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Formerly known as the Tourist Guesthouse, and just a short walk from Brunswick St, this hotel-hostel is scrubbed-up rustic: plenty of faded pine but mod cons too. All rooms have a TV and a fridge…

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This converted '80s motel features stylish doubles and decent dorms convening around an enormous central pool. It's an informal, sociable kinda joint with a perpetual pool-party atmosphere and a …

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The Beachhouse has tidy, bright (though often small) rooms and a reputation for offering a good standard of budget accommodation. It has a more secure reputation than some other backpackers' dens…

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Quite a find in Darlinghurst, the Altamont features smart-looking, modern rooms with en suites and an easy-going, convivial vibe. Well-priced, beautifully designed interiors feature stark mod det…

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The Witch's Hat is something out of a fairytale. The building itself could be mistaken for a gingerbread house, and the witch's hat (an Edwardian turret) stands proud out the front, beckoning the…

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This child-friendly, high-rise Y has an enviable position, with Hyde Park right across the road, and the city centre and Oxford St a short stumble away. Standards here are high, with simple, spot…

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The fresh rooms are all white-linen and light-filled, with working windows that allow real air in. Spread across two levels, all rooms share bathroom facilities and a super rooftop. This fabulous…

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The big white Novotel indeed boasts an impressive atrium. Bedecked with potted palms and vines, the lofty space has dark timber flooring, a moodily lit cocktail bar, an esteemed restaurant, fount…

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Motel-style Mariners Court is a tucked-away treasure offering value-for-money and welcoming service. It won't be the flashest place you'll stay in Sydney, but it has that rare combo of handy loca…

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The Holiday Inn chain occupies two hotels on the Esplanade - this retro survivor is by far the hippest of the two. It may look old-school externally, but inside everything's up to date. It's wort…

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This part of town is slowly but surely tarting itself up, and nowhere embodies this better than the Pensione Hotel - a tasteful reworking of a stately George St building, with prices guaranteed t…

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This hip, stylish 16-room place is still trading on its remodelling from a few years ago, thanks to designers du jour Burley Katon Halliday, who went for a blindingly white look for the most part…

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Vibe is a boutique hotel in a high-rise body. Fresh, fun and very, very funky this recently opened resort has veered away from the formulaic yellow and blue 'seaside' theme favoured by many plac…

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Victoria Court is a sweetly run guesthouse filling a pair of three-storey 1881 brick terraces with 22 en suite rooms, all with TVs and over-the-top Victoriana (floral quilts, four-poster beds, ch…

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Call off the search - this B&B packs more charm, character and global wall features than any B&B in Byron Bay. It's an exquisite little spot in a tranquil alcove and the enigmatic rooms are pure …

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The charming, red-brick Grand Chancellor is not your ordinary top-end hotel. It has chosen to forgo dull, international-brand modernism for some quietly stylish and surprisingly homely touches in…

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The patriotic Australian Hotel (with around 100 Australian beers!) is easily one of the best pubs in The Rocks. Despite the shared bathrooms, the accommodation scores points for snug communal roo…

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Outside this barrel-chested 1880s house is a ridiculous Filipino sculpture that someone unearthed in their backyard. Ignore it and head straight inside where 70 clean rooms of various configurati…

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Hotel Enterprize has a cosy, relaxed feel, exuding a familiarity both comforting and slightly disconcerting. The ground floor lounge is full of old leather armchairs and a huge stone fireplace ma…

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Built in 1894, the Vulcan was a watering hole well into the 90s before the lousy pub rooms were converted into affordable, boutique mid-range accommodation. Discreet international staff direct yo…

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You get a lot of bang for your buck at this super shiny hotel. Having recently undergone a huge refurbishment, everything from the lobby floor to the bathroom taps sparkle as if polished speciall…

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Ok, so you're here to shop and you just can't see the point in forking out top dollar for all the trimmings when every spare cent can be whacked straight onto the credit card. But you're not stup…

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The cold foyer of Atlantis belies the minimalist-chic wand that has been waved over the rooms. Bringing some glitz to the city's increasingly popular western fringe, there are some superb views o…

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Forget the fluffy pillows, baby-soft toilet roll and hints of fresh jasmine, the Kingsgate is a no-bullshit, inner-city hotel offering excellent value for money. You stay here for the central loc…

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Out on Spring Hill's northern edge, this four-star motel-style establishment overlooks Victoria Park and has plain but welcoming rooms with excellent views, some with balconies. There are good fa…

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The city of Melbourne was only 45 years old when this old-timer originally opened its doors in 1880. A city institution, the 430-room Victoria Hotel offers a flexible range of comfortable accommo…

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This motel is in a great location - central but quiet - and has spacious rooms, some self-contained, and a large restaurant. Plus there's a 10% discount if you belong to a motoring club.

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The Rockford is a handsome and very comfortable low-rise hotel in the northeast corner of the inner city, only a short walk from the attractive parkland flourishing on both sides of the Torrens R…

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Clean, functional and well-located, the Bayview Eden manages to tick all boxes without excelling in any one area. It's a favourite with travelling suits though, so the hotel caters to people who …

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Close to the city but in an elevated area so the noise and congestion are minimised, this refurbished and friendly hotel housed in a century-old sandstone building has both basic and more luxurio…

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About to undergo a multi-million dollar face lift, a few idiosyncratic features already distinguish this hotel: an enormous swimming pool presided over by a majestic old boab tree (said to be 120…

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The enormous Stamford Grand, sandy coloured and with vague Art-Deco pretensions, rears up above Glenelg's attractive beachfront. Rooms facing inland often afford glimpses of the Adelaide Hills, w…

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Heeey, now this place is cool! You might feel like you're in a David Lynch movie as you wander the darkened, mirror-lined corridors to your room, one of 40 spread over two levels. Even the standa…

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The Savoy has funked up. Getting full marks for effort and not content to rest on its dated laurels, it's transformed itself into a contemporary, boutique-style hotel. We like a creative approach…

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This smart business hotel is smack-bang in the middle of the city and couldn't be more convenient for shops, offices and transport. It's not exactly original in decor or vibrant in atmosphere, bu…

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The Hatton is one South Yarra building that's retained its charm. The facade is pure old-world South Yarra class and get a load of that verandah. Perch on high, people-watch with your coffee or j…

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The relationship between the Hotel Richmond and Rundle Mall is a reworking of 'Beauty and the Beast': the hotel has a neoclassical frontage and an over-abundance of interior elegance, while the m…

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Can you ever have too many tassels? The answer is a resounding 'no' at the old Castlereagh. Tucked away off busy Castlereagh St, it's a lavish 1920s building with a sandstone facade and a plush i…

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The Bayview is one of many large, facility-ridden hotels lining Queens Rd that compete for the corporate dollar, but they tap into the pleasure principle, too, and the bird's-eye vistas of Albert…

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You couldn't be more centrally accommodated in the Alice unless you camped out in the sandy bed of Todd River. The Aurora Alice Springs is a mere stumble off Todd Mall and recent renovations have…

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