes as cupboards, a public statue slowly cannibalized for scrap. Most poignantly he charts the small, devastating changes along the postapartheid streets: walls grow higher, neighborhoods are gated off, the keys multiply. Security—insecurity?—is the growth industry. Vladislavic, described as “one of the most imaginative minds at work in South African literature today” (André Brink), delivers “one of the best things ever written about a great, if schizophrenic, city, and an utterly true picture of the new South Africa” (Christopher Hope).
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Johannesburg is severely underrated as a tourist destination. This could be because it has no beaches, no snow-capped mountains, and no ancient buildings. But Johannesburg has something else - it is a cultural and industrial centre, with an enormous array of entertainment events running day and night. Johannesburg is also the scene of the fall of the abominable Apartheid system, and the site of the African Union Parliament. So Johannesburg is not only a cultural centre, but it is also politically the most significant city in Africa, and the most economically powerful. Furthermore, the human race evolved in the Johannesburg area. So there are many reasons to visit. This book gives an introduction to South Africa and Johannesburg in particular. It covers all the things to see and visit in Johannesburg and its surrounds. It provides addresses, phone numbers and GPS coordinates of each tourist attraction, so that you can find them easily.
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Explore the up-and-coming Newtown and you will be amazed at how a once run-down area of Johannesburg has transformed itself into a trendy part of the city, with restaurants, shops and the cutting-edge Apartheid Museum. After a day’s sightseeing, head to Nelson Mandela Square and have dinner outside, beneath a smiling statue of the man himself. When you tire of the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg go to South Africa’s top game park, Kruger National Park, to spot the famous Big Five elephants and rhinos included. Footprintfocus Johannesburg & Kruger National Park provides detailed information on all these sights and more, plus must-know information on travelling around South Africa.
· Essentials section with tips on getting there and around.
· Detailed information on sights and attractions with fascinating insights into the region.
· Comprehensive listings of where to eat and sleep.
· Detailed street maps for important towns and cities.
· Slim enough to fit in your pocket.
Loaded with advice and information, this concise Footprintfocus guide will help you get the most out of Johannesburg & Kruger National Park without weighing you down.
The content of the Footprintfocus Johannesburg & Kruger National Park guide has been extracted from Footprint’s South Africa Handbook.
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Join the ranks of happy travelers who have loved our recommendations for decades. Welcome to Destination™ Johannesburg, a Kindle-exclusive brand. This collection of destination information is usually only available to travel professionals, who rely on it to plan travel for their most discerning clients. Now we're pleased to offer these guides to you, on-the-go Kindle users, who want expert-level travel content. Our information is current, easy to use, and unbiased. No one—no shop, restaurant, hotel, site, or museum—can influence what we say about it, its competitors, or its market. We decide what to include and exclude and recommend—or not—without any outside influence.
Each book's entire contents were hand-picked by passionate travel industry insiders. Need a romantic restaurant for a special occasion? Seeking a unique shop for that perfect souvenir? Wish you knew the truth about your hotel choices? You're in luck.
In every guide you'll find:
● recommendations for a wide range of sightseeing options
● gems of restaurants, with a special focus on local cuisine
● specialty shops for local crafts, food and gifts
● 3, 4 and 5 star hotel reviews that tell you the whole story, as if you were speaking with a concierge
...and much, much more.
Travel is our only business. We're so glad you found us.
Put yourself in our hands. Our team of travel writers is your local connection, no matter what destination. These editors live in the areas they write about, so they can deliver in-depth information and tips from a native's perspective. They seek out the very best sites, restaurants, and activities to give you an unforgettable trip.
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Frommer's ShortCuts give you exactly what you need for your trip to Johannesburg, South Africa—and no more.In this ebook, you'll get the same candid reviews and insider tips that you'll find in all Frommer's guides. Plus, we’ve added planning and background information as well as our signature "Best of " features.
Search for more Frommer’s ShortCuts. Mix and match the exact destinations you need for your trip, and create your own Frommer’s ShortCuts collection.
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Searching for the Queen's Cowboys is the story of a journey around South Africa making a documentary film about Strathcona's Horse, a Canadian regiment that fought in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899 - 1902.
