Medina Grand, Sydney

Advantages: Location, staff, location, rooms, LOCATION
Disadvantages: NONE !!!

...In March we stayed in the Medina Grand on the Harbourside (Darling Habour) for 4 nights. We booked the accommodation over the internet (lastminute.com.au). On first arrival the staff were very friendly and escorted us to our room. The room (although not a sea view) was a one bedroom luxury apartment. (let's just say my wife fell in love with the room, and now wants the house decorated in the same style...) The whole apartment was decorated in Italian furniture.. 1. Lounge - Large TV, designer lights and mirrors. The room contained original pieces of art and was decorated in different colours of Brown. Designer table and chairs (glass table with metal designed chairs) 2. Kitchen - State of the art kitchen, with oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge...... loads of kitchen utensils. 3. Bathroom - Huge. Marble bathroom, in Black... Read review

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Advantages: scenery
Disadvantages: none

...It is only a two hour drive from Sydney to the Blue Mountains but a world apart. Distinctly cooler than Sydney you find yourself in the midst of the most stunning scenery. (We had visited the Grand Canyon the week before and have to confess to preferring the canyons in the Blue Mountains!) There are innumerable look outs and natural phenomena to view. Our favourite was Sublime Point – aptly named. We also viewed the Three Sisters from Echo Point and then caught the Katoomba Scenic Railway which plunges nearly vertically down the canyon – not for the faint hearted. Neither is the Scenic Skyway which carries you across the ravine –pure drama. We could happily have spent days in this lovely spot and hope to visit it again some day.... Read review

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Advantages: It is a wonder of the World
Disadvantages: Not Applicable

...The Sydney Opera House, is an absolutely fantastic spectacle of the southern hemisphere and really just outlines how great Australia is. The Sydney opera house with its distinctive sculptural shells, must be one of the architectural masterpieces of the modern era. Every year, around 4.5 million tourists come to see it which istwice the number that visit the White House. It is the result of an international design contest won by Danish architect Joern Utzon in 1956, the massive structure perched on Bennelong Point (where an Aborigine named Bennelong held concerts for early colonists and natives) took nearly 17 years and $102 million to complete. Utzon, inspired by sails, mandarins, palm leaves and such, wasn't too concerned with mundanities like budgets, and left mid-project before his grand interior vision was realised. Hence... Read review

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