Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein

4.0 star property
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Terrace/patio
Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board, free cots/infant beds
Lounge
Interior

Reviews

8.0 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Room service
    Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
202 Nelson Mandela Drive, Bloemfontein, Free State, 9301
  • University of the Free State
    2 min walk
  • Mega World
    11 min walk
  • Mimosa Mall
    13 min walk
  • Bloemfontein (BFN)
    12 min drive

Room options

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Room, 2 Single Beds, Non Smoking

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Double Beds

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About the area

Bloemfontein

With a stay at Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein in Bloemfontein, you'll be in the business district, just a 2-minute walk from University of the Free State and 11 minutes by foot from Mega World. .This hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Mimosa Mall and 1.3 mi (2.1 km) from Vodacom Park.

What's nearby

  • University of the Free State - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Mimosa Mall - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Free State Stadium - 3 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Supreme Court of Appeal - 3 min drive - 2.9 km
  • Central University of Technology - 4 min drive - 3.2 km

Getting around

  • Bloemfontein (BFN) - 12 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Burning Spear Spur Steak Ranch - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪KFC - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Mugg & Bean - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Panarottis - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Checkers - ‬18 min walk

About this property

Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein

Hotel in Bloemfontein with a 24-hour front desk and an outdoor pool
Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein offers 94 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. Satellite television is provided. Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers with deep soaking bathtubs, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Irons/ironing boards and change of bedsheets can be requested. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor tennis court and an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 94 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and an outdoor tennis court. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge). Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service (during limited hours). Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 6:30 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and 3 meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein has a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Afrikaans, English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Motorhome/coach/lorry parking (free) on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Local area shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 6:30 AM–10 AM: ZAR 215 per person
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Free daily reception
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool
  • Outdoor tennis court
  • Racquetball/squash

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Computer station
  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms - 3

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Toilet grab bar height (centimetres): 3
  • Height-adjustable showerhead
  • Lever door handles
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible bathroom dressing table
  • Wheelchair-accessible dressing table height (centimetres): 3
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • 2 on-site accessible parking spaces
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchairs available on site

More

  • Biodegradable coffee stirrers
  • Comprehensive food waste policy
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in reception
  • No plastic coffee stirrers
  • TV in lobby
  • Vegan dining options
  • Vegetarian dining options

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Free cots/infant beds

Bathroom

  • Deep-soaking bath
  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Separate bath and shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Satellite channels
  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk
  • Energy-saving switches
  • Free newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Mobile key entry
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Turndown service
  • Water-efficient showers only

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 12:30 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Contactless check-in available
Late check-in fee
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately ZAR 215 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 180 per person (one way)
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-in fee

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, and a deadbolt lock
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Marriott)

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Bloemfontein Protea Hotel
Protea Bloemfontein
Protea Hotel Marriott Bloemfontein
Protea Marriott Bloemfontein
Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein Hotel
Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein Bloemfontein
Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein Hotel Bloemfontein

Protea Hotel by Marriott Bloemfontein Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 93 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 45 out of 93 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 93 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 93 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 93 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Morena

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Danielle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Welcoming staff and a warm and convenient place to stay during the winter.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dr N K Kirimi

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Maletswai

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Deepak, Nairobi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a great stay
Great place, friendly staff and excellent food.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Marewieja

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Louis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Ziningi

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome
Breakfast nice . Staff very friendly❤️
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

JC

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rajesh

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Prudence

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very pleasing!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jean-Pierre

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed and overcharge
My booking did not show at the hotel and we had to wait 2 hours in the lobby before we were provided with a room. I provided the proof of paying by but the hotel wouldn’t accept it. We only got to our room at 23:30. It was simply exhausting. The room is old, dirty and worn out. It is in poor condition and at $91 it has no correlation with what you pay for what you get.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Teboho

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Lerato

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Carike

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rooms are nice but hotel are extremely noisy and walls extremely thin; you can only sleep if people are not to loud or walking past of even showering next door.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Moutie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent accomadation
From the moment we stepped into the receiption, we were greeted with a big smile and a very friendly welcome. Check-in was fast. Our room was very comfortable. We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon at the pool side with hot beverages. The waitress was very friendly. All in all a wonderful stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2021

8/10 Good

Balene

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

earl

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Annelisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Did not sleep a wink
I stopped over in Bloem for the night enroute to EC.. from about 22:00 until 03:00 in the morning the person in the room next door had the music soooo loud I could not sleep. At first I was convinced there was a club nearby only to realize that the music comes from inside the hotel. I am still not sure how the reception desk was not able to hear this sound. I eventually called the front desk and they sent security to address the issue..
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We stayed for one night as we had an AGM and dinner to attend. Reception excellent when asked if we could move from 2nd floor to 1st due to my wifes not liking stairs due to her knees. However the bacon at breakfast was COLD but the choice of food excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Patience

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Value for money
Good place, bathroom is dated and can do with some renovations
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Hugh

Business traveller
An OK Hotel
It was a quiet night with few guests. The room was good. The bathroom needed a bit of a clean. Dinner was limited and too many heavy dishes on the menu. Breakfast wasnt taken.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020