A room in the Saxon Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela wrote his autobiography. Photo: The Saxon Hotel
6 historic hotels, from where Martin Luther King Jnr wrote ‘I Have a Dream’ speech to the Parisian birthplace of cinema and Hemingway hang-out
- Some hotels have had famous guests, or were witness to moments of high drama, such as the surrender of Hong Kong during World War II at the Peninsula
- Hanoi’s Metropole Hotel sheltered peace activists such as Jane Fonda during the Vietnam war; Germany’s Schloss Elmau is about to host its second G7 summit
A room in the Saxon Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela wrote his autobiography. Photo: The Saxon Hotel
