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Advantages: Stylish, free apples, Wanderers club nearby Disadvantages: Poor maintenance, slow service, bar closes 10.30pm
Protea is a chain of hotels in southern Africa, mostly in South Africa but stretching up as far as Kenya on the east coast and Namibia on the west. They also have hotels in Egypt and Nigeria.
This review is of the Protea Wanderers hotel, one of the twelve Proteahotels in and around Johannesburg, South Africa. I've stayed there six times, between June 2003 and January 2004.
ARRIVAL
The hotel is located about 25 minutes drive from the airport. They do offer an airport pick up service, which you must pre-arrange; they will then add 150 Rand to your bill.
There is a security check post at the gate, a sad necessity in the Johannesburg of today. The drive leads past the Wanderers sports club on the right, then turns left to the hotel and ends in a circular cobbled area in front of the hotel with a burst water pipe in the middle ...
I recently went on a cultural girlie trip with a friend to Paris. I was left to do all the booking. I was looking for a reasonable hotel, near a metro stop, which included breakfast. I came across the Hotel International on various travel sites and it seemed fairly highly rated so I booked us in for three nights.
LOCATION:
The hotel is located 6 Rue Auguste Barbier in the 11th Arrondissement. The nearest Metro stop is Garcourt which was a two minute walk away and it was a five minute walk to Republique which gives good links to other lines. It's not really central enough to avoid the Metro and walk to the attractions but it was located so close to a stop that it seemed ideal.
PRICE:
Prices vary depending on size of room and season. There are singles, doubles and triples available. We paid Euro254 for the whole time ...
Advantages: Well located and friendly staff Disadvantages: Not the best food that we'd tasted in South Africa
We stayed for 3 nights whilst holidaying with Virgin Holidays in June 2005. We found the location of the Hotel to be perfect for visiting all the places in Cape Town, that we wanted to see.
V&A is about 7 mins drive from the Hotel and the Hotel will either order a taxi, or arrange for a driver to chaffeur you, in the Hotel's BWM for around 70 rand. Taxis back cost a little less, around 50 rand. We ate at Mortons in the V&A and can highly recommend this establishment, for excellent service and delicious food.
Camps Bay is only 5 mins away from the Hotel and offers some excellent places to eat and be seen. Can recommend the Blues Bar, which is frequented by the likes of the Beckhams and Sting. Food here seems expensive for South Africa , but is excellent and a mere fraction of what we'd pay in England.
The staff at the Hotel are ...
