HOTEL AND TOURS

InterContinental Sydney,

QP - Quality Performer Hotel A new rooftop club InterContinential lounge will be opening in eary May 2004 - until this time the existing club lounge will be accessible by hotel guests as per normal with no impact on guest facilities - In January 2003 Travel and Leisure magazine voted InterContinental Sydney as the only - Must See - hotel in the Australia New Zealand and South Pacific region in its annual 500 Best Hotels in the World feature - Inter Continental Sydney has undertaken an exciting refurbishment creating a stunning new driveway new guest rooms and suites All Guest rooms have now been transformed creating a contemporary style and incorporating new genertion design elements Features include a luxurious window seat chaise lounge and blackout sheer blinds high speed internet access and in room safe for laptop computers generous desk with side unit and executive chair to ensure a stylish and dfficient work zone - High speed wireless internet access is now available in all 13 meeting rooms the Cortile and soon to open new Club InterContinental Lounge The new rooftop Club InterContinental Lounge will have uninterrupted panoramic harbour views and is scheduled for completion in early 2004 - This Australian icon has been transformed to maximise the harbour views and create a new level in Sydney elegance. More info at WorldRes.com
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Room Amenities

* Air Conditioning (In Room)
* Newspaper (Free)
* Refrigerator
* Iron
* Telephone
* Television (Cable/Satellite)

* Non-Smoking Rooms
* Television
* DVD/VCR
* Daily Maid Service
* In Room Broadband Internet Access
* Safe (In Room)

* Coffee Maker
* Telephone (Voicemail)
* Kitchen/Kitchenette
* Balcony/Terrace
* Mini-Bar




Hotel Details

* 509 Rooms / 31 Floors
* Built in 1985
* NoOfFloors - 32
* NoOfRooms - 509
* Car Rental Desk
* Family Rooms
* Fitness Facility

* Golf
* Swimming Pool
* Wheel Chair Access
* Tennis Court
* Business Center
* Dining
* Meeting Room

* Free High Speed Internet
* Luxury
* Health Club
* Pool (Indoor)
* Health Spa/Massage
* Shopping Mall/ Area
* Hot Tub

Marriott Sydney Harbour

The Marriott Sydney Harbour Hotel is the premier harbourside hotel in Sydney, surrounded by spectacular waterside harbour views of the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Situated 10 miles from Sydney International Airport, the hotel is two miles from Kings Cross and six miles from Bondi Beach and Taronga Zoo. This recently renovated contemporary hotel is ideally situated in the heart of the Sydney CBD, the shopping delights of the Pitt Street Mall, and the Rocks entertainment and cultural precinct. The unique Sydney harbour location is close to Darling Harbour, Chinatown, and the Sydney Cricket Ground. It also has easy access to the Circular Quay station.

The hotel offers an indoor swimming pool, a day spa, a fitness center, solarium, a gift shop, and Icons Brasserie featuring fresh seafood cuisine. With 550 luxurious guest rooms and 20 technologically enabled meeting rooms, the hotel offers guests an intimate and sophisticated venue for both business and leisure. Other services include valet laundry, concierge services, and parking (charges applicable).

The hotel offers luxury accommodation. Rooms feature work desks, two-line phones, high-speed Internet access, refrigerators, bathrobes, safes, voicemails, cable TV, complimentary in-room coffee, irons and ironing boards, and hairdryers.
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Room Amenities

* Air Conditioning (In Room)
* Newspaper (Free)
* Refrigerator
* Iron
* Telephone
* Television (Cable/Satellite)

* Microwave Oven
* Non-Smoking Rooms
* Television
* DVD/VCR
* Daily Maid Service
* In Room Broadband Internet Access

* Safe (In Room)
* Coffee Maker
* Telephone (Voicemail)
* Kitchen/Kitchenette
* Mini-Bar




Hotel Details

* 550 Rooms / 32 Floors
* Built in 1989
* NoOfFloors - 32
* NoOfRooms - 550
* Car Rental Desk
* Family Rooms
* Fitness Facility

