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inatown and Darling Harbour but with double-glazed windows to ensure a good night's
sleep, this apartment hotel offers spacious, fully equipped apartments and smaller studio
rooms with kitchenettes. The larger apartments offer the best value.
MERITON SERVICED APARTMENTS PITT ST$$
most famous project, Wembley Stadium, Meriton is known in Sydney as the builder of
swanky but soulless apartment complexes. This huge tower (42 floors above ground) of-
fers Smeg appliances and spectacular views. BYO soul.
APARTMENTS
VIBE HOTEL SYDNEY$$
rooms are spacious and well priced at this handy midrange hotel near Museum and Cent-
ral train stations and on the fringe of Surry Hills. All have a seating area, flat-screen TV,
work desk and large closet. It has a ground-floor cafe and a gym, sauna and good-sized
pool on the outdoor deck.
HOTEL
PENSIONE HOTEL$$
fully reworked post office (derelict for 40 years) features smart, neutrally shaded rooms
with TVs and fridges. Mark Rothko prints and a wooden staircase warm the simple, re-
strained surrounds. The windows facing George St are double-glazed but don't open. The
quietest rooms are those facing the central lightwell.
HOTEL
Darling Harbour & Pyrmont
MEDINA GRAND HARBOURSIDE$$
APARTMENTS
swish, spacious apartment where people clean up after you. That's exactly what happens
at this newish low-rise development, just off King St Wharf. All apartments have kit-
chens, and all but the studios have laundry facilities and balconies.