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Driving In Pretoria, South Africa

Pretoria was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, and he named the city after his father. During the Second Boer War one of the POWs in Pretoria was none other than Winston Churchill who had been acting as a war corr

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Driving In Richards Bay, South Africa

Richards Bay is one of the larger harbours in South Africa. It's situated on a 30 km lagoon in the Mhathuze River it was made a protected area in 1935. The town was only laid out in 1954 and later in 1976 was converted to a deepwater harbour with ra

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Driving In Braamfontein, South Africa

Braamfontein is a very central district of Johannesburg. It's an important business centre and boasts excellent restaurants as well as bars and clubs. It's a very prosperous area and is well supported by cultural amenities such as Newtown, Constitut

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Driving In Kimberley, South Africa

Kimberley was the site of a large diamond rush starting back in the 1870's. An 80 carat diamond had been found on the slopes of Colesberg Kopje and by intensive mining (in the space of a very short time), the hill disappeared and was replaced with w

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Driving In Polokwane, South Africa

Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg) was founded in 1886 by the Voortrekkers. They retreated here after establishing a town 100km to the northwest but were chased out again by the native tribes. Pietersburg became a city in 1992 and, then, in 2003 its n

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Driving In Kruger National Park, South Africa

Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa and is located in the provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Although more of the park lies in Limpopo, much of the tourism is based in the Mpumalanga area. This is because the park area

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Driving In Saldanha Bay, South Africa

Saldanha is located on Saldanha Bay, just 140km north of Cape Town on the west coast. The bay was used for centuries as a sanctuary from stormy seas. Although there have been settlements and villages around the harbour for a long time, the area didn

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Driving In Sandton, South Africa

Sandton is the richest part of Johannesburg - some say the entirety of Africa. The area is something of a Manhattan of the city as space is at a premium here and skyscrapers are sprouting up all over the place. Why not check out the Michelangelo Tow

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Driving In Stellenbosch, South Africa

Stellenbosch was founded in 1679 and was the second largest colony in the country after Cape Town. It was named after its founder Simon van der Stel. When more immigrants arrived, including the French Huguenots who brought grapes, the fertile land o

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Who Flies To Alicante Airport?

Alicante is quickly becoming one of the most modern and dynamic airports in Spain, Offering great business and holiday connections to this extraordinary part of the Mediterranean coast, seventh busiest airport in Spain over 9 million passengers pass

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