With just nine simple, spotless, comfortable rooms, family-run Hotel 59 offers great bang for your buck on the quiet but still very convenient part of Bayswater Rd. The owners are genuinely helpful and attentive. A good breakfast is available in their downstairs cafe for $8.50.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kings Cross & Potts Point attractions

1. Coca-Cola Sign

0.16 MILES

A Sydney landmark, this huge sign marks the entrance to Kings Cross. You're actually looking at the 2016 model: the previous one was replaced, then…

2. Fitzroy Gardens

0.2 MILES

It’s testimony to the ‘cleaning up’ of the Cross that this once-dodgy park is now a reasonably safe place to hang out (probably helped by the austere…

3. The Cross Arts Projects

0.23 MILES

This little commercial gallery stages interesting curated shows, including lots of Aboriginal art.

4. St John’s Church

0.25 MILES

This lovely neo-Gothic sandstone church (1858) makes for a hushed escape from the urban jangle of Darlinghurst Rd. There's some fine stained glass; the…

5. Neild Avenue Maze

0.31 MILES

This tiny maze of thigh-high hedges hides behind a gargantuan plane tree on a Paddington backstreet, squished into a cranny between a textile showroom and…

6. Rushcutters Bay Park

0.34 MILES

Surrounded by enormous Moreton Bay fig trees, luxury yachts and pampered pooches, this unpretentious waterfront park is a beaut spot for a quiet stroll,…

7. Black Eye Gallery

0.36 MILES

This attractive rectangular space is run by a photographer and dedicated to contemporary camerawork. It's well worth a look; there have been some really…

8. Sydney Jewish Museum

0.37 MILES

One of Sydney's best museums revolves around a detailed and expertly curated exhibition on the Holocaust, with sobering personal testimonies and moving…