Protea Hotel by Marriott Mossel Bay ****

The luxurious 38-roomed Protea Hotel Mossel Bay is a graceful landmark, built in 1846, overlooking Santos Bay and the harbor. A 20 min drive to the airport and halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. Nestling on the Mossel Bay shoreline with the majestic Outeniqua mountains as a backdrop, the Protea Hotel Mossel Bay is singled out from other establishments. The stone walls and Mediterranean-style out-buildings belie the fact that the main building is one of the oldest in Mossel Bay and forms part of the Dias Museum Complex. Protea Hotel Mossel Bay, situated off Santos beach, could best be described as a hotel complex. It comprises of a breakfast patio with sea views, Cafe Gannet Seafood Restaurant – “Mossel Bay’s Seafood House”, the Cape Saint Blaize Artisanal Distillery and Blue Oyster cocktail bar adjacent to the pool overlooking the Bay and Outeniqua Mountains.