Meriton World Tower Serviced Apartments, Sydney

Advantages: Clean, excellent service, near to city centre.
Disadvantages: Near very noisy pub, not a great view from apartment.

...Having read reviews of this hotel and having read the higher you were the quieter it was we requested a room above the 22nd floor, they accommodated us on the 23rd but this was not high enough to get away from a very noisy bar that on Friday and Saturday did karaoke and played music at a ridiculous volume until the early hours. If you want to sleep you need to be a lot higher up to get away from the noise of the bar, traffic and monorail. The only other minor fault with the Meriton is we were in a one bedroom apartment but they had placed the beds so that you couldn't close the bedroom door. The location of the hotel was in the centre of the shopping district and to get to the major attractions of Sydney it was a 20-40 minute walk. The facilities in the apartment were excellent and its was very clean with a daily maid service... Read review

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Advantages: Great views over the city
Disadvantages: Not cheap

...look down from the tower and see a building that is adorned with mouldy green midget gems, that's the QVB, or Queen Victoria Building which is an old arcade with some nice place to spend money. Failing that, Myer and David Jones (the big 2 department stores) and Pitt St Mall are close by - the latter has an amazing food court. VERDICT Sydney Tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. Oooh, sounds fancy and like something out of Star Trek, don't you think? I did, until I discovered that Blackpool Tower is also a member of said club. I like views, but I also like to climb things, and unfortunately the only way to gain access to the 1504 stairs that lead up the tower is to tackle them head on and sign up for the annual tower run-up (it's been done in under 7 minutes. That scares me). Despite the compulsory lift usage... Read review

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Advantages: All round good value for money, best views in Sydney, it's bloody tall...
Disadvantages: It's bloody tall...

...The Sydney Tower is probably as famous a landmark in Sydney as that bridge and that opera house! Sitting on top of the Westfield Centrepoint shopping complex and reaching quite literally for the skies, it is visible right across the city and for miles beyond. Construction of the shopping centre began in 1970 with the first stores opening in 1972. The Tower itself was built later and opened to the public in 1981 and provides the highest Observation deck in the Southern Hemisphere. At first glance, the 305 metre tall edifice doesn’t look that safe; the Tower is narrow in its reach upwards, with the decks looking almost too large to be stable at the top. It is, however, one of the safest constructions in the world and could withstand earthquakes and extreme wind conditions! The tower is held in place/stabilised by fifty... Read review

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