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Airlie Beach Hotel

In the heart of Airlie Beach, this large hotel complex offers fairly standard accommodations but is ideal if you like to be in the thick of things. The hotel straddles an entire block, giving it frontage on both the Esplanade and the main street. Rooms are spacious and well appointed, with views over the inlet. There are standard motel rooms, as well as newer hotel rooms and executive-style suites with kitchens. My pick would be any of the rooms at the front, which have small balconies and overlook the Esplanade and the inlet.