Y Hotel Hyde Park
The Y Hotel Hyde Park is centrally located and offers a choice of dorms or deluxe rooms. True to its name, it is right on Hyde Park, a short walk to Darling Harbor, the Botanical Gardens, Chinatown, art galleries and a bus to the Opera House.
The hotel has a café-restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, a laundry and kitchen, film nights, a TV lounge, air-conditioning, Internet kiosks, nearby parking and a non-smoking policy.
Doubles with shared bath cost AU$96.00, with private bath, AU$148.00. Shared dorm rooms accommodate four and start at AU$36.00 per person. Continental breakfast is included. Children under 4 stay free. Y Hotel has two Sydney locations, another is in City South at 179 Cleveland Street, Chippendale.
Y Hotel Hyde Park
5-11 Wentworth Avenue
Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
800-994-994
yhotel.com.au/content/hydeparklocation.htm
Aarons Hotel
The Aarons Hotel, in central Sydney, is a renovated 19th century building with a family room that has 1 double bed and 2-4 singles from AU$175.00 per night. (Extra charge for more than 2 single beds in the room.) Also included are bathroom, fridge, phone, color TV, coffeemaker and air conditioning.
The hotel has a tour desk for planning excursions. Close by are Chinatown, Paddy's Market, Darling Harbor and transportation to everywhere, including the beach.
Aarons Hotel
37 Ultimo Road
Sydney CBD, Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
+61-02-9281-5555
res@aaronshotel.com.au
Maze Backpackers Hostel
A hostel provides a different experience from a hotel, but may be suitable for slightly older kids who can handle the lively international community that a hostel attracts.
Hostel rates are generally the lowest you will find and the bathrooms are almost always a shared affair. Maze Backpackers Hostel in Sydney has dorm space as well as private rooms that accommodate three.
You get the use of a color TV, ironing facilities, a fully-equipped kitchen, nearby cheap restaurants, Internet access and a game room for table soccer or billiards. The youthful vibe is complimentary. Double and twin rooms with shared bath begin at AU$62.00 as of March 2010.
Maze Backpackers Hostel
417 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000
+61-02-9211-5115
info@mazebackpackers.com
Article Written By Benna Crawford
Benna Crawford has been a journalist and New York-based freelance writer since 1997. Her work has appeared in "The New York Times," "The Washington Post," "The Miami Herald," on CBS, CNN, ABC and in professional journals, trade publications and blogs. Crawford is a certified Prana Yoga instructor, currently studying green nutrition.
