DK Travel : Sydney

Sydney is blessed with stunning ocean beaches, magnificent national parks and a wonderful subtropical climate that makes the great outdoors irresistible to its four million inhabitants. The Eora people, the Aborigines who settled around Sydney Harbour, arrived approximately 50,000 years ago, while the white settlers arrived just over 200 years ago. Free settlers soon followed in the wake of the First Fleet of transported convicts, and after them several waves of migrants seeking a new life. Now, two centuries later, the once far-flung penal colony has matured into a culturally diverse, tolerant and mesmerizing city. Ideally located on the world’s most beautiful harbour, Sydney is as exciting and bustling as it is laid back and relaxing.

Hitch a Ride with the Riverboat Postman

Join this unique postal service as it delivers mail to isolated Hawkesbury River settlements.
Hogarth Galleries

Deals in Aboriginal art, sourcing work from Australia’s far north.
Holiday Inn Darling Harbour

The location’s great and so is the Heritage-listed woolstore that houses the hotel. They offer good facilities for business travellers in the executive suites.
Holiday Inn Old Sydney

An international hotel located in the heart of the Circular Quay district, close to the Harbour Bridge, the Opera House, the Sydney Botanical Gardens, the ferry terminal and more!
Home

There’s no place like Home. Since its opening night performance by Paul Oakenfold, Sydney’s only true superclub has been packed solid. The massive club features a multilevelled main room, a chill-out zone, the infamous padded “silver room” and an outdoor terrace. Also attached is Homebar, a casual café and mellow bar. The hottest Sydney DJs have residencies here, and top international acts are regularly featured.
Homebush Train Station

Not often is a station so architecturally interesting: this one is a rare beast. Supporting a delicate membrane roof, 18 vaulted arches hover over the rail platform and provide an impressive gateway to the extensive Homebush sporting complex (see Sporting Venues & Olympic Sites).
Horseriding

Centennial Park has a show-jumping area and a dedicated equestrian track that runs the 3.6 km (2.2 miles) around the park. Escorted park rides and lessons in dressage and jumping are available from Centennial and Moore Park Stables.
Hotel Hollywood

This grungy dive bar is the perfect antidote to the super-glam Sydney experience. Meet groovy art students, designers and musicians.
Hughenden

This former gentleman’s mansion is a Woollahra institution. Writers’ groups meet and artists exhibit their work within its walls, providing a connection to the surrounding arty community.
Hugo Weaving

Despite roles in The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings , the modest Weaving still calls Sydney home.

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Hotel price categories

For a standard double room per night (with breakfast if included), taxes and extra charges.
- under $80
- $80–150
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- $250–350
- over $350