IMPERIAL HOTEL
George Thrash had just opened his hotel for only one year when he received a visit from a brand host, the young Napoleon Eugene Louis Joseph Bonaparte. It was in 1879.
The prince will return to Pietermaritzburg in June, dead. A plaque on the facade recalls the passage of the illustrious visitor; the owner of the time changed the name of his hotel accordingly. We stay in a very comfortable establishment with a British stiffness. Stop at the Chic for a play. See the inner courtyard, with green plants under glass, where the pianist knows his classics. Portrait of Napoleon I in the room bearing her name. Like a real palace on the French Riviera, Imperial has its own hairdressing salon, held by Felicitas, and its beauty Institute The Princess Imperial, where Ginette.