Pretoria, Gauteng

Pretoria - The tranquil metropolis

Embedded into a fertile valley, surrounded from the hills of the Magaliesberge Pretoria, the capital of South Africa is located. Pretoria is named also "city of the officials". The bar of the metropolis is indeed much quieter than approximately in the 50 kilometre distant Johannesburg. One takes to experience time into Pretoria, time, the pretty city in the northeast of South Africa. Vacation-apartments and hotels offer comfortable stays and cordial hospitality.

A breath history blows down the Church Square, historic centre of the city. A bronze-statue of the former president Paul Kruger adorns the place. Historic constructions, like the justice-palace and the old town hall complete the ensemble.

On the Meintjieshöhe, is the union Building over Pretoria. The architect Sir Herbert Baker drafted 1913 the perfect government-edifice on the climax of his career. In the classicistic construction from light sandstone, the investiture of Nelson Mandela took place 1994. Even if the 275 meters long building is taboo for tourists, from the terrace-similarly aimed gardens, one enjoys a splendid outlook on Pretoria.

A vacation in a vacation-apartment or a motel or hotel in Pretoria works out especially attractively in the month of October. 70 000 Jacaranda-trees transform, with their lilac-coloured blooms, the city into an exotic dream.

picture source: © joakant / pixelio.de

 

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