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You cannot imagine how many people we asked and how much research we did to find the hotel to meet our needs…Many people also ask Heart2Heart for hotel recommendations…but then again…it really depends on what your needs are, what you like doing, what area you prefer….So just like food…it is a matter of taste! 🙂

Thanks to our cousin, Anton, for recommending this hotel.  It was perfect for all of us.  Even after seeing where all the other hotels are located, we thought that this hotel had the best location 

The Sheraton Hotel is in front of Hyde Park – so it is really beautiful

and when you cross the park – it is the beautiful St. Mary’s Cathedral

The hotel is so convenient as it is CENTRAL for everything and anything especially restaurants and shopping.  It is nearby almost everything – train stations, major attractions, bus stops, etc etc 

The next building is David Jones, which is the high end department store of Australia, they say the Rustan’s of Australia 

And next to David Jones is the Sydney Tower where you can get a 360 degree view of the city if you choose to climb or go up through the lift 

3 streets inside parallel to the hotel’s street ( Elizabeth Street ) is one of the main shopping streets, George street

Go down George street – maybe around 3 New York blocks long and you will be at THE ROCKS 

Then you can walk down the harbour

and get a nice view of the Opera House from across  

two streets down parallel to the hotel’s street is another main street, Pitt street

After George Street, walk down two or more streets and you will be at Darling Harbor 

 After the bridge, turn right and it will lead you to the Wildlie Center and Sydney Aquarium

and the Maritime Museum 

and King Street Wharf with many restaurants to choose from by the Harbour 

on the other side of the bridge, turn left and you will be at Cockle Bay Wharf where there are many restaurants too

with a beautiful view of the Harbour

 Website:  Sheraton on the Park

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I was so happy we decided to go somewhere we have never been to.  This summer we were fortunate to have visited Australia…a place everyone is raving about.

As soon as I arrived in Sydney, I was so happy to have travelled only 7 hours direct from Manila and felt like I was in Europe!  Sydney is a nice vacation place where you can literally relax.  Life seems to be very laid back…They know how to enjoy life! 🙂  Shops close at 5 pm!  Everything is in order and the city is very clean.  It is definitely not New York where everything is so fast and alive! But as Dad said…each country has its own charm and you need to appreciate each one on it’s own.   Since it was turning winter from Fall, the weather was getting cold with rainshowers every now and then.

The first thing we did was we took the HOP ON HOP OFF Sydney Explorer bus to get ourselves immediately and quickly acquainted with the city.  The whole loop takes about two hours without hopping off.  Beautiful city with many beautiful buildings and harbor views

Photos are taken at around 4pm already so it was getting a bit dark and taken from the bus so a bit difficult to take moving shots

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