Visit the Attractive Pretoria, South Africa

Pretoria is located about 50 kilometres north of Johannesburg and is South Africa’s administrative capital. Although the city is quite big itself it’s relatively less crowded compared to the Johannesburg’s big city atmosphere. To visit this interesting place, you can book an affordable cheap flight to South Africa with us to get your journey started.

Church Square is situated in city’s centre and is the centre of South Africa’s administrative capital. You’ll find many important places in the city including a statue of President of the “Zuid Afrikaanse-Republiek” guarded by 4 of his fighters at every corner of it. You’ll find in the background the old Raadsaal which is presently home to many administrative offices of Tshwane-Council and Pretoria. At the square’s northern side you’ll be able to find the Palace of Justice and the old reserve bank and on the western façade, the GPO (General Post Office) is located.

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The story of naming the place goes back to Reverend Dirk van der Hoff who in 1854 established here a congregation and afterwards in 1860, Pretoria became the centre of the Transvaal Govt. therefore many important buildings were built in the city around the Church Square. The most important of the buildings was the Govt. building referred to as the Raadzaal with the Palace of Justice being at the opposite side. You’ll also find many shops and restaurants in the same area.

You may like to visit the Kruger house located at a short walking distance from the Church Square where President Paul Kruger’s residence has been converted into a museum as well as a national monument. A visit to the Zoological gardens is also worth it which was founded in 1899 and at present has grown tremendously to an extent that it became famous worldwide. It’s South Africa’s largest Zoo and is also ranked among the top ten zoos worldwide which are reflected by above one million visitors every year.

You’ll also find the “Union Buildings” which were designed by the famous Sir Herbert Baker and are considered among the masterpieces of architecture. The buildings are located at Roberts Height’s southern-slopes where the offices of the Foreign Ministry and the President are also located.

Being the administrative capital, Pretoria has many good academic institutions with the University of Pretoria being the largest university in South Africa. World famous Onderstepoort Vetinerary Research Station is also located in the University of South Africa which is a correspondence university and is unique in the world. You’ll also find Technikon museum (Council for Science and Industrial Research) where you can get a chance to see the Homo-erectus skull.