Protea Hotel by Marriott®

LOCATION: In a quiet street half a block up from the glorious Promenade in Sea Point. The hotel was previously the longlived and much-loved Arthur’s Seat Hotel which, as an advert from 1963 notes, was the “most popular hotel for sportsmen and holiday-makers”. It is close to the Sea Point pool and central enough to be a perfect base for city visits, yet out of the touristmad hurly-burly of the Waterfront. STYLE: The hotel was thoroughly refurbished in 2013 and the front rooms were gutted and done up. Outside, little has changed from its Arthur’s