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Sydney Central Station Hotels
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Marque Hotel Sydney
Cnr George And Quay Streets
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Metro Hotel Sydney Central
431-439 Pitt Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Rydges Camperdown
9 Missenden Road
Camperdown, NW, Australia 2050
Central Railway Hotel
240 Chalmers Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2010
Aarons Hotel Sydney
37 Ultimo Road
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Haven Inn - Glebe
196 Glebe Point Road
Glebe, NW, Australia 103
The Sebel Surry Hills
28 Albion Street
Surry Hills, NW, Australia 2010
Great Southern Hotel
717 George Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Capitol Square Hotel Sydney
Corner Of Campbell & George
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Pensione Hotel Sydney
631-635 George Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 02000
Maze Backpackers
417 Pitt St
Sydney, AC, Australia 02000
Legend Has It... Westend
412 Pitt Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Breakfree On George Sydney
653 George Street
Sydney, NO, Australia 2000
Vibe Hotel Sydney
111 Goulburn Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Sullivans Hotel
21 Oxford Street
Paddington, NW, Australia 2021
The Hughenden Boutique Hotel
14 Queen Street
Woollahra, NW, Australia 2025
Radisson Hotel & Suites Sydney
72 Liverpool Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Rydges World Square - Sydney
389 Pitt Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Apartment Hotel East Sydney
150 Liverpool St
Sydney, AC, Australia 02010
Sydney Marriott Hotel
36 College Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2010
Metro Hotel On Pitt - Sydney
300 Pitt Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2000
Star City Hotel And Apartments
80 Pyrmont Street
Sydney, NW, Australia 2009
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About Sydney
It was perhaps the Olympic Games in 2000 which placed Sydney definitively among the ranks of world-class cities. In advertisements Sydney quite rightly calls itself "sunny, sexy and sophisticated". The old colony for deported convicts has been transformed into one of the world's hottest capitals, where the Opera House is just one of many attractions.
It is almost inconceivable that it is just over 200 years since the British started building a colony for deported convicts in Sydney. Today this prison colony is a metropolis and a multiethnic magnet for people from around the world. Sydney Harbour is like an embracing arm of the ocean, and it is hard to imagine a more beautiful location for a city. Because detached living is so popular here, Sydney is very spread-out.
The City, or the Central Business District, CBD, is however compact. This is the area in front of the Circular Quay with the Opera House and the historic Rocks, where the gleaming glass and steel buildings of the business quarter reach skyward. Kings Cross houses a distinctive mix of worldly pleasures on the one hand and good restaurants and low-cost housing on the other.
The inner-city suburbs to the east of the City, like Darlinghurst and Paddington with its long Oxford Street, have some of the best shopping, pubs and entertainments and are known as relaxed, gay and free from prejudice. North of Sydney harbour, on the North Shore, lies Manly with its restaurants and beach life. Glebe is another, student-dominated "inner suburb". In fashionable Double Bay (also known as Double Pay...) the houses are expensive and the shops exclusive. The opposite is to be found, among other places, in Redfern, poor and largely populated by aborigines, who are more or less invisible in Sydney's more affluent areas.
Sydney's beautiful situation gives a gilt edge to many of the city's sights. For the history enthusiast, of course, the place is a dream; from the aborigines' maybe 60 000-year history to the arrival of the colonists just over two hundred years ago.
Population:
A little over 4 million
Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD)
$1 = 100 cents
Opening hours:
Most shops are open 9:30am-5:30pm, evening opening on Thursdays. Many shops in the city and the shopping centres such as The Rocks and Darling Harbour stay open until 9pm most days, including the weekend.
From old-fashioned pubs to cool cocktail lounges. In Sydney everyone can find a favorite from among the watering holes. But don't order a "pint" at the pub, here a large draught beer is called a "schooner". Jazz clubs, rock clubs and night clubs are to be found in nearly every quarter. But if you want to be certain of finding a really hot dance palace and disco you would be best advised to make for Kings Cross, Darlinghurst and the area along Oxford Street. This is Sydney's traditional entertainment district, whilst Taylor Square is the heart of gay Sydney.
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