Mount Nelson
Cape Town, South Africa
The Victoria Falls Hotel
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Located at Victoria Falls, its terrace facing the Second Gorge and the Victoria Falls Bridge.
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- Opened
- 1904
- Rooms
- 161rooms and suites
- City
- Victoria FallsZimbabwe
- Setting
- Mountains & natureAfrica
Practical information
- Address
- The Victoria Falls Hotel
1 Mallet Drive
P.O. Box 10, Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe - Telephone
- +263 213 2844751
- Official website
- www.victoriafallshotel.com
- Best available rate
- Check availability
At a glance
- 161 rooms, including 9 suites, among them a Presidential Suite and two Honeymoon Suites.
- Stanley’s Terrace, the fine-dining Livingstone Room, Jungle Junction with its nightly African dance show, and Stanley’s Bar.
- Edwardian swimming pool, spa, gym, two art galleries and a chapel with Sunday services.
- Located at Victoria Falls, its terrace facing the Second Gorge and the Victoria Falls Bridge.
History
8 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.
The hotel opens to house passengers of the new Rhodesia Railways line, part of the planned Cape to Cairo Railway.
Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and her daughter Princess Helena Victoria are its first royal guests.
The hotel serves as a stop on BOAC’s flying-boat route linking Southampton with South Africa.
King George VI and the royal family stay at the hotel.
Roy Welensky holds a conference here on creating the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
The Victoria Falls Conference held at the hotel leads to the break-up of the Federation.
The hotel hosts the Victoria Falls Conference seeking to resolve Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
The Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa honours the hotel for its care of its in-house chapel.
Sources: Wikipedia (EN), “Victoria Falls Hotel” (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Official website · Official fact sheet. Text rewritten and translated by Grand Hotels of the World.
