An outdoor pool restaurant with poolside dining and Melrose Arch shopping district a mile away are reasons to stay at the non-smoking Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers. Renovated in 2014 the Protea Hotel has 229 contemporary rooms on seven floors. Rooms come with desks laptop compatible safes coffee/tea makers mini-bars/mini-fridges free bottled water Wi-Fi flat-panel TVs with satellite and international channels and plush beds with pillowtop mattresses. Cool off from the African sun with a swim in the large outdoor pool. Sip an icy cocktail from the bar or enjoy a meal in the restaurant with poolside dining. The hotel also has 24-hour room service a fitness center business center free parking and a free weekday shuttle to Sandton Station. The Protea Hotel is in Johannesburg's upscale Illovo suburb across the road from the Wanderers Golf Club and one mile west of Melrose Arch shopping district and the M1 highway. The hotel is a little over two miles south of Nelson Mandela Square Sandton Station and Sandton Convention Centre. Johannesburg Zoo is three miles southwest Ellis Park Stadium is five miles south and Carlton Centre and the Central Business District are six miles south of the hotel. If you're coming from O.R. Tambo International Airport the hotel is 13 miles west. The Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Wanderers goes over well with Priceline guests for its comfortable rooms good value friendly staff and convenient location.