Boutique Hotels Accommodation Near Mandela House
*All distances listed are as the crow flies, and not actual travel distances.
Nearby Attractions & Landmarks: Vilakazi Street, Rand Easter Show, Apartheid Museum, Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum, Madiba Trail, Credo Mutwa Cultural Village, Regina Mundi Church
Mandela House Reviews
More info about Mandela House
Typical of the red brick matchbox houses built by the apartheid government in the 1940s and 1950s to provide the most basic of housing to black citizens, Mandela House in Soweto is the site of Nelson Mandela’s first house purchase made in 1946 and where he stayed with his first wife for 11 years. He was to divorce her and remain in the house with his new bride Winnie Madikizela before being arrested for treason in 1962.
At the time of Nelson Mandela occupying the house, it consisted of three rooms, a narrow kitchen and bucket toilet outside, and was one of many such houses along a dusty Vilakazi street. After his release, Nelson Mandela returned to the house for a brief period, in what he referred to in his memoirs as ‘the place marked with an X in my mental geography’. He donated the home to the Soweto Heritage Trust which has since been restored... Show more
About Boutique Hotels
More intimate and personalised than larger hotels, guests can expect a warmer, friendlier stay at a Boutique Hotel. Boutique Hotels are high-end accommodation, and guests can expect all the usual luxury amenities expected from a regular/larger hotel, including wifi; tea and coffee facilities; and deluxe bedding, and then some. Most Boutique Hotels pride themselves on personal service that allows them to go the extra-mile - making it an ideal place to stay for guests celebrating special events or anniversaries.