African Pride Melrose Arch
Book from £313
Address: 1 Melrose Square, , Johannesburg, ZA
No of Rooms: 118
The Melrose Arch Hotel is located in a secure urban development of the same name in Northern Johannesburg, offering shops, restaurants and bars, kilometres from the city centre. This four floor hotel features 118 guestrooms with pared down contemporary decor, featuring crisp white bed linen, leather headboards, exposed brick and chrome light fittings. All have armchairs and writing desks, flatscreen televisions with DVD players, DVDs, and high speed Internet connections. The glass and marble bathrooms have toiletries and fluffy white towels. The hotel's main restaurant, the March, serves an exotic fusion of international cuisines and guests dine within contemporary black and white decor with innovative coloured walls and lighting features. Guests can also get light meals at the Library Bar, and can settle down in the evening with a whisky or cognac on one of the leather couches, and select one of the library's many classic novels. Drinks and meals can also be enjoyed at the Pool bar where guests can sit at tables and chairs with the pool's shallow water at their feet. The hotel's Sound Room has plush surroundings and audio visual entertainment systems, where guests can unwind with a few drinks. Guests can enjoy a cooling dip in the outdoor pool, watch the world go by from the veranda, or sip on coffees in the March Coffee Shop. Multilingual staff at the 24 hour front desk can assist with transport arrangements, excursion booking, and the storage of valuables. The hotel can also cater for conferences and social functions for up to 55 people. Within the Melrose development is Rosebank Mall, 2.5 kilometres from the hotel. For a family day out, Johannesburg Zoo is five kilometres from the hotel, while visitors can also go to the Apartheid Museum, 15 kilometres from the hotel, to explore the country's history. Johannesburg Airport is 26 kilometres from the hotel.
