Guidebook for Johannesburg
Food Scene
Ant Cafe
Best thin base pizzas, great drinking venue
Drinks & Nightlife
Buzz 9 | Drinks, Food, Life!
7th StreetFriendly and affordable
Affordable African cuisine, friendly coffee shops, a quirky independent cinema, food market monthly, great tours of inner city,
111 locals recommend
Arts on Main
Berea RoadAffordable African cuisine, friendly coffee shops, a quirky independent cinema, food market monthly, great tours of inner city,
Sightseeing
Site of South Africa’s Constitutional Court (free entry and an amazing modern art collection), and also interesting guided tours offered of a prison where apartheid prisoners were held - including Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.
193 locals recommend
Constitution Hill Human Rights Precinct
11 Kotze StSite of South Africa’s Constitutional Court (free entry and an amazing modern art collection), and also interesting guided tours offered of a prison where apartheid prisoners were held - including Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.
Parks & Nature
The park is large, and includes a lake with canoes, ducks and other birdlife, dog walk areas, a herb garden, a rose garden and lots of open space to relax.
141 locals recommend
Emmarentia Dam
The park is large, and includes a lake with canoes, ducks and other birdlife, dog walk areas, a herb garden, a rose garden and lots of open space to relax.
Arts & Culture
A comprehensive, fascinating museum providing a detailed, interactive history of the apartheid system of racial segregation and denial of right to people of colour, which governed South Africa for nearly 50 years
391 locals recommend
Apartheid Museum
A comprehensive, fascinating museum providing a detailed, interactive history of the apartheid system of racial segregation and denial of right to people of colour, which governed South Africa for nearly 50 years
Shopping
Friendly, affordable range of good eating options, student bars, a bookshop, coffee shops and curio shops
22 locals recommend
7th Street
7th StreetFriendly, affordable range of good eating options, student bars, a bookshop, coffee shops and curio shops
Friendly second-hand bookstore, open long hours and with wide selection of popular reading, as well as a range of excellent South African and African literature. All at affordable prices.
9 locals recommend
Bookdealers of Mellville
12 7th StFriendly second-hand bookstore, open long hours and with wide selection of popular reading, as well as a range of excellent South African and African literature. All at affordable prices.
Entertainment & Activities
Two complexes: One with a great range of current art movies, and the second with more mainstream movies
198 locals recommend
Rosebank Mall
15A Cradock AveTwo complexes: One with a great range of current art movies, and the second with more mainstream movies