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Simpsons of Potts Point (Hotel)

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  • Address:
    8 Challis Avenue  
    Potts Point 2010, AUSTRALIA
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  • Neighbourhood: Potts Point
  • Atmosphere: Boutique and Low-key
  • Price Range: Top end

Lonely Planet Review

This superb heritage home (1892) has been faithfully restored and converted into quiet and tasteful lodgings. The rooms are spacious, decked out with en suites, fireplaces and antique prints, while unsightly mod cons are discreetly hidden from view, so as not to disturb the old-fashioned good taste.

There's a large, light-filled lounge with a piano if you want to mingle or tinkle, plenty of reading material and complimentary port, sherry or broadband. Breakfast takes place in a delightful conservatory, if you can tear yourself away from the large comfortable beds. While there are plenty of Liberty-style prints featured in the fabrics here, you'll never feel stuck in a twee simulacrum of yesteryear. Simpson's is efficiently run and we even saw the owner's dad being roped in to make sure that bumps and scrapes on the skirting boards were being painted by hand. If you feel like retreating, the attic rooms are good value and still a decent size, with plenty of storage.

Review by author Sally O'Brien

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  • You cannot stay more than 99 nights
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Facilities

  1. Air conditioning
  2. Children allowed
  3. Clothing iron
  4. Communal area - Indoor
  1. Internet access
  2. Left luggage/storage
  3. Safe
  4. Tea and Coffee maker
  1. TV in room
  2. Linen/Towels supplied
  3. Non smoking rooms
  4. Parking
  1. Phone/Fax
  2. Facilities - Private
  3. Room service
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How to Get There

Sydney, Driving from the airport, take the Eastern Distributor Motorway, exit at "Kings Cross" exit sign (AUD 4.00 toll), turn right into William Street, left at the top of the hill(at the large Coca Cola sign), then left again into Victoria Street, follow to the end, then turn right into Challis avenue...we are half way up on the left....
Alternatively you can take a taxi,(approx. AUD 25.00-30.00 +4.00 toll, and 20 minutes)
Shuttle mini buses (approx AUD 8.00 - 10.00 per person) as they do the hotel rounds obviously take a bit longer.
The closet railway station to the hotel is Kings Cross Station, Victoria Street, only an 8 minute walk along Victoria Street.

Check In Instructions

Earliest check-in time: 15:00

Latest check-out time: 11:00

We provide towels and toiletries for guests to freshen up in our full bathroom, adjacent to the lounge room. if they have to check in earlier.
We can also store luggage for guests.

Author Tip

Walk to the Royal Botanic Gardens in the morning, then come back up historic McElhone steps and recharge with some coffee from one of the Challis Ave's cafes. Then pop into Elizabeth Bay House to compare grand mansions.

Curious Fact

This historic building was originally built for the Treasurer of the Catholic Church.