|
|
 |
|
| Executive Travel: Johannesburg |
Best Hotels
Marilen Cawad and Marianne Cotter
06/01/2005
|
The Westcliff
67 Jan Smuts Ave., Westcliff
+27.11.646.2400
www.westcliff.co.za
 Located in the peaceful residential suburb of the same name, the Westcliff is
set at the most elevated vantage point of any Johannesburg hotel, offering
spectacular views of the zoological gardens and the leafy northern suburbs. The
hotel sits like a Mediterranean village on a hillside, with a series of villas
that cascade through landscaped gardens.
South African master designer
Graham Viney decorated each of the hotel’s 80 bedrooms and 35 suites. Most have
private balconies with views, and each bedroom features a pop-up television at
the foot of the bed.
From its terrace at the top of the Westcliff estate, the
presidential suite overlooks the hotel’s rim-flow pool. The suite features one
bedroom (a second bedroom can be arranged), a dining area, a  lounge with
fireplace, a wet bar with catering facilities, a guest cloakroom and a marbled
vestibule. Guests occupying the presidential suite have access to the services
of a butler 24 hours a day, as well as personalized day-trips, chaperoned
shopping sprees, on-call hairdressers and health and beauty treatments.
Sports-minded guests can request a personal trainer, a tennis coach or golf
partner.
German-born executive chef Sven Niederbremer is at the helm in the
flagship restaurant, La Belle Terrasse, where he prepares international cuisine
with a South African flair.
The hotel’s limousine service will transport
guests from the airport. Guests can also use one of the hotel’s Mercedes-Benz
sedans for the duration of their stay.
Having hosted heads of state and
celebrities, the Westcliff is also equipped to deal with a range of other
specialized requests for its guests, including high-level security, protocol and
the preparation of meals in the presidential suite.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
