The Royal Hotel Durban

	Accommodation Information Type: Hotel Capacity: 334 Price: From R1058 pp Check-in: 19:00 to 10:00 Check-out: 12:00 267 Smith Street, Durban 4000
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The Royal Hotel Durban is a Durban hotel, in Durban CBD. You can make a booking online on TravelGround.com.

Hospitality at The Royal goes back a long way, to the early 1840s when a sea captain supplying the British garrison sensed the port of Durban's commercial promise and bought the land upon which The Royal stands today.

Opened as Durban's first hostelry in 1845, the building was originally a low-thatched wattle-and-daub building called the Commercial Hotel, a name that changed to The Masonic in 1852.

In the years that followed the hotel became the centre of the town's rapidly growing community life and, following a Royal Appointment granted by Queen Victoria's second son, Prince Alfred, the hotel became known as The Royal in 1860.

Much of the historical significance of The Royal relates to the guests who have visited the hotel. Eminent guests throughout the years include, Cecil John Rhodes, H.G. Wells, Rider Haggard, Marlene Dietrich, Mark Twain, Prince Alfred, Queen Elizabeth II, Margaret Thatcher, F.W. de Klerk, Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Nelson Mandela.

The Royal Hotel's principle of uncompromising service and unfailing hospitality has always been a cornerstone in it's 150 years of existence. During these years it has been this ethos that has carried it from strength to strength through a colourful and, at times, tumultous evolution.

At The Royal we believe that the real ingredient of lasting hotel excellence cannot be bought. This is because it is service that makes the difference and high standards first have to be cultivated and then continuously refined. It is this commitment that has made us one of the foremost hotels in the world.

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