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In
January this year, South Africa was named the
sixth-best honeymoon destination by the Big 7 Travel readership. According
to 1.6 million international travellers from Big 7 Travel, South Africa is
the place to be to celebrate your love, and now, it is also one of the best
places to soak up the arts and explore other cultures.
Johannesburg is a melting pot of cultures due to how central it is to every
province and the main gateway for cultures coming from the surrounding
Southern African Development Community countries.
Big 7 Travel created a list of the 50 best cities for art and
culture and Johannesburg was listed as 38th on the list.
ˇ§Johannesburg is home to a whole host of cultural attractions,
from downtown Newtown all the way to Soweto. The city is home to three
theatres, four major concert halls and 281 heritage sites.
Itˇ¦s also home to more than 76 art galleries, including the
Johannesburg Art Gallery ˇV the largest art collection in the country. Every
year, the annual city-sponsored Arts Alive festival and Johannesburg
Carnival celebrate the cityˇ¦s diverse heritage too.ˇ¨ ˇV Big 7 Travel
Cape Town also earned a place on the list at no 43.
ˇ§Home to 580 heritage sites, 35 art galleries and 14 national
museums, Cape Townˇ¦s cultural offering is as diverse as it is abundant. The
city also boasts a handful of design districts, home to institutions such as
the Freeworld Design Centre and the Mutual Building in the CBD, and Etafeni
Centre in Nyanga.ˇ¨
ˇV Source: www.goodthingsguy.com |
