Location & Tourist Information

Hotel Location & Directions

Conveniently located at the eastern end of the city, just two blocks to the foreshore, gardens, parks, Cricket Grounds and restaurants - Comfort Hotel Perth City is ideally located as a central base to explore the city and state.

Our ideal location puts the following at your fingertips:

A short walk to the Central Business District and city shopping malls.
Free Central Area Transit (CAT) bus departs every 5 minutes (business hours) to the Central Bus Station and Railway Station, Perth Mint, Perth Museum, Cinemas, Parks, Theatres, Nightlife, Restaurants, Historic Sites and other tourist attractions.

Directions from the Domestic Airport:

From the airport, turn left onto Great Eastern Highway and follow this until you reach the Causeway. Then turn right and proceed until you reach a large round about. Take the Hay Street exit, and continue along this street. We are on the right hand side of Hay Street in between Plain and Bennett Streets.

Visitors Information

A range of tourism related website offer visitors a broad range of things to see and do

Area Attractions Distance from the hotel

*  Burswood Casino 0.9m/1.5km E

*  Central Business District 0.6m/1.0km W

Gloucester Park 0.3m/0.5km E

His Majesty's Theatre 0.6m/1.0km W

Kings Park 1.9m/3.0km W

Northbridge 0.9m/1.5km NW

Perth Concert Hall 0.3m/0.5km SW

Perth Mint 0.3m/0.5km E

West Aust. Cricket Assoc. 0.3m/0.5km E

Businesses

*   Royal Perth Hospital 0.3m/0.5km NW

St. Mary's Cathedral 0.3m/0.5km N

Barrack Street Jetty 0.6m/1.0km S

City Busport 0.6m/1.0km W

Town Hall 0.6m/1.0km W

Entertainment Centre 0.9m/1.5km W

WA Art Gallery 0.9m/1.5km N

The Mount Hospital 1.6m/2.5km SW

Scitech & Omni Theatre 1.9m/3.0km W

Transport

*  Bus Station 0.9m/1.5km W

*  Train Station 0.9m/1.5km N

*  Perth Airport 5.0m/8.0km E

AQWA (Aquarium of Western Australia)

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Cohunu Koala Park

His Majesty's Theatre and King Street

Holmes à Court Gallery

Kings Park & Botanic Garden

Perth Mint

Perth Zoo

Swan Bells

Swan River

Western Australian Museum

Yanchep National Park

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GENERAL INFORMATION

The Western Australian Visitor Centre, Albert Facey House, 469 Wellington St. at Forrest Place, Perth (tel. 1300/361 351 in Australia - www.westernaustralia.com, is the official visitor information source for Perth and the state.

Another source of information and maps (plus a free booking service) is Perth Tourist Lounge, Level 2, Carillon Arcade off 207 Murray St. Mall (tel. 08/9481 4400 - www.perthtourist.com.au

For an untouristy lowdown on the city's restaurants, cultural life, shops, bars, nightlife, concerts, and the like, buy the excellent glossy quarterly magazine Scoop Magazine - www.scoop.com.au, available in bigger news stands.

City Layout
The city center is 19km (12 miles) upriver from the Indian Ocean, on the north bank of a broad reach of the Swan River. Four long avenues run east-west between riverside parkland and the railway reserve. St. Georges Terrace (it becomes Adelaide Terrace at Victoria Ave.) is the main thoroughfare and commercial and banking address, while Hay Street and Murray Street are the major retail avenues with pedestrian malls in the central blocks. Arcades link all three, plus Wellington Street, which has Perth's suburban railway station on its northern side.

Maps
Of the many free pocket guides to Perth available at tour desks and in hotel lobbies, Your Guide to Perth & Fremantle (Countrywide Publications) has the best street map. It shows one-way streets, public toilets and telephones, taxi stands, post offices, police stations, and street numbers, as well as most attractions and hotels. The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia is a good source of maps to the state, as is The Perth Map Centre, 900 Hay St. (tel. 08/9322 5733). You will find tourist maps at the Western Australian Visitor Centre and the Perth Tourist Lounge.