Mariners Court

Kings Cross & Potts Point


Once a naval retirement home, this is now an under-the-radar hotel on a quiet street. It hasn't been modified much, so is solid rather than flash, but offers excellent value for this location and simple, comfortable rooms with kettle, fridge and either balcony or courtyard. Other pluses are the complimentary hot-breakfast buffet, pool table and sun deck. Good wheelchair access.


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Nearby Kings Cross & Potts Point attractions

1. Artspace

0.11 MILES

Artspace is spacey: its eternal quest is to fill the void with vigorous, engaging Australian and international contemporary art. Things here are decidedly…

2. McElhone Stairs

0.14 MILES

These stone stairs were built in 1870 to connect spiffy Potts Point with the Woolloomooloo slums below. The steep steps run past an apartment block:…

3. Embarkation Park

0.18 MILES

The top deck of a multistorey navy carpark doesn't sound like a great place to hang out, but this beautiful park is a hidden gem, offering a secluded…

4. The Cross Arts Projects

0.19 MILES

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

5. Woolloomooloo Wharf

0.19 MILES

A former wool and cargo dock, this beautiful Edwardian wharf faced oblivion for decades before a 2½-year demolition-workers’ green ban on the site in the…

6. Fitzroy Gardens

0.25 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…

7. Elizabeth Bay House

0.27 MILES

Now dwarfed by 20th-century apartments, Colonial Secretary Alexander Macleay's elegant Greek Revival mansion was one of the finest houses in the colony…

8. Art Gallery of NSW

0.29 MILES

With its neoclassical Greek frontage and modern rear, this much-loved institution plays a prominent and gregarious role in Sydney society. Blockbuster…