The Peech

Johannesburg, South Africa

Activities

  • Put aside a morning or afternoon for the Apartheid Museum. No visit to the city could be complete without a visit to this architectural masterpiece, which tells the story of the darkest period in the country’s recent history

  • Take a township tour of Soweto, a highlight of any visit to Johannesburg

  • Shop in the nearby malls at Rosebank and Sandton, or cruise the some of their many art galleries

  • If you don’t have time to get to the Kruger, have a big game hit at the Krugerdorp Game Reserve. You are guaranteed sightings of rhino, giraffe, buffalo, hippos and lions

  • Chill out in the Emmarenti or Walter Sisulu botanical gardens. Both of these green lungs are great escapes after visiting the noisy, polluted city centre

  • Get in shape at the gym next door. It has a 50m lap pool, cardio machines and a weights room, as well as individual trainers to supervise your exertions

Activities on site or nearby include:

  • Historical sites
  • Museums/galleries
  • Nightlife
  • Shopping/markets
  • Traditional cultures
Save to favouritesPrintMailThe PeechIn a quiet backstreet of Melrose, wrapped around by a mature, high-walled garden, this small boutique hotel offers guests a safe, comfortable and immensely stylish haven well away from the cut and thrust of the city centre. James Peech completely gutted then refurbished this 1950s house and built 2 additional garden annexes to create one of the city’s coolest retreats, which happily marries the best of contemporary design with a big splash of afro-ethnic attitude. A predominantly beige and white colour scheme provides a quiet backdrop for immensely colourful furnishings and fabrics. Suede sofas and pouffes in cool blue and tangerine, pinky-orange table cloths and shiny cérise bar stools sit alongside more ethnic elements like carved ebony tables, besbok and antelope skin rugs and kuba cloth wall hangings. The Peech’s 16 stylish and airy [r:SA013:bedrooms] have every mod-con, the bistro restaurant is the talk of the town, there’s a rotating exhibition of paintings and photography, and the hotel is imbued by the easy, open nature of its young owners.

Book this hotelRates from 1300ZAR

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a bottle of Cap Classique (South African champagne) if staying 2 or more nights

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