Guidebook for Sandton

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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
13 habitants recommandent
Pick n Pay On Nicol
Republic Road
13 habitants recommandent
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
Small shopping area five blocks up the road with groceries, pharmacy, restaurant, pizza, hair salon, liquor store, car garage etc.
9 habitants recommandent
SPAR
Twelfth Street
9 habitants recommandent
Small 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 Drive
Another 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 habitants recommandent
Telkom Mobile Sandton City
10 habitants recommandent
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.
80 habitants recommandent
Benmore Centre
Benmore Road
80 habitants recommandent
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.
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.
114 habitants recommandent
Hyde Park Corner
6th Road
114 habitants recommandent
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.
Smaller mall with many restaurants, salons and stores (including good electronics stores).
54 habitants recommandent
Nicolway Bryanston
Wedgewood Link Road
54 habitants recommandent
Smaller 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.
13 habitants recommandent
Lattelicious
Maude Street
13 habitants recommandent
Pappas (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.
161 habitants recommandent
Neighbourgoods Market
73 Juta St
161 habitants recommandent
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.
Looking for a night out? Try this Greenside area with places such as 'The Office', 'Gin' and 'Mammas Shebeen'.
12 habitants recommandent
The Office Cocktail Lounge And Restaurant
10 Gleneagles Rd
12 habitants recommandent
Looking 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.
49 habitants recommandent
The Jolly Roger
49 habitants recommandent
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 Avenue
Cosy, 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.
193 habitants recommandent
Constitution Hill Human Rights Precinct
11 Kotze St
193 habitants recommandent
A 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.
22 habitants recommandent
Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo House
40 De Korte St
22 habitants recommandent
Lions, 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!
68 habitants recommandent
Liliesleaf
7 George Ave
68 habitants recommandent
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!
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.
20 habitants recommandent
Le Teatro
1 Montecasino Blvd
20 habitants recommandent
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.
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.
391 habitants recommandent
Musée de l'apartheid
391 habitants recommandent
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.
9 habitants recommandent
George Lea Park (Sandton Sports Club)
11 Holt St W
9 habitants recommandent
Park 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 Trail
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.

Everything Else

This is where the train from the airport stops, it's about 3km (2 miles) from the listing.
126 habitants recommandent
Sandton Station
126 habitants recommandent
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 habitants recommandent
Radisson Blu Hotel Sandton, Johannesburg
Daisy Street
12 habitants recommandent
5 star hotel (Barack and Michelle Obama stayed here) with an excellent spa offering a variety of treatments. Ask me for more details.