In the making of this film, South African born author, Tony Maxwell, returned to his homeland after a 40-year absence to rediscover a country that was enchanting, shocking, unbelievably beautiful and, at times, frightening.
Travelling with his son Brad in search of old battlefields and graveyards, he learned about the history of his country while recalling his personal stories of growing up in apartheid South Africa.
His recollections, combined with the sometimes disturbing opinions of South Africans from all walks of life, reveal a country still trying to come to terms with its turbulent history.
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The main gateway for tourists to southern Africa, Johannesburg is seldom explored fully by visitors, principally because of a misinformed view of the city. In the past year Johannesburg has made enormous strides in creating a safe, dynamic city which has won two awards from the British Guild of Travel Writers. This pocket-sized guide will give confidence to business and vacation travelers wanting to make the most of a visit to these major sites as well as Johannesburg's other attractions, including excellent museums telling the story of South Africa's turbulent history, markets which sell cheeses and Cape wineland produce, art galleries showcasing local painting, and bohemian cafes which personify the "Rainbow Nation." Features include: *Johannesburg in context: its history and culture*The best markets to buy local crafts including Zulu beadwork*Short trips beyond the city*Clear city maps in color and a language guide
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Wallpaper* City Guides not only suggest where to stay, what to eat, and what to drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he or she has a week or just 24 hours in the city. Some of the highlights include up-and-coming neighborhoods, an "Architour" of landmark buildings, design centers, and the best shops to buy unique items.
Wallpaper* City Guides present travelers with a fast-track ticket to the chosen location. The tightly-edited guides offer the best, most exciting, and the most beautiful of the featured city. The guides are expertly designed with function as a priority, and they have tabbed sections so that readers can find information easily. The guides include currency rate information, maps, and a color-coding system to help the reader navigate through different parts of the city. They are the ultimate combination of form and function.
The guides are compiled by Wallpaper* magazine experts and their extraordinary network of international correspondents. The writers have put their heads together to come up with fascinating, efficient guides for the hip, urban traveler with his or her finger on the pulse. They are truly the insider's guide to each featured city.
The first Wallpaper* City Guides were published in Fall 2006 on the occasion of Wallpaper's first anniversary. For more than a decade, Wal
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South Africa Sampler takes the reader and traveler to inner South Africa, along the back roads as well as the highways, and shies away from the major cities. Any travel guide and any airline will get you to South Africa’s metropolitan cities--Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban--but once in your hired car and self-driving through the country, this guide, directs you around South Africa like you just may not experience it otherwise. If you haven’t been there before and particularly if you got there from the United States, watch that traffic—it comes at you from the wrong direction, on the wrong side of the road.
See also: The American West, The Great Lakes to the Gulf and Random America by these same authors.
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Offbeat Guides creates personalized, up-to-date travel guides that cover over 30,000 travel destinations worldwide using a combination of search technology and curation by both amateur and professional travel experts.
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HAVE A NICE TRIP? SEE YOU NEXT FALL! Attending their daughter's wedding in South Africa promised to be the vacation of a lifetime. But first, they had to face the treacherous gauntlet known as modern day travel. Join this hapless, sometimes helpless couple as they brave their way through a never-ending obstacle course filled with such hazards as flight delays, the purgatory of layovers and an incompetent, uncaring air carrier that treats its passengers worse than their luggage. Waiting for them on the other side of the world are an honest-to-goodness safari with amorous lions and elephants with anger issues, a life-affirming visit to a South African school and an anxious bride and groom, standing patiently at the airport with a sign that reads: "WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? " The answer lies within the pages of PLEASE HOLD THUMBS: A NOT-SO-ROUND TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA, a true tale of turbulence and triumph from travel mug Scott Cherney, author of RED ASPHALT
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The beating heart of corporate South Africa, Johannesburg's history is built on the gold and diamonds of Witwatersrand. Dynamic and cosmopolitan, travelers can explore the vibrant restaurants, bars and cultural life before heading off for adventure in the Kruger National Park. The guide's clean, block-color snakeskin leather effect flexicover is as stylish as ever and 25 percent lighter than previous hardcover editions.
