LocalPlaces Understanding Johannesburg Walking Tour
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Johannesburg's exceptional storytelling experiences are led by Charlie Moyo, who shares the city's remarkable history. This tour serves as a first introduction to Joburg, offering insights into its history and contemporary culture.
- 📖 Starting with a narrative on the city's founding history, the tour includes exploration of the ‘Wiser West,’ Joburg's oldest district.
- 🏛️ Marvel at the architecture and stories from the gold rush and the plush Edwardian era (early 1900s).
- 🗿 Admire the Shadow Boxer sculpture, where Mandela & Tambo once had offices.
- ⚖️ Be astonished by the square where Gandhi worked as a lawyer in court.
- 📜 The tour covers Joburg's full story, from pre-gold rush days through urban decline to current regeneration.
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The 'older' part of the Johannesburg CBD and the origins of the city's mining and financial companies can be traced to this architecturally-rich part of the inner-city, known as Marshalltown. Our Understanding Joburg walking tour is also known as the Astonishing Marshalltown tour and is the best introduction to the Johannesburg inner-city. The focus is on the mesmerising history of the city. The tour tells the story of Joburg’s gold-rush inception, boom days, eventual decline and current regeneration. Starting from Gandhi Square, the tour takes in the pedestrianised Main Street in the corporate mining district, including historic landmarks such as the Mapungubwe Rhino replica, Hollard Street, the Impala Stampede Sculpture and the Shadow Boxer Sculpture in front of Chancellor House, where Mandela & Tambo once had their law offices. It is a thorough historical tour, interspersed with public art and cool sidewalk cafes.
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Gandhi SquareWe visit the central square of Johannesburg and view the sculpture of Gandhi as a young lawyer. Yes. Gandhi worked here as a business lawyer when he was a young man!
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