1. Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa

    A sprawling estate where Nelson Mandela once edited his memoir now operates as a sequestered hotel draped in ten acres of gardens minutes from Johannesburg's commercial core. The rooms, spa, and dining pavilions feel less like amenities than extensions of a private sanctuary, attended to with the discretion of another era.

    Forbes Travel Guide
    2026 · Forbes Five Star

    Address
    36 Saxon Rd, Sandhurst, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa · Johannesburg
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