UPDATED JUNE 2023 Joburg has long been regarded as the Cinderella at the cultural ball, in the shadow of her more glamorous step-sister, Cape Town. However, the city has emerged during the last 20 years as a dynamic centre of cutting-edge arts activity, offering a whole range of art galleries catering to the tastes of […]
Read More »Here’s a nice blog [September 2014] on Liz at Lancaster from Johannesburg-guesthouses which I have quoted in full. I have updated [March 2017] the info on restaurants at the end of the block as it was outdated: Here’s the blog: I hear Liz answering the phone with a ‘Hello Liz speaking, Liz at Lancaster […]
Read More »10 reasons to stay at Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse 1.Fast speed internet – the first thing all guests ask for on arrival is the internet password. And recently, a guest was so chuffed with the speed here, he downloaded an App to check our speed. Now on a 50 meg fibre optic cable directly to the […]
Read More »Excellent report of Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse from the AA Assessor Liz and her team are proud of the accolades from the AA Assessor . Our service standards are recognized as ‘a benchmark in the industry’ which is high praise indeed. The full report follows below: Check-in Once again, Liz at Lancaster is ranked #1 on Trip […]
Read More »Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse is winner of the 2014 Essential Travel Accommodation Awards We are delighted that we won an award as a winner in the 20th Annual Accommodation Awards in 2014. This award programme is based on customer feedback and is a programme which used to be run by AA Travel and was then […]
Read More »Excellent guest review of Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse At Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse we are so fortunate to meet such interesting and nice people from all over the world. We were privileged to have delightful guests from Switzerland to stay recently. Werner was posted here on a 7 week secondment and his wife joined him for […]
Read More »The Nose HD Live screening at Cinema Nouveau Rosebank There are 3 performances left of this dazzlingly whacky absurdist opera by Shostakovich, brilliantly produced by William Kentridge. This is a live screening of the opera (in the Met’s HD series) which has returned to the New York Met after premiering in 2010. Based on […]
Read More »Newtown Junction: mixed-use office and retail development A huge mixed-use office and retail development, Newtown Junction, is being built behind Museum Africa where the old potato sheds of the Market building stood. References to the old poultry shed, the original station master’s residence as well as the potato sheds will all be included in the […]
Read More »Joburg comes up trumps in the international press: Positive reviews 2013 Wow! What is it with Jozi at the moment? So much positive press from all sorts of different quarters. From no 1 cycle route to an up-and-coming art hub to a new spin on the level of violence – Joburg is being praised and […]
Read More »Scottish guest at Liz at Lancaster celebrates his 90th Birthday Our young neighbours were transported back to their wedding day when they awoke a couple of weeks back to the hauntingly evocative strains of the bag pipes wafting from our garden. All thanks to a special birthday celebration. Recently we were lucky enough to host two […]
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