* Golf
* Swimming Pool
* Wheel Chair Access
* Business Center
* Dining
* Meeting Room
* Free High Speed Internet

* Dry Cleaning
* Luxury
* First Class
* Conventions
* Health Club
* Pool (Indoor)
* Health Spa/Massage

Sydney Opera House




Fourteen troubled years in the building, and AUD95 million over budget, the controversial sail-like roofs of Sydney's most recognizable icon glisten against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour. Danish architect Jorn Utzon has reportedly never laid eyes on his masterpiece, resigning in 1966 due to political difficulties and construction delays—it was finally finished in 1973. It now has an impressive yearly program of up to 3,000 contemporary and classical performances and is a truly memorable place for theatre, opera and ballet. Various guided tours operate daily from 9a-5p. Cost: Adult AUD22; Seniors/Students/16 & Under AUD16.
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Taronga Zoo

Opened in 1884, the Taronga Zoo is the first public zoo in New South Wales. The Zoo has gone through much renovation and redevelopment featuring updated exhibits and an Asian Rainforest, which provides a unique insight into the majesty and wonder of the jungle homes of an amazing array of rare Asian wildlife including Asian Elephants, Silvery Gibbons, Francoise Langurs, Asian Turtles, and Fishing Cats. The Taronga Zoo is continually building and updating its cultural and educational displays and precincts in order to provide the ultimate in family fun. Be sure to check out the free animal presentations and shows throughout the day.

Entry fees: Adults AUD30, Children (4-15) AUD16.50, Children under 4 free, Seniors/Pensioners/Students AUD21, Family (2 adults, 2 children) AUD79.
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The 2000 Olympics were a coming-of-age ceremony for SYDNEY. The impact on the city was all-embracing, with fifty years' worth of development compressed into four years under the pressure of intense international scrutiny. Transport infrastructure was greatly improved and a rash of luxury hotels and waterside apartments added themselves to the skyline. The City of Sydney Council spent $200 million to improve and beautify the city streets, public squares and parks, and licensing laws changed too, creating a European-style bar culture. Sydney now has all the vigour of a world-class city, with the reputation of its restaurants in particular turning the lingering cultural sneers to swoons. It seems to have the best of both worlds – twenty minutes from Circular Quay by bus, the high-rise office buildings and skyscrapers give way to colourful inner-city suburbs where you can get an eyeful of sky and watch the lemons ripening above the sidewalk, while to the centre's north and south are corridors of largely intact bushland where many have built their dream homes. During every heatwave, however, bushfires threaten the city, and sophisticated Sydney becomes closer to its roots than it sometimes feels. In the summer, the city's hot offices are abandoned for the remarkably unspoilt beaches strung around the eastern and northern suburbs.

It's also as beautiful a city as any in the world, with a setting that perhaps only Rio de Janeiro can rival: the water is what makes it so special, and no introduction to Sydney would be complete without paying tribute to one of the world's great harbours. Port Jackson is a sunken valley which twists inland to meet the fresh water of the Parramatta River; in the process it washes into a hundred coves and bays, winds around rocky points, flows past the small harbour islands, slips under bridges and laps at the foot of the Opera House. If Sydney is seen at its gleaming best from the deck of a harbour ferry, especially at weekends when the harbour's jagged jaws fill with a flotilla of small vessels, racing yachts and cabin cruisers, it's seen at its most varied in its lively neighbourhoods. Getting away from the city centre and exploring them is an essential part of Sydney's pleasures.

It might seem surprising that Sydney is not Australia's capital: the creation of Canberra in 1927 – intended to stem the intense rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne – has not affected the view of many Sydneysiders that their city remains the true capital of Australia, and certainly in many ways it feels like it. The city has a tangible sense of history: the old stone walls and well-worn steps in the backstreets around The Rocks are an evocative reminder that Sydney has more than two hundred years of white history behind it.

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