Pretoria

Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, is in Gauteng. Its wide avenues are lined with purple-flowered jacaranda trees and stately architecture. Wikivoyage

Population 741,651 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in South Africa

112PolicePolice
112AmbulanceAmbulance
112FireFire

Visas and entry What your passport needs for South Africa

Getting there

Where are you starting from?

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Lion Bridge Monument · 520 m
Women's Living Heritage Museum Museum · 740 m
Victims Of Terrorism Artwork · 940 m
Melrose House Museum Museum · 990 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

Chicken 3
Burger 2
Fish and chips 1
Pizza 1
Seafood 1
Steak house 1

All 11 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Union Buildings Gardens 590 m across 1.4 km
Burgers Park 240 m across 880 m
pretoria art museum park 260 m across 1.4 km

Getting around

Ruth Mompati 240 m
Nana Site 360 m
Taxi to Hatfield 840 m
Moreleta 850 m
Taxi rank moreleta park 860 m
Moreleta taxi 1 900 m

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