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Marque Hotel Sydney
The Marque Hotel Sydney is located in Sydney, Australia. Less than 0.5 Kilometers from the Marque Hotel Sydney is Sydney's Central Railway Station, Chinatown and Paddy's Market. Just less than 1 kilometer from the hotel is Darling Harbour. Hotel features include a rooftop pool..more

Metro Hotel Sydney Central
The Metro Hotel Sydney Central Is Conveniently Located In The Southern End Of Sydney's Cbd And Directly Opposite The Capitol Theatre, Home Of Disney's The Lion King, The Award-winning Broadway Musical, From October 16, 2003. Within A Short Walking Distance…more

About Sydney

It was perhaps the Olympic Games in 2000 which placed Sydney definitively among the ranks of world-class cities. In advertisements Sydney quite rightly calls itself "sunny, sexy and sophisticated". The old colony for deported convicts has been transformed into one of the world's hottest capitals, where the Opera House is just one of many attractions.

It is almost inconceivable that it is just over 200 years since the British started building a colony for deported convicts in Sydney. Today this prison colony is a metropolis and a multiethnic magnet for people from around the world. Sydney Harbour is like an embracing arm of the ocean, and it is hard to imagine a more beautiful location for a city. Because detached living is so popular here, Sydney is very spread-out.

The City, or the Central Business District, CBD, is however compact. This is the area in front of the Circular Quay with the Opera House and the historic Rocks, where the gleaming glass and steel buildings of the business quarter reach skyward. Kings Cross houses a distinctive mix of worldly pleasures on the one hand and good restaurants and low-cost housing on the other.

The inner-city suburbs to the east of the City, like Darlinghurst and Paddington with its long Oxford Street, have some of the best shopping, pubs and entertainments and are known as relaxed, gay and free from prejudice. North of Sydney harbour, on the North Shore, lies Manly with its restaurants and beach life. Glebe is another, student-dominated "inner suburb". In fashionable Double Bay (also known as Double Pay...) the houses are expensive and the shops exclusive. The opposite is to be found, among other places, in Redfern, poor and largely populated by aborigines, who are more or less invisible in Sydney's more affluent areas.

Sydney's beautiful situation gives a gilt edge to many of the city's sights. For the history enthusiast, of  course, the place is a dream; from the aborigines' maybe 60 000-year history to the arrival of the colonists just over two hundred years ago.


Population:
A little over 4 million

Currency:
Australian dollar (AUD)
$1 = 100 cents

Opening hours:
Most shops are open 9:30am-5:30pm, evening opening on Thursdays. Many shops in the city and the shopping centres such as The Rocks and Darling Harbour stay open until 9pm most days, including the weekend.

From old-fashioned pubs to cool cocktail lounges. In Sydney everyone can find a favorite from among the watering holes. But don't order a "pint" at the pub, here a large draught beer is called a "schooner". Jazz clubs, rock clubs and night clubs are to be found in nearly every quarter. But if you want to be certain of finding a really hot dance palace and disco you would be best advised to make for Kings Cross, Darlinghurst and the area along Oxford Street. This is Sydney's traditional entertainment district, whilst Taylor Square is the heart of gay Sydney.

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