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1. 44 Stanley
44 Stanley is a precinct of independent design shops, cafés, restaurants and an art-house cinema set in converted 1930s industrial buildings on the edge of downtown Johannesburg.
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2. Avenue of Sphinxes
The 2.7-kilometre ancient processional road lined with sphinxes that links Luxor Temple with Karnak, excavated and reopened in 2021 as a walking route.
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3. Forodhani Gardens Night Food Market
Seafront park in front of the Old Fort that fills with grills and food stalls after sunset, serving Zanzibar pizza, urojo, seafood skewers and fresh sugarcane juice.
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4. Golden Mile Beachfront Promenade
Durban's Golden Mile is a paved beachfront promenade running from the Point and uShaka to Blue Lagoon, lined with beaches, piers, pools and rickshaw pullers.
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5. Île de Ngor
Small island a few minutes by pirogue from Ngor beach, with small beaches, seafood restaurants and well-known surf breaks on Dakar's northern tip.
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6. Jemaa el-Fnaa
The medina's main square, recognised by UNESCO for its oral heritage, where juice stalls, performers and storytellers give way to open-air food stalls at night.
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7. Khan el-Khalili
Cairo's great historic bazaar, a maze of lanes selling lanterns, spices, brass and jewellery around a khan founded in the 1380s.
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8. Kimironko Market
Kigali's busiest market, a large covered complex in Kimironko selling fresh produce, kitenge fabric, crafts and household goods, with tailors working on site.
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9. Lion’s Head Hike
The path up 669-metre Lion's Head spirals around the peak to a summit with views over Table Mountain, the City Bowl and the Atlantic coast.
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10. Makola Market
Accra's best-known market, run largely by women traders, where crowded lanes sell everything from fresh produce and fabrics to beads, pots and tools.
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11. Merkato
Huge open-air market west of Piazza, often called Africa's largest, with sections for coffee, spices, grain, clothing, household goods and recycled metal.
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12. Namibia Craft Centre
Around 40 small craft shops in Windhoek's yellow Old Breweries building, selling mostly Namibian-made baskets, leatherwork, jewellery, textiles and carvings since 1990.
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13. Ndere Cultural Centre
Home of the Ndere Troupe, founded in 1984, staging weekly evenings of Ugandan music and dance with dinner in nine acres of gardens in Ntinda.
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14. Nike Art Gallery Abuja
Nike Okundaye's Abuja gallery on Airport Road, expanded in 2023 with a textile museum, a training centre for women and young people and a large display of Nigerian art.
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15. Old Medina of Casablanca
A walk through the walled old town rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake, with souks along the ramparts, shrines, the old mellah and the Sqala bastion.
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16. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi Nursery Visit
A one-hour daily visit to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's elephant nursery, where orphaned calves come in for their midday milk feed and mud bath.
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17. Souks of the Tunis Medina
A walk through the covered market streets around the Zitouna Mosque, from the thirteenth-century perfume souk to lanes of craftsmen and textile sellers.
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18. Tarkwa Bay Beach
Tarkwa Bay is a sheltered, artificial beach beside the entrance to Lagos Harbour, reached only by boat and popular for swimming, water sports and lazy weekend days.
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19. Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society
The Oyster Bay home of Tingatinga painting, where a cooperative gallery sells work and artists paint in studios lining the road near Morogoro Stores.
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20. Walk Tala’a Kebira
The main street of Fes el-Bali, running downhill from Bab Bou Jeloud past souks, workshops and madrasas to the Al-Attarine Madrasa near the Qarawiyyin.
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