QT GOLD COAST
QT Gold Coast relives the past in the middle of Surfers Paradise.
For a slick hotel within Surfers Paradise, QT Gold Coast manages to make guests feel like they’ve slipped back in time 50 years or so. There’s an old VW Kombi by the front door, 1950s-era wooden malibu surfboards and old vintage cruiser bikes available, as well as home-made lemonade served in bottles for guests on arrival. There’s a bit of everything here, with the hip Sting Ray lounge to hang out, a swim-up bar at an outdoor pool, one of the region’s best Japanese restaurants and a market-place style restaurant. Rooms stick to the retro vibe but with modern touches, offering either ocean, mountain or canal views.
THE DORSETT
Balcony view at The Dorsett.
Located within the uber-trendy Star Gold Coast casino complex, The Dorsett feels like a seaside oasis, but with all the amenities and style of an inner-city hotel. You’re only 700 metres from beautiful Kurrawa Beach, but you also have direct access to some of the region’s best bars and restaurants, like Nineteen At The Star and Kiyomi. While you’re at it, don’t go past the indulgent Isoletto Pool Club, where you’ll be waited on as you lounge by a pool with stunning views over Broadbeach. The Dorsett is the first branch of the Hong Kong-based Dorsett brand to open in Australia.
INTERCONTINENTAL SANCTUARY COVE
The Intercontinental Sanctuary Cove Resort and its half hectare lagoon.
Located on the northern end of the Gold Coast at Hope Island, 30 minutes north of Surfers Paradise, guests are surrounded by super-yachts at the marina next door, but there’s a country hideaway quality to being here, with kangaroos outside your room and a stunning plantation-style restaurant and bar on-site. Spend days without leaving, thanks to the three world-class championship golf courses and an enormous man-made lagoon fringed by its own sandy beach. You’re right next door to the speciality stores, bars and restaurants of Sanctuary Cove Marina Village where the Gold Coast’s boating community spend their days.
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