Experience Australia in an Extraordinary Way!

According to Wikitravel, Australia is the only country that has a whole continent to itself. World famous for its natural wonders and wide open spaces (beaches, deserts and “the bush” or “the Outback”), Australia is ironically one of the world’s most highly urbanised countries and is well known for the cosmopolitan attractions of its globally significant cities, such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and the Australian capital city Canberra.

Australia is also a major tourist destination, and is one of the world’s wealthiest countries. The country is renowned worldwide for its vast, untouched landscape and its unique culture.

Here are the Popular cities of Australia:

• Melbourne - Australia’s second largest city and the nation’s first capital city. Melbourne is a huge sporting and cultural capital. Melbourne is Australia’s most European city.
• Canberra - the purpose-built, planned national capital of Australia
• Adelaide - the City of Churches, a relaxed South Australian alternative to the big eastern cities
• Brisbane - sun-drenched capital of Queensland, fastest growing city in Australia (and the Southern Hemisphere) and gateway to beautiful sandy beaches.
• Gold Coast - a large, beach city south of Brisbane. Known for its beaches, high rise apartments and its amusement parks.
• Cairns - gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, Port Douglas, the Atherton Tablelands, Daintree National Park, and many beautiful beaches and resorts. A great place for people to getaway to and relax.
• Darwin - Australia’s smallest and northern-most capital, at the top of the Northern Territory
• Hobart - small and quiet capital of Tasmania
• Perth - the most remote continental capital city on earth, on the south-western edge of Western Australia
• Sydney - Australia’s first and largest city, the capital of New South Wales
  Other cities can be found under their respective state articles.

Australia is huge but sparsely populated. By land area it is the world’s sixth biggest country, but the population of the entire country is only comparable to that of the Seoul or Mexico City metropolitan area. This means that great distances separate its cities and after leaving one city, you can sometimes expect to travel for hours before finding the next trace of civilsation.

Where to Stay in Australia?

All state capitals would have at least one major hotel up to 5 stars that is comparable to many other high profile hotels around the world. Leading Hotel chains are available in most cities in Australia like All Seasons, Comfort Inn, Hilton, Hyatt. The majority of Australia’s hotels are located in the Central Business Districts (CBD) of the capital city. Hotel services and hospitality are often excellent such as room cleaning services, free morning newspapers, meals to your door and a high-speed internet connection up to 24mb/s (but often with a premium fee twice the cost of the local internet).

All hotels would have a restaurant (or bistro, depending on the type of hotel you are staying in) on the ground floor next to the check in desk. The restaurant or bistro would often serve food that comparable to many other up-market restaurants outside the hotel. Also on the ground floor would normally be a fully equipped bar.

Tourists choosing accommodation in Australia normally consider the itinerary before booking for a hotel in a particular area. It is best to carve out the trip before considering the hotel of choice. There are many helpful travel portals that enable people to choose the right kind of hotel based on their travel plans.