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Property Details

Type: Boutique Hotel

Summary: An exclusive, award-winning boutique hotel

Feature: A luxurious retreat to immerse yourself in

Rooms: 24 Suites and 1 seven-bedroom villa

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Star rating: 5 Star

Nearest airport: Johannesburg International Airport

Transfer: 30 minutes from Johannesburg International Airport by private car transfer.

Luxury Holidays At Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa

Situated in the peaceful suburb of Sandhurst, amongst six acres of picturesque landscaped gardens, Saxon Hotel, Villas and Spa is a home-away-from-home. Generously proportioned guest suites and the Saxon Luxury Villa are beautifully designed and appointed, with African accents including artwork by acclaimed local artists, and feature bay windows overlooking the delightful gardens or swimming pool. For pampering, the Saxon Spa and Studio offers a variety of treatments, including the signature ‘Sound Therapy’, a treatment using the sound of gongs, symbols, singing bowls and bells to completely relax and revive. There are several dining options to choose from, including the casual Qunu Grill, fine dining at Five Hundred, a relaxed al fresco option at The Terrace and High Tea served in the Piano Lounge. The hotel boasts two unique wine cellars and expert Sommeliers who will enthusiastically assist you in selecting from the superb wine list offering locally sourced wines, with preference given to those from Cape Town and the Western Cape.

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Why Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa is so special...

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City Highlights

Nestled in vast, landscaped gardens, Saxon Hotel is a peaceful haven from which to explore the vibrant, friendly heart of South Africa: Johannesburg. The multi-faceted city has plenty to offer visitors of all tastes - from historic sights of political importance and cultural landmarks, to a wealth of museums, craft markets and art galleries. Whether you want to discover South Africa's traditional roots or explore the optimistic and lively spirit that the city holds for the future, Johannesburg will not disappoint. Saxon Hotel's glorious concierge can arrange a number of excursions for you to make the most of your visit - including the Johannesburg City Tour and the Soweto Tour.

Culture & History

With a turbulent, complex and disquieting history, exploring Johannesburg can be equally sobering, fascinating and inspiring. Illustrating the rise and fall of South Africa's era of segregation and oppression, the chilling and, at times, overwhelming Apartheid Museum is a must-see - using film, audio and live accounts to provide an unsettling insight into the grizzly past. Discover the legal and historical consequences of the struggle at iconic Constitution Hill or the informative Nelson Mandela Museum, or head to Gold Reef City - built around a former gold mine - and explore historic miners' houses and the South African Mint Museum, or enjoy a Victorian fun fair followed by traditional tribal dancing.

Spa Breaks

Surrounded by a beautiful garden, filled with birds and large areas of calm water, Saxon Spa and Studio offers custom-designed treatments that adopt an holistic approach to promoting all over wellness, such as the Signature Sound Therapy, which uses the vibrations from gongs and Tibetan singing bowls to restore the body's natural healing energy centres. Extensively refurbished for 2016, several new select experiences offer deep rejuvenation, such as the Hammam Journey and Himalayan Salt elements.

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Amenities

Afternoon Tea
Art Collection
Complimentary Wi-Fi
Fitness Centre
Hair Salon
Infinity Pool
iPod dock
Personal Trainer
Spa
Wine Cellar

In Addition

Thanks to the culmination of the Sommeliers' wealth of experience, Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa has a remarkable wine collection, housed in the two wine cellars. The White and Red Cellars, reminiscent of authentic European and Cape maturation cellars, are unique venues, perfect for a memorable private dining experience.

Johannesburg Travel Information

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Climate

During the winter, days are crisp and clear accompanied by startlingly blue skies. Warm springs give way to the hot colourful hot summers filled with psychedelic displays of pink bougainvillea and purple Jacaranda blooms and punctuated by the mighty African thunderstorms.

Getting There

Flight Information
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic direct from London Heathrow to Johannesburg.
South African Airways from London Heathrow to Johannesburg.

Flight Time
From London Heathrow to Johannesburg: 10 hours, 50 minutes.

The Apartheid Museum

Apartheid was dismantled over decade ago but its full horror lives on in a stark white building on Gold Reef Road, Ormonde. Entry tickets − white and non-white − are issued at random and dictate which doorway you enter through. It's a simple but effective taster of what it was like to have your entire life determined by your skin colour. Documentary pieces of film, texts, sound clips and live accounts will take you on a fascinating, horrifying, humbling and ultimately inspiring journey that recounts the bewildering history of racial segregation.

Constitution Hill

South Africa's Constitutional Court, is built on what used to be a high security prison complex, The Old Fort, originally built to house prisoners of the Anglo-Boer War, later the ‘native prison’ called Number 4 and the Women’s Jail were added and the complex became a detention centre for everyone from common criminals to political activists among them Mahatma Ghandi and Nelson Mandela. Many of the surrounding buildings have been turned into museums where exhibitions detail South Africa’s path to freedom and democracy. Tours include a visit to Mandela’s cell and visitors are invited to add their comments to the “We, The People Wall” – via copper bricks which are then added to the wall.

Johannesburg Zoo

From its humble opening in 1904, when its inhabitants consisted of a male lion, a female leopard and a male baboon, the Johannesburg Zoo is now a sprawling fifty-four hectares of beautiful grounds, accommodating up to 2,070 animals, representing 365 different species.

Gold Reef City

Just eight kilometres from the centre of Johannesburg, the uniquely South African Gold Reef City offers a host of thrilling rides, a casino, an animal farmyard, Story of Gold Heritage Tours, the Town Square showcasing up-and-coming local talents and headline bands as well as a host of restaurants. Look out for the gumboot dancing displays – conceived by black miners as an alternative to drumming, (which was restricted), it is now something of a South African art form.

World Heritage Site: Cradle of Humankind

About an hour’s drive out of the city you’ll find Maropeng the official visitor centre of the Cradle of Humankind and the Sterkfontein Caves. A World Heritage Site, the Cradle of Humanity is widely recognised as the place from which all of humankind originated – visitors learn about the history of earth’s creation on an underwater boat ride through the complex of fossil-bearing caves.

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