My first and only trip to Australia was about five years ago when my husband and I met up with our son who had been working and traveling in the land of OZ. Our itinerary included Melbourne, Adelaide and the nearby Barossa Valley, Kangaroo Island, Hamilton Island, and of course Sydney. I gotta go back.
I’ve been to Sydney in April and the weather was perfect. If you’re going Down Under this Spring for their Fall weather, one of the city’s most luxurious hotels is offering three Easter Specials starting at $299 for one night, $499 for two and $699 for three, including daily buffet breakfast for two and valet…
Our Spring/Summer their Fall/Winter are great times to go Down Under. Qantas will be offering non-stop and non-entertainment service — with personal TV screen on each seat — beginning 3/29/06 from SFO on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, as well as daily from LAX to Sydney, Australia. Just buy your ticket by 2/3/06 for travel from…
I’ve stayed in everything from huge hotels in skyscrapers with thousands of rooms to mid-sized resorts with dozens of suites to a bedroom in a European family’s pensione. But I’ve never heard of a one-room hotel before. So while Simon and Susanah Page’s Moog Hotel is called a one roomer, it’s really a suite of…
Pawpaws, a Holistic Pet Retreat, intends to operate a number of special locations throughout Australia. The first one will open soon in the Sydney area. This unique concept plans to offer hotel-like accommodations for your dog. They’ll pamper your pooch with doggy day care, exercise opportunities with other canines, day-long inside and outside access, plenty…
When the free breakfast is described as “a three-course raft of delights to be enjoyed in the privacy of your room,” it stands to reason that The Tonic Hotel is a destination boutique bolt hole. Set on a river about 2 hours north of Sydney in the vineyards of Lovedale in Australia’s Hunter Valley, this…
When you fly all the way to Sydney, make it count by staying at the delightful Leisure Inns Park Regis. This 120-room hotel has the perfect location for business or pleasure travel. It’s in the City Centre, next to the Monorail, within walking distance of Darling Harbour, the Entertainment Centre, major stores and Hyde Park….
Sydney, Australia was voted the world’s number one city for the eighth time in this year’s Travel & Leisure reader’s poll. Bali was voted best island for the fourth time. Long thought to have the friendliest natives, the best beaches, and awe-inspiring natural beauty, thousands venture to Sydney every year and continue to place the…