Guidebook for Sandton
Essentials
Huge new grocery store, really nice too, even has a cheese room and great wine selection. Great affordable restaurant, take-away coffee, liquor store, dry-cleaner, pet store, nail spa and optician too
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Pick n Pay On Nicol
Republic RoadHuge new grocery store, really nice too, even has a cheese room and great wine selection. Great affordable restaurant, take-away coffee, liquor store, dry-cleaner, pet store, nail spa and optician too
Small shopping area five blocks up the road with groceries, pharmacy, restaurant, pizza, hair salon, liquor store, car garage etc.
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SPAR
Twelfth StreetSmall shopping area five blocks up the road with groceries, pharmacy, restaurant, pizza, hair salon, liquor store, car garage etc.
A gas station with a high-quality 24 hour convenience store, about a 3 min walk down the road.
Boston Gardens Service Centre Cc
A gas station with a high-quality 24 hour convenience store, about a 3 min walk down the road.
Another gas station with 24 hour convenience store and a specialist coffee shop (Mugg & Bean).
Total Sandton Drive
Sandton DriveAnother gas station with 24 hour convenience store and a specialist coffee shop (Mugg & Bean).
Shopping
Probably one of the best malls in at least the Southern Hemisphere. Shops, restaurants, cinemas, luxury brands, iStore, hotels, square, library, you name it...
10 recommandé par les habitants
Telkom Mobile Sandton City
Probably one of the best malls in at least the Southern Hemisphere. Shops, restaurants, cinemas, luxury brands, iStore, hotels, square, library, you name it...
An average shopping centre. Has a Post Office etc, hardware store nearby too. Quite a few restaurants across the road too, everything from Chinese and Indian takeout to gourmet.
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Benmore Centre
Benmore RoadAn average shopping centre. Has a Post Office etc, hardware store nearby too. Quite a few restaurants across the road too, everything from Chinese and Indian takeout to gourmet.
High-end mall and hotel with great deck for cocktails with a view. Many good restaurants but dine at Luce Ristorante for beautiful views, sun-downers and great tempura.
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Hyde Park Corner
6th RoadHigh-end mall and hotel with great deck for cocktails with a view. Many good restaurants but dine at Luce Ristorante for beautiful views, sun-downers and great tempura.
Smaller mall with many restaurants, salons and stores (including good electronics stores).
54 recommandé par les habitants
Nicolway Bryanston
Wedgewood Link RoadSmaller mall with many restaurants, salons and stores (including good electronics stores).
Sightseeing
Pappas (Greek), Butcher Shop & Grill (Steakhouse), Hard Rock Cafe, Cafe Della Salute, Montego Bay (Seafood), Wangthai. Connected to Sandton City / Gautrain / Convention Centre / hotels.
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Lattelicious
Maude StreetPappas (Greek), Butcher Shop & Grill (Steakhouse), Hard Rock Cafe, Cafe Della Salute, Montego Bay (Seafood), Wangthai. Connected to Sandton City / Gautrain / Convention Centre / hotels.
RED BUS Tours bus-stop. The best place to get breakfast and browse around on a weekend morning. Caution: hipsters. Look up "P.A.S.T. Experiences" for awesome walking tours of Joburg.
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Neighbourgoods Market
73 Juta StRED BUS Tours bus-stop. The best place to get breakfast and browse around on a weekend morning. Caution: hipsters. Look up "P.A.S.T. Experiences" for awesome walking tours of Joburg.
Looking for a night out? Try this Greenside area with places such as 'The Office', 'Gin' and 'Mammas Shebeen'.
12 recommandé par les habitants
The Office Cocktail Lounge And Restaurant
10 Gleneagles RdLooking for a night out? Try this Greenside area with places such as 'The Office', 'Gin' and 'Mammas Shebeen'.
This area, and especially 4th Ave, is great to visit day and night for street-side restaurants and bars, as well as interesting shops, antique stores and even some galleries.
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The Jolly Roger
This area, and especially 4th Ave, is great to visit day and night for street-side restaurants and bars, as well as interesting shops, antique stores and even some galleries.
Cosy, eclectic restaurants, coffee shops and decor stores. Near to WITS university and Braamfontein / Melville / Greenside areas. Live music on weekends.
Stanley Avenue
Stanley AvenueCosy, eclectic restaurants, coffee shops and decor stores. Near to WITS university and Braamfontein / Melville / Greenside areas. Live music on weekends.
A Red Bus Tour bus-stop. Well worth a visit to see, and also still a working courthouse.
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Constitution Hill Human Rights Precinct
11 Kotze StA Red Bus Tour bus-stop. Well worth a visit to see, and also still a working courthouse.
Entertainment & Activities
Lions, tigers, gorillas, chimps. Zoo stuff. About $5 for entry.
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Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo House
40 De Korte StLions, tigers, gorillas, chimps. Zoo stuff. About $5 for entry.
Arts & Culture
One of the secret hideouts of the ANC party during apartheid, and one-time residence of Nelson Mandela. Well worth a visit, very informative, you'll spend longer here than you think!
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Liliesleaf
7 George AveOne of the secret hideouts of the ANC party during apartheid, and one-time residence of Nelson Mandela. Well worth a visit, very informative, you'll spend longer here than you think!
Connected to the Montecasino mall, hotels and casino, this is a relatively new main theatre in Johannesburg and has hosted shows such as Phantom of the Opera, Swan Lake, Trevor Noah and The Lion King.
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The Teatro
1 Montecasino BlvdConnected to the Montecasino mall, hotels and casino, this is a relatively new main theatre in Johannesburg and has hosted shows such as Phantom of the Opera, Swan Lake, Trevor Noah and The Lion King.
A very popular tourist destination and excellent museum. Humbling. Across the road from Gold Reef City Amusement park and a main Red Bus Tour bus stop.
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Apartheid Museum
A very popular tourist destination and excellent museum. Humbling. Across the road from Gold Reef City Amusement park and a main Red Bus Tour bus stop.
Parks & Nature
Park and Sports Club, right across the road.
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George Lea Park (Sandton Sports Club)
11 Holt St WPark and Sports Club, right across the road.
A big park along Braamfontein Spruit trail, very popular with people walking their dogs on weekends.
River Cafe Sandton
A big park along Braamfontein Spruit trail, very popular with people walking their dogs on weekends.
If you feel like a unique mountain biking trip through the green belts of Joburg's northern suburbs you can jump on to the Braamfontein Spruit trail down near the Pick n Pay. But, go in a group.
Braamfontein Spruit Trail
Braamfontein Spruit TrailIf you feel like a unique mountain biking trip through the green belts of Joburg's northern suburbs you can jump on to the Braamfontein Spruit trail down near the Pick n Pay. But, go in a group.
Everything Else
This is where the train from the airport stops, it's about 3km (2 miles) from the listing.
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Sandton Station
This is where the train from the airport stops, it's about 3km (2 miles) from the listing.
5 star hotel (Barack and Michelle Obama stayed here) with an excellent spa offering a variety of treatments. Ask me for more details.
12 recommandé par les habitants
Radisson Blu Hotel Sandton, Johannesburg
Daisy Street5 star hotel (Barack and Michelle Obama stayed here) with an excellent spa offering a variety of treatments. Ask me for more details.