Hotels in Alice Springs
Where to Stay in Alice Springs
Alice’s hotel stock is not grand. Many properties have dated rooms and modest facilities; they’re no match for the gleaming Ayers Rock Resort (described later in this chapter). You may pay lower rates than those listed in the summer off-season (Dec–Mar) and even as late as June. Peak season typically runs from July through October or November.
Several backpacker resorts offer dorm rooms and doubles. One of the best is Annie’s Place, 4 Traegar Ave., Alice Springs, NT 0870 ( tel. 1800/359 089 in Australia, or 08/8952 1545; www.mulgas.com.au/annies). Doubles cost between A$60 for a room with shared bathroom and A$75 for one with your own bathroom. Dorm rooms (single sex or mixed) sleep 4 to 6 and cost A$23 per person. Annie’s Place runs Mulga’s Adventures (www.mulgas.com.au), which operates a 3-day backpackers’tour of the area, including Uluru, for A$355.
If you’ve rented a camper van, the Stuart Tourist and Caravan Park, Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs ( tel. 1300/823 404 in Australia or 08/8952 2547; www.stuartcaravanpark.com.au), has powered sites costing A$35 a night. Cabins here cost between A$85 and A$175 per night, depending on the cabin and the season.
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Alice on Todd
This contemporary complex has nice studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments, about half of which are one-bedroom deluxe apartments opened in 2010. It’s a very good option, particularly if you have kids. The apartments are very large, and some have two bathrooms. The hotel…$$Around Town
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Aurora Alice Springs
This pleasant hotel is smack in the center of town. Rooms in the newer wing are standard motel-style lodgings, all large and nicely decorated. Those in the original wing are small and a little dark; they have a heritage theme, with floral bedcovers and lace curtains. Executive rooms…$$$Around Town - Hotel
Best Western Elkira Court Motel
The cheapest rooms in the heart of town—decent ones, that is—are at this unpretentious motel, which has been revamped and refurbished. The rooms are basic, but you won’t get better value. Deluxe rooms have kitchenettes, and some have queen-size beds. Deluxe Spa rooms have two-person…$$Around Town - Hotel
Chifley Alice Springs Resort
This friendly, well-run, low-rise property is a 3-minute walk from town over the Todd River. Standard and superior rooms are quite pleasant, and the hotel was fully renovated in 2010. Deluxe rooms are a bit plusher, with bathtubs and bathrobes, and have a balcony or veranda…$$$Around Town - Hotel
Desert Palms Resort
A large swimming pool with its own palm-studded island is the focal point at this complex of bright cabins. Privacy from your neighbors is ensured by trailing pink bougainvillea and palm trees, making this one of the nicest places to stay in Alice. Don’t be deterred by the prefab…$$Around Town - Hotel
Lasseters
The Lasseter Resort and Casino has a surprising elegance for a collection of squat, motel-like two- and three-story buildings. But within these buildings, the rooms (especially those on the third floor), have marvelously high, peaked-ceilings, which give them an airy grace. Above the…$$Around Town
