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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Hotels in Sandton Johannesburg

Sandton is 30 minutes from Johannesburg International Airport, NELSON MANDELA SQUARE at Sandton City is surrounded by world-class hotels and restaurants. The popular Sandton City Shopping Centre is adjacent to the Square and the Sandton Convention Centre which is located just a stone’s throw away can accommodate up to 10,000 delegates at a time.

Experience the best Sandton has to offer with a range of tours, hotel accommodation, galleries and sightseeing activities. Sandton Central has a total of 10 hotels all of exceptionally high standards with over 2500 bed nights. Sandton Central offers four world-class shopping centres, with over 450 shops, which means there is no shortage of place to take in hours of retail therapy. The assortment of over 90 restaurants, bars and cafes in Sandton Central means that day or night, fine dining or a fast food snack, you will never be short of options to wet your appetite. Sandton Central believes very strongly in the promotion and use of art as a way to inject life and soul into the public space and there is much planning on the go around projects for the streets. This drive to promote the arts is enhanced by the many galleries and the theatre within our area. And finally, for those who come out at night, Sandton Central offers an environment of trendy venues, which means you will never be short of night life options.

The Square, designed to bring to life an Italian styled piazza under the African sky is a major focal point of Sandton Central - completed after a decade of robust interactions between local government and various private enterprise players. On the 31st of March 2004 the world’s first public statue of Nelson Mandela – was officially unveiled in Johannesburg, South Africa at an auspicious occasion held in what was then Sandton Square, now renamed NELSON MANDELA SQUARE at Sandton City. This celebratory event also marked the Square’s tenth anniversary and commemorated South Africa’s first decade of democracy

The six-metre tall bronze statue was erected to honour and pay tribute to the great South African freedom fighter and statesman: President Nelson Mandela. The intention was also to create a focal point where local and foreign tourists could contemplate the events that led to the creation of the miracle of the Rainbow Nation.

To this end NELSON MANDELA SQUARE at Sandton City introduced talks and tours so visitors can be inspired. Sandton is, without a doubt the most important business and financial district in South Africa, and plausibly even in sub-Saharan Africa.

Recomended Sandton Hotels


Courtyard Sandton Hotel
City Lodge Hotel
Balalaika Sandton Hotel
Michelangelo Towers Hotel
The Michelangelo Hotel
Palazzo Montecasino Hotel
Sandton Sun Hotel
Sandton Towers Johannesburg
Southern Sun Katherine Street Hotel
Raphael Penthouse Suites Hotel
Fairlawns Boutique Hotel