Gr8 Location With all the Amenities and other Melbourne, Australia Hotel/Accommodation Reviews

Because I am Advantage Plus Member I could use one of my 50% discount coupons for any of the Accor Hotels in Melbourne from the Sofitel, Novotel or Mercure range. The helpful person at bookings told me that this hotel was best situated in terms of my reason for visiting Melbourne.

So I trundled up about 10 a.m. hoping to have my baggage stored while I headed out for the day before coming back to check in at 2 p.m. However, the very helpful young lady who checked me in found a room straight away so I was able to dump my gear up in my room & freshen up before heading out to orientate myself. Great customer service & an excellent start for my short stay with them.

Unique Qualities: What I like best about this hotel was its handy location. It took me less than 10 minutes to walk to the National Gallery of Victoria - International on the other side of the Yarra River & about the same amount of time to walk up Bourke St to the Parliament of Victoria on Spring St. About 15 minutes walking in any direction would have taken me to just about all of the City's must see attractions.

As with any hotel of this level you get a pool & gym. The other thing I used was the business centre where I could purchase a card for $5 which gave me 25 minutes of internet usage in the business centre. I was advised by one of the smiling ladies at reception that this would be a much better value option than using the internet via the television & keyboard in my room. Again, excellent customer service.

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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$120-180  » Currency Converter
Phone: 61 3 96505800
Address: 270 Collins Street Melbourne Vic 3000
Directions: Collins Street between the two cross streets - Elizabeth & Swanston Streets
Website: www.accorhotels.com.au

Think my tip title above pretty well sums it up. This is a classy hotel & it was an absolute pleasure to stay here for 2 of my 3 nights in my recent visit to Melbourne.

As I'm a QANTAS Frequent Flyer (not frequent or far enough mind you. lol!) I searched the QANTAS Readyrooms to see what they had in Melbourne & found this one down from a normal rack rate of $350 p/night to a total of $433 in total for my 2 night stay. Mind you, www.wotif.com.au would give you the same rate, but for me this also gave me 1000 bonus Frequent flyer points. Am I glad I did as I really loved this place. Class from top to bottom with everything you'd expect of a 5 star hotel.

Service was impeccable & I will definitely stay here again. I unreservedly recommend it to you.

Unique Qualities: After a day tramping the city in dark grey, damp & cold conditions nothing could have been better afterwards than what I did. That is, come back to the Hotel then head down to the heated indoor pool for a swim followed by a relaxing hot spa/jacuzzi. Just the remedy for that combination of winter chills & tired muscles.

It also has an excllent Gym/Fitness Centre that I did not take advantage of on this stay.

It's in a geat location only a couple of blocks up from Federation Square, within an easy walk of the Arts Centre (including the NGV my fave) & Southbank with all it's attractions.

Check their website for numbers of rooms & all the other info. You can book directly with them.

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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: most expensive
Prices: US$180 and up  » Currency Converter
Phone: 61 3 9657 1234
Address: 123 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
Directions: It's main entrance is actually in Russell Street & you'll see in the photo the older grey building is actually on the corner while you can access the hotel from either entrance. It's just a couple of block down to Federation Square & Flinders St.
Website: http://melbourne.grand.hyatt.com/
Other Contact: melbourne@hyatt.com.au