Johannesburg travel guide

Top 10 sights in Johannesburg

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   Satyagraha House

   historical house in Johannesburg - previous residence of Mahatma Gandhi

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   Apartheid Museum

   Museum on the history of Apartheid in South Africa

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   Hillbrow Tower

   architectural structure

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   Kliptown

   place in Gauteng, South Africa

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   Thokoza

   place in Gauteng, South Africa

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   Johannesburg Art Gallery

   art museum in Joubert Park, Johannesburg

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   Johannesburg Zoo

   zoo

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   Gold Reef City

   amusement park in Johannesburg

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   Diepmeadow

   township in Soweto, South Africa

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    Gandhi Square

    plaza in Central Business District, Johannesburg, South Africa

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   Johannesburg CBD

   place in Gauteng, South Africa

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   Hector Pieterson Museum

   history museum

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   Melville

   suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa

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   Nelson Mandela Square

   shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa

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   Johannesburg Botanical Garden

   botanical garden in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa

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   Regina Mundi

   building in South Africa

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   Johannesburg South Africa Temple

   temple of the LDS church

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   Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication

   monumental square in Kliptown, Soweto

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   Anglo-Boer War Memorial

   memorial in Johannesburg, South Africa

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    MuseuMAfricA

    history museum

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