Category Archives: Accomodations

I will try to put some information that I know about some Sydney Hotels that we stayed in and visited.  Hopefully this can help some of you who are planning to go to Sydney.

When we went to Australia five years ago, we stayed at the Sheraton on the Park

Previous entry: Sheraton on the Park June 16, 2009

We walked by here this trip to check it out again.  It’s really a nice hotel because it is across Hyde Park

and St. Mary’s Cathedral 

Gigantic chess game in Hyde Park 🙂

It’s so near all the shops – you can go around just by walking.  A few streets away is Darling Harbor already.  Three New York blocks down you reach the Rocks.

Five years ago this did not exist, but now it’s open – the Westfield Mall

This trip we tried another area which was by the Rocks.  We stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel. It’s the orange brownish building.  Behind it is the Shangri-la Hotel.  Location wise, I would prefer the Four Seasons because of the location. Location Location Location 🙂 

I am noticing the good looking guys in the hotel 🙂  

I love hotel lobby arrangements – this changed after a week to Easter which was even more beautiful  Previous entry:  Get Fluffy This Easter April 20, 2014 

Love the chandelier by the front of the hotel doors

 Love this restaurant, the Woods, which is just by the lobby.  It’s wood fired cooking

 The Four Seasons Hotel always has goodies for the kids upon arrival – love! 🙂 

 The hotel is a bit “dated” but it was okay for me

View from the room

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 This area has it’s own charm as well.  It’s more quaint shopping 

 There is also a church nearby – around 2 blocks away

 There is a small park right across:-)

 You are by the Rocks – just right across the hotel

 Where the Museum is!!  LOVE!! 🙂

 It’s so near the train station, the ferry boats ( which you take to Taronga zoo ) and where the cruise ships dock.  Walk further down and you are by the Harbor bridge.  

The hotel in this photo is the Park Hyatt Hotel.  This is a hotel for those who want to have more privacy.  I heard that many VIPs and Stars stay here 🙂  The rooms are very nice and modern.  

They are quite strict with photography – you cannot take photos inside the hotel because of the privacy of the guests I assume! I felt so bad 🙁 James and Mom came back another day and they bumped into Cameron Diaz.  Since I was not there, no one of course took a photo!  We don’t believe unless there is proof, so I googled and true enough they were there! 🙂  They were in Sydney to promote their new movie, The Other Woman   

 I like the Rocks area – is more relaxed compared to being in the middle of the shopping district.  And you have different areas to view the Opera House

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The view from Park Hyatt Hotel

We were considering this hotel too but since we were booking last minute, we could not stay here.  It’s also very near George Street and the shopping district

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Thank you to our wonderful hosts in Iloilo!! Allan and Allen and family!!  

 We were treated so well, I only want to go to Iloilo when they are hosting 🙂  From beginning till end, we were taken cared of so well.  From the airport to the port, to food and water in the vans, and even our tour itinerary was taken cared of by them.  I told Allen that they should have a travel agency as well 🙂  

They checked us in our hotel which was their hotel!!!  Hotel del Rio!  

As soon as we arrived, we had merienda!!  We went to the back of the hotel and this was the view! The Iloilo river

They served us pancit molo which is made by the Mayor of Molo! YUM!  

Batchoy!

Bibingka

Puto

Fresh mangoes from Guimaras

suman

Hot Chocolate! My gosh!!!!  I could live here forever 🙂

Clarissa and I shared this room 🙂 

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We stayed at our usual hotel in Tokyo.  It’s a good hotel for us except for the sound of the railroad 🙂 Though there are quite a number of restaurants under the railroad.  It’s a few block away from Ginza so it is well located and not crowded  

It has European interiors 

The rooms are decent

I particularly likes the size of the bed which was two beds put together to meet our request for a king bed.  Though the size came out to 86 inches which is wider than the 76 inch width of a king bed.  So it was nice

Simple but very clean bathroom

with all the amenities

Aside from bathrobes, they provide pajamas 🙂  This is a 4 star hotel offering all these amenities

Patisserie in the lobby and many restaurants in the basement level

Also by the lobby is a stairway which leads to the basement

That leads through a tunnel going to the Tokyo Metro!  

Even our friend, Det and her family were there 🙂  

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It was my first time to stay in Four Seasons Hotel and I loved it!  When we arrived from the plane, right outside the tunnel was a guy with two carts – they transported us to immigration!  

They were with us in the luggage carousel too and they brought all our luggage to our cars which took us to the hotel.  The main guy is Filipino 🙂

Again a reindeer at the front of the hotel.  I told you they like reindeers 🙂

And bears covered with fresh flowers!!!! LOVE!!!!!

I remembered the Puppy by Jeff Koons in the Guggenheim ( Previous entry:  Guggenheim Bilbao November 28, 2013)

and a bear I saw in one of the Russian palaces which was also made out of leaves

Gigantic christmas trees

They know Dad and Mom since they were here recently

Our room came with all these!!!

So many amenities!

Going to the airport same service

They check in for you!

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