The 240-room Park Hyatt is conveniently situated in one of Melbourne’s most historic areas, overlooking the district of Victorian architecture and is bordered by Melbourne’s delightful Fitzroy Gardens, also opposite St. Patrick's Cathedral and near the Central Business District.

The building is a modern block, and has big rooms, many with a balcony. Even the most modest rooms (the Park King or Twin) are 500-square feet in size with deep soaking tubs and marble bathrooms, enormous walk-in wardrobes and, in some, working fireplaces.

There is a spa on the ninth floor, a tennis court, plus a gym with saunas and a 25-metre pool in a colonnaded hall.

Downstairs there is a cigar lounge and the stylish, multi-level open-kitchen restaurant Radii.

Rate: From AUD 346.50pn