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Inside Blue Sydney at Woolloomooloo

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  Site Where: 6 Cowper Wharf Road, Woolloomooloo, Australia, 2011
March 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM | by | Comments (2)

Ok, we need to make this quick because we just got a call from the front desk saying if we were not checked out of here by high noon they were going to charge us $50 AU for each additional hour. Our location is Blue Sydney, W Hotels former first international W ever.

The wharf is gorgeous inside and out, but it feels a touch like "the ghost of W" in the lobby area. The bar, which was called "souless" by one Aussie we met, is almost always empty day and night. However, the rooms are nice, bright, and have incredible views out over the wharf.

If you're not a walker or a cabber, the location may not be for you. The hotel is located on the far side of the Royal Botanical Gardens. Actually, the 20 minute walk to Circular Key has been kind of nice; then again, not every traveler wants that kind of hike. Cabs are plentiful outside the hotel, but all in all it is isolated.

Room: 412

Type: Standard

Square Footage: ~350 square feet

Best Feature: The bright sunny view and the wharf quiet.

Biggest Surprise: Wolloomooloo is a very small quiet area and you will need to cab it out of here to most places if you are anti-longish walks.

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love the wharf, not the walking

i went by here when i was in sydney two years ago. can't remember if it was the W still but while the wharf is beautiful it is FAR from everything. and after a 14-hour plane ride, i was happy to be staying back up at the Rocks near Circular Quay.

Quay

Yeah I checked out the Park Hyatt where you stayed -- hard to find a better spot.  Blue was offering some killer rates though, so I did it.

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