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This is the Official Holiday FM Travel Guide to Johannesburg.
Jo'burg: The beating heart of Southern Africa. Pulsating, vibrant, and stirring with a wealth of modern spoils, a gilded history and gushing veins of indigenous culture. Economic powerhouse of the continent, Johannesburg burst from its gold rush settlement status, having been built on the richest known gold reef in the world, to one of the largest urban spaces in the womb of mankind. Downtown Jo'burg is a cacophony of traders, artists, and merchants encircled by big city delights and roaring wild landscapes on a blazing horizon that mesmerises travellers from across the world. This book is designed to be read before you go, on the plane or whilst you are walking around town. It features eight chapters you can read when you're out and about, including:
1. Johannesburg - An Introduction
2. Before You Go
3. History
4. Johannesburg by Area
5. The Sights
6. Food and Drink
7. Nightlife
8. Shopping
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Journalists Heidi Holland and Adam Roberts approached about 80 journalists and writers based in Johannesburg and asked them to write short pieces about the city in which they work and live. They did not specify form or style - the contributors were free to express themselves how ever they wanted to. Out of this has emerged 50-odd pieces of writing that reflect aspects of the city, idiosyncratic reactions to living and working here, appreciations of small and big things, some poems, some criticisms - all will find resonance with Joburg/Jozi residents and all will be enlightening and entertaining to visitors hoping to learn something about our metropolis. Amazingly, many of the contributors expressed how much they enjoy being in Joburg/Jozi - good news for a city that consistently suffers from bad press.
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True stories and amazing facts, all relevant to the N4 highway between Gauteng (Johannesburg/Pretoria) and the Kruger National Park and Maputo, Mozambique.
The N4 Book (published March 2010) contains stories, most of them relating to landmarks visible from the road, about the Anglo-Boer War, the fight against apartheid, remarkable animals and fish, the NZASM railway, gold-crazed prospectors, interesting towns and villages, amazing geology and weather.
The N4 Book is indispensable to anyone travelling this 500km (310 miile) stretch of road, one of the most scenic and intereting in South Africa.
There are stories to keep the whole family interested. Don't just drive the N4 - experience it!
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Explore Johannesburg with this Freytag&Berndt street map. The best way to plan your trip, prepare your itinerary, and to travel independently in this city of South Africa.
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Detailed street map of Johannesburg, Kindle Edition. Optimized for Kindle e-book reader. The book includes the map, searchable index of streets (with hyperlinks) and bonus - orientation map and useful information about South Africa. This map is very easy to use and always with you.
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A much anticipated vacation in South Africa was complemented by the unmatched thrill of World Cup fever. From the electrified city streets of Johannesburg to the vast and all-encompassing beauty of the bushveld, South Africa opened its arms wide and welcomed the world. Valerie Albarda was there among the revelers celebrating not only the historic sporting event but a special occasion of her own as well. Travel alongside Valerie as she spends nine days in Johannesburg soaking up the sights, sounds and smells of the city and outlying areas. Along the way she encounters a cast of vuvuzela-toting characters, experiences an emotional excursion to the Apartheid Museum, romps in the dirt with rare white lion cubs, allows her stomach to be her intrepid guide as she samples local fare and more.
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A 'guide' to survival in South Africa during the world cup 2010. contains local words and sayings and colloquisms. Distanaces between major cities are mentioned as well as do's and dont's in SA! Some Local delicacies are mentioned too.
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This practical guide highlights what Johannesburg has to offer the visitor. It describes the major tourist venues and their principal attractions, and offers suggestions on where to stay, what to see and do, where to eat and where to shop. Also recommended are popular entertainment venues, pick of the museums and art galleries, parks and gardens worth visiting, special interest tours, and selected excursions - for example, to Magaliesberg, Sun City, and its adjacent Pilanesberg National Park, and the Kruger National Park in Northern Province/ Mpumalanga. Fact panels provide information on where to take the best photographs. With snippets of information, these guides aim to provide practical advice for visitors on how to make the most of their stay.