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Travel hot list, August 2023: Revamp for Melbourne heritage hotel
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Travel hot list, August 2023: Revamp for Melbourne heritage hotel

The top new hotels and attractions for August include a Sydney backpackers’ resurrection, an unassuming ’70s building in Melbourne revamped and a new Spanish gallery finally opening, close to 100 years after its conception.

Retro umbrellas by the rooftop pool.

Major revamp puts the groove back into heritage Melbourne hotel

In reimagining this city property, designers look to have taken the 1970s ball and run with it.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Bar Morris: tight and fun.
★★★★

Former Sydney backpackers revived as glamorous new hotel

For an urban hotel, location doesn’t come much better than at the 82-room Hotel Morris.

  • by Riley Wilson
The Royal Collections Gallery received 10 architectural awards before it even opened.

Striking new gallery finally opens after almost 100 years

Madrid’s new Royal Collections Gallery began construction in 2006, but was first conceptualised in the 1930s.

  • by Julietta Jameson
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Deluxe Executive Room with MCG views.

The Melbourne hotel where you can now book the entire top floor

Pullman on the Park, Melbourne, is offering a whole floor - sleeping up to 36 people across 18 rooms - for a getaway with a difference.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Poolside at Zel Mallorca.

Rafael Nadal teams up with hotel chain to launch beachfront property

It’s fitting for the tennis champion that the first property of his hospitality venture would be on his home island of Mallorca.

  • by Julietta Jameson
The guest rooms start at 52 square metres.
★★★★★

This perfect hotel sets the new gold standard for opulence

Hong Kong’s Rosewood is an exquisite grand luxury hotel and represents a new era for the East Tsim Sha Tsui neighbourhood on the Kowloon side of the city.

  • by Kristie Kellahan
The restaurant
★★★★★

New Italian hotel offers five-star style without the stuffiness

The Rome Edition’s dining and entertainment, along with the unique design and international atmosphere, have redefined ideas of classic luxury.

  • by Maria Pasquale
Pirates Retreat, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania.

The Aussie company bringing tiny holiday homes to the world

Tiny Away is becoming big news for both landowners and travellers, with plans to add 5000 homes globally by 2026.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Seven Spirit Bay on the western tip of Arnhem Land.
★★★★½

To sleep at this luxury bush lodge is to feel cradled by Mother Earth

The more than $2500 price tag of Arnhem Land’s exclusive Seven Spirit Bay gets you memories to last a lifetime.

  • by Kerry van der Jagt
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Light-filled interiors.

Long-delayed London hotel is finally taking bookings

Announced in 2015, London’s first luxury Peninsula hotel has a launch date and several oh-so-British features to tempt you into a stay.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Threads Bar at the Motley Hotel, Richmond.
★★★★

Offbeat location, but new Melbourne hotel is fun and affordable

The Motley in Richmond offers an arty oasis with a more locally inspired experience.

  • by Guy Wilkinson
Iron Creek Bay – finalists in the World Architecture Festival

Tasmanian farm stay making waves for its clever, high-spec design

Iron Creek Bay Farm Stay, a little-heard-of budget accommodation in Tasmania, has just been shortlisted for an important international architecture award.

  • by Julietta Jameson
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★★★★½

This resort, far from everywhere, is pure magic

The scenery in this part of Australia stirs the spirit in ways you simply don’t expect.

  • by Sue Williams
The much-loved Avani Alonso.

Ugly duckling bargain hotel adds some interior pizazz

This much-loved hotel in Spain’s capital has had a welcome revamp.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Rooms have been coverted from five prison cells.
★★★★★

The verdict on notorious Melbourne prison’s luxe hotel conversion

Pentridge has been converted from a place you don’t want to be to a place you don’t want to leave.

  • by Anthony Dennis
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The Mandarin Oriental Doha hotel overlooks the spectacular Barahat Msheireb covered town square.
★★★★★

Perfect score for this cool hotel in a hot destination

Doha’s searing heat tends to deter travellers over summer, but there’s more than enough to do in the cool of this magnificent Mandarin Oriental outpost.

  • by Anthony Dennis
Villas at The Brooklet, in the Byron Bay hinterland.

Byron’s new luxury villas are for lovers of food, nature and design

A lot of homework, strong attention to detail and a little help from their friends have helped NSW couple Greta and Perry Smith create the Byron Shire’s newest luxury lodgings.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Lives up to the hype ... Azaltie tiny house, Kangaroo Valley.
★★★★½

For once, an Aussie tiny house where the experience matches the hype

This is a Kangaroo Valley gem – a cosy, well-equipped space in such a delightful setting you’ll be reluctant to stray far.

  • by Rob McFarland
The hotel and the river below.
★★★★

An Instagrammer’s dream, this hotel is almost too cool for its own good

This Porto, Portugal, hotel stays on the right side of being the preserve of hipsters, while offering some of the best views in the city.

  • by Jamie Lafferty
The cliff-hugging Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel.

Former Italian monastery turned glorious hotel gets a revamp

The Anantara Convento di Amalfi Grand Hotel is situated for glorious sea views and is built around an 800-year old Cistercian monastery

  • by Julietta Jameson

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