Blue Mountains · Hotel shortlist
3 star hotels near the cathedral in Blue Mountains
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
These are my five favourites in Blue Mountains, out of the 13 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.7 down to 4.2.
Federation Gardens & Possums Hideaway is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Federation Gardens & Possums Hideaway
★★★★★4.7 from 158 reviews
Federation Gardens & Possums Hideaway comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.7 from 158 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 3 star property, found under city centre and around $162 a night on the dates we checked.
13 hotels in Blue Mountains qualified for this list and five made it. Mowbray Park Holidays is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Kitchenettebreakfast on your own schedule
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
All five, ranked
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1
Federation Gardens & Possums Hideaway
★★★★★4.7 from 158 reviews
- Pool
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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2Mowbray Park Holidays
★★★★★4.5 from 71 reviews
- Pool
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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3Sky Rider Motor Inn
★★★★★4.3 from 498 reviews
- Pool
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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4The Henry Blue Mountains
★★★★★4.3 from 658 reviews
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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5The Metropole Guest House
★★★★★4.2 from 428 reviews
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
13 Blue Mountains hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Fiona Gallagher Australia and New Zealand
Half her year is already on research boats, so holidays are deliberately dry land. Long-distance hiking routes in the off season, alone, with nothing being measured.
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