The Maisonette Hotel
Address:
31 Challis Avenue
2011 Potts Point, Australia
Phone:
(02) 9357 3878
Description:
Just far enough from the madding CBD crowds, this
charming family-run Potts Point guesthouse offers a stylish and good-value alternative to traditional city-based hotels.
Located on
fashionable, magnolia-lined Challis Avenue, and surrounded by some of the city's best restaurants, galleries, boutiques and cafes, the Maisonette is also brilliantly served by public transport. Not that you'd need it, for the city is only a leisurely 20-minute walk away through the historic Woolloomooloo area, with its famous wharf hotel and apartments (where Russell Crowe lives), marina and renovated pubs.
As for accommodations, the Maisonette offers simply styled but perfectly proportioned king, double, twin and triple bedded rooms, all with private bathrooms. Single rooms share facilities (from $70/night). There's also a handy laundry on site.
The local area has long been associated with Sydney's bohemian past, where artists and writers congregated decades ago. Restored art deco apartment buildings and brownstones abound, continuing to lend this part of town a real New York feel.
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