The MelbourneHotel

Built in 1897 on the corner of Hay and Milligan streets, this is one of the older surviving hotels in the Perth CBD and carries heritage-listed status. Rooms are divided between the original Victorian building and a later extension, so guests can choose period character or contemporary fit-out. The location is central, with shopping, dining and city transport within walking distance, and the ground floor keeps bars and dining rooms that draw a local crowd as much as guests. It reads as an independent city hotel that has kept its landmark facade rather than a chain product, and suits those who want to stay inside a piece of Perth's built history without leaving the centre.