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Melrose Arch
At a Glance
- Melrose Arch is a high-security gated community with good dining and shopping options within safe walking distance
- the Library bar is a favorite with well-heeled executives
Pros
- hipster decor might not appeal to everyone
- some might find it hard to relax in a high-energy environment
- no on-site gym, but a Virgin Active Gym, one of the country's best, is available at R200 per visit within easy walking distance
Cons
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Melrose Arch Review
This ultramodern hotel is within the shopping, dining, and residential enclave Melrose Arch. The eclectic decor mixes modern and traditional African influences, with high-tech, colored lighting throughout and sculptures, baskets, and furnishings all highlighting the African locale. Even the elevators reflect this mix, with one representing the African day and the other, almost completely dark, suggesting the night. Mainly catering to businesspeople, the hotel has free Wi-Fi access in each room and in the public areas, including the warm, mahogany-clad library bar. The rooms are well equipped, and each has a view of the pool and garden or overlooks a square. The pool area highlights the eccentric and modern taste that is echoed throughout the hotel, with trees planted in larger-than-life steel buckets, and tables and chairs set out in a few inches of water. Sip a cocktail here while soaking your feet in the heated pool, which has music piped underwater. African-inspired meals are offered at the stylish and modern restaurant, March.
- Address: 1 Melrose Sq., Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, 2076 | Map It
- Phone: 011/214-6666
- Website: www.africanpridehotels.com/melrosearch
- Location: Northern Suburbs
Contact Information
- 117 rooms, 1 suite.
- Rate includes breakfast.
- Credit cards accepted.
Hotel Details
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