3 Days/2 Nights White River to Maputo Art & Architectural Meander (Min 2 pax)

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
The Artist’s Press and Graskop Art Hotel
2 stops
1
be met by Mark Attwood – a Lithographer and Printer who spends time preparing limited edition works to be printed.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
2
Each room at this special hotel is a work of art, installed by some of South installed by some of South Africa’s best known artists who have left their distinctive personal “fingerprints” and philosophies in the form of chandeliers made of mattresses, wall coverings made of plastic hangers, rear-view mirrors at the dressing table and more… a seriously strenuous sensory workout
7 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Chissano Museum and Pancho Guedes Creations and Portuguese Art Deco
7 stops
3
Visit Chissano Gallery, a fundamental introduction to art in Mozambique. The spirit of Mozambique’s armed struggle is ever-present in the totem-pole-like carvings skinny, desperate humans crushed under the clumsy, uncaring feet of fat figures perched victoriously on top.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
4
This gem of the 50s is a fine example of Pancho Guedes’ unique architectural style. The Sagrada Familia Church is shaped like a ship’s hull, replacing the dragons with crosses and then repeating the motif of the Latin cross throughout, this is a perfect example of the Portuguese Art Deco architecture
2 hours • Admission ticket included
5
Maputo Central Train Station
It was constructed from 1908 to 1916 in the Beaux-Arts style. Widely recognized for its attractiveness, the station has been ranked by international publications as one of the world's most beautiful. In addition to serving as an active train terminus, the station contains a rail museum, food venues, and holds music events.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
6
This is an Artists cooperative in the heart of Maputo city. Frequent exhibitions featuring the work of up-and-coming artists (some of which are for sale). Other works that you can appreciate include pottery by Mozambique’s Reinate Samdimba and paintings by Valente Malangatana. There is also a garden where you can talk with the artists and watch them at work.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
7
By Pancho Guedes Modernist style Concluded in 1961
Admission ticket free
8
By Carlos Cesar Dos Santos Eclectic style Concludes in 1947
Admission ticket free
9
By Herbert Baker Palace style architecture Concluded in 1922
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 3
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
3 stops
10
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. The foundation stone for the construction of the church was laid on June 28, 1936, and is located inside the narthex and inscribed by the Bishop of Mozambique and Cape Verde, D. Rafael Maria da Asunção. Construction on the cathedral was completed in 1944.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
11
This Franciscan church, an emblematic building of modernist architecture, was designed by the portuguese architect Nuno Cavreiro Lopes. The Church of Saint Anthony of Polana was built in 1962 and restored in 1992. The building has the shape of an inverted flower and is popularly known as the “lemon squeezer”. In the dome of the building, of concrete and with conical shape, windows with colorful crystals also allow the entrance of light.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
12
Fortress of Maputo
A national monument that depicts moments of Portuguese colonial occupation and how local people resisted. Old Portuguese weapons are on display 20 minutes, Admission included
1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Specialized infant seats are available
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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