Hyatt Regency Sydney
Australia's largest hotel, spread along Sussex Street on the harbour edge of Sydney's CBD, overlooking Darling Harbour.
Park Hyatt Sydney
Low-slung harbourfront landmark in The Rocks where every room looks straight across the water at the Sydney Opera House.
Capella Sydney
A 1912 sandstone government building in the CBD reborn as a 192-room urban sanctuary around a plant-filled glazed atrium.
InterContinental Sydney Double Bay
A 140-room five-star hotel in the harbourside village of Double Bay, crowned by a rooftop pool and terrace with sweeping Sydney Harbour views.
Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
A 34-storey tower above The Rocks with sweeping Opera House and Harbour Bridge views from the majority of its rooms.
Pier One Sydney Harbour, Autograph Collection
A 1912 cargo wharf and passenger terminal beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge, reborn as a 189-room hotel built out over the water.
Crown Towers Sydney
Australia's tallest hotel, filling the upper floors of the twisting Crown Sydney tower at Barangaroo with 349 harbour-facing rooms.
Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour
Five-star French luxury in a 35-storey tower above Darling Harbour, crowned by the Club Millésime lounge on level 35.
The Langham, Sydney
An intimate 96-room hotel in quiet Millers Point, long regarded as Sydney's most discreet grande dame.
The Old Clare Hotel
A design-led five-star boutique hotel spread across two heritage buildings in Chippendale — an old corner pub and the former Carlton & United Breweries offices — crowned by a rooftop pool and cocktail bar.
Shangri-La Sydney
A 36-storey Rocks landmark whose upper rooms and sky bar frame the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in a single view.
Spicers Potts Point
A 20-key boutique hotel set in three restored 1880s terraces on leafy Victoria Street, minutes on foot from Sydney Harbour.
QT Bondi
A 69-key design hotel of studios and apartments planted in the middle of Bondi Beach, a minute from the sand.
W Sydney
Design-forward hotel inside Darling Harbour's curving Ribbon building, crowned by a two-storey rooftop bar and infinity pool.
Kimpton Margot Sydney
An Art Deco landmark on Pitt Street turned playful boutique hotel, with a heated rooftop pool and bar above the CBD.
Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park
A grand city hotel facing the fig trees of Hyde Park, with 558 rooms, a glass-roofed rooftop pool and a top-floor spa above the Sydney CBD.
Swissôtel Sydney
A Swiss-run city hotel above Market Street, with elevated rooms, a podium outdoor pool and the Pürovel spa a minute from Pitt Street Mall.
The Darling at The Star
An adults-oriented urban retreat at The Star in Pyrmont, with 171 rooms and suites, a rooftop pool and hammam, and chef-led dining downstairs.
The Porter House Hotel Sydney – MGallery
An 1876 heritage building on Castlereagh Street paired with a slender new tower: 122 rooms, a heated rooftop pool and Lee Ho Fook on level one.
Ovolo Woolloomooloo
A design hotel inside the heritage Finger Wharf at Woolloomooloo, with loft suites under timber trusses, an indoor pool and generous included extras.
Ace Hotel Sydney
A brick-and-concrete design hotel on the edge of Surry Hills, with 264 rooms, the Kiln rooftop restaurant and a lobby that doubles as a music venue.
Little National Hotel Sydney
A precise, compact-luxury hotel beside Wynyard station, with floor-to-ceiling glass in every room and a rooftop library, bar and gym over the CBD.
Hotel Palisade
A 1912 corner pub at Millers Point with eight hand-painted rooms, a working public bar below and the Henry Deane lounge over Sydney Harbour.
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
A heritage-listed Phillip Street landmark, recently refurbished, with 436 rooms and suites, French-Vietnamese dining at Delta Rue and Club Millésime.
