Places to eat near Liz at Lancaster Craighall Park is a restaurant haven – not only are there many excellent restaurants in the suburb itself, see http://www.lizatlancaster.co.za/info/eating.html, but the neightbouring suburbs of Parkhurst and Parktown North are also renowned for their wide choice of eateries. If you amble along 4th Ave Parkhurst (between 14th St […]
What to do with kids in Jozi We all regale against the enemy – Time …. What happens to the days, the weeks, the months? It’s year end again – summer holidays and kids at home. But don’t despair, there’s always loads for kids to do in Jozi. The Wilds and the Owl Project Last […]
Tour of Joburg with JDA arranged by Laurice Taitz I was delighted when Laurice Taitz, the mover and shaker behind Johannesburg In Your Pocket, and guru of all that’s happening in Jozi, asked me to join a Joburg tour. She arranged it with the Johannesburg Development Agency (thanks Nomalizo) to show various journalists, tourism professionals […]
Jozi heritage site: Windybrow A few months ago I set off to Doornfontein on the edge of Hillbrow, to join a tour of the revamped and restored building which I used to know as the Windybrow Theatre. (My source of all that is really new and happening within the city is often Laurice Taitz of […]
2016 rushed to an end like a huge high-speed train on steroids so this newsletter comes with belated good wishes for 2017. Although an eventful year globally and nationally to say the least, for Liz at Lancaster, it well went quite smoothly. AWARDS Catherine and Tagala attended the Department of Tourism Lilizela Awards ceremony in […]
Joburg Tourism and Johannesburg In Your Pocket collaborate: art, shopping and neighbourhood experiences in johannesburg ‘Visit Work Play’ – this message greeted us as we entered the Women’s Jail at Constitution Hill a couple of weeks back to attend a presentation by Joburg Tourism on their new plans to market Joburg as a destination. Jozi […]
Family friendly venue 5 blocks from Liz at Lancaster Recently a family with 2 energetic young boys stayed at Liz at Lancaster. As they did not have a car, they wanted to be able to do things nearby where their 2 little ones could let off some steam. One of their favourite places was the […]
TK’s Walking tour of Kliptown Laurice Taitz is Jozi’s queen of mavens (aka founder and editor of the amazing publication Johannesburg In Your Pocket). She has an extraordinary knowledge of Joburg and always manages to find relatively unknown hidden gems. Ntokoza Dube or TK. is one of these. He runs walks through Kliptown and when, […]
Taking the Gautrain to Park Station Recently, Liz at Lancaster guests who were born and grew up in Johannesburg and were visiting from overseas for a big family reunion, wanted to take their grand-nieces on the Red City Bus leaving from Gold Reef City. However they were very hesitant about the drive there. When I suggested […]
Newsletter from Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse 2014 Another year has flown by and again although it is already 2015, it’s hopefully not too late to wish you all the very best for the year ahead. As always we’d like to thank you for your ongoing loyal support over this last year: returning guests; first-time visitors; those […]