Protea Hotel Montrose

The Hotel

Ideally located halfway between Johannesburg and Durban, Protea Hotel Montrose offers GUESTS a brand new accommodation choice in the Free State.

Facilities include a bar, lounge and WI-FI internet access, with room service meals from a variety of restaurants and fast-food outlets in the village. A 24-hour convenience store and petrol station will ensure your trip continues safely.

Accommodation comprises 24 rooms (including 2 suites), all elegantly furnished, carpeted and en-suite, with air-conditioning and satellite TV.

Various leisure activities are available in the area, including golf, trout fishing and mountain trails.

Conference facilities are now available for up to 48 delegates.

Protea Hotel Montrose - Rest. Explore. Enjoy.

Features

Protea Hotel Montrose offers a Bar and Lounge for GUESTS, as well as a children's playground.

Various restaurants and take-aways are available in the centre, including:

• Steers
• Debonairs
• Fishaways
• Brazilian
• House of Coffees
• KFC

A 24-hour convenience store and a petrol station are also available.

The Conference Facility can seat approximately 48 persons with two executive rooms either seating 12 or 14 persons.

Other hotel facilities include air-conditioning throughout, Wireless Internet connectivity, 24-hour reception and Room Service.

Location

 

Protea Hotel Montrose is halfway between Johannesburg and Durban, on the hill next to Van Rensburg Kop (Drakensberg). It is next to N3, in the Montrose Complex, only 20km on N3 to Harrismith/JHB and 55km from Ladysmith on N3 towards Durban.

Attractions

Recharge your inner energy in tranquil surroundings and excellent facilities. Indulge in open air hobbies like birding, biking, 4x4, hiking, rock climbing, golfing, carp fishing watersport and more. The town is well known for its factory shops, botanical gardens and near to various battle sites, blockhouses and a military cemetery.

Places of interest worth a visit include Johnsons Trading Antiques & Collectibles, the Country Market at River View (in Swinburne), or any of the local crafters making items from candles to wrought-iron goods, the Harrismith Petrified Tree and Botanical Garden, or Spioenkop Dam and Nature Reserve for a picnic.

The Harrismith Golf Course was designed in 1887 and is the third oldest golf course in South Africa.  The Par72, 18-hole course is adjoined by the Platberg Game Reserve and Botanical Gardens, and makes your game a beautiful scenic experience.  Facilities at the Golf Course include a Full Club house recently revamped, a board room, function facilities and golf carts are available. Other Club facilities for non-golfers include tennis, squash and the bowls club is a short walk away.
There is no better venue to rest and explore after 18 holes of golf than the PROTEA HOTEL MONTROSE. This stunning new hotel adjoins Montrose Complex.  Montrose Complex is probably best known by South Africans as the ‘Halfway House” – half way, that is, between Durban, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein.  For years it has served as the perfect midway stop to meet, fill up, eat, shop, explore and recently to rest as well.

PROTEA HOTEL MONTROSE, only 20km South of Harrismith on the N3 highway, offers you a warm and cozy atmosphere with its natural fire placeat the bar/lounge area, for the snowy winter nights.  The rooms have under floor heating in the bathrooms, warm and cold air-conditioning, DSTV, coffee/tea station and best of all, all rooms are sound proof to assure your rest is guaranteed.

Rooms

Each of the 20 rooms and 2 suites at the newly-built Protea Hotel Montrose offer stunning views and comprise:

• 1 disabled GUEST room (2 GUESTS)
• 7 queen-size bedded rooms
• 12 twin/three-quarter bedded rooms and
• 2 suites, each with king-size bed.

All rooms are en-suite and have:

• Air-conditioning
• Satellite TV (DSTV)
• WI-FI internet access
• Tea/coffee-making facilities
  
• Hairdryer
• Electronic key-card
• Laptop-size safety box
  
• Writing desk and
• Direct-dial telephone.

Suites also have :

• a sitting room area
• jacuzzi bath and
  
• balcony.

Smoking rooms are available on request.