Name: Shantara Resort Port Douglas - Adults Only Retreat
Address: 27-31 Davidson Street, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, Port Douglas, Queensland, AU
Price range: $501–$547 per night
Rating: 8.77

What guests think

Travellers describe Shantara Resort Port Douglas - Adults Only Retreat as a quiet, walkable base near the beach, marina and town, with friendly staff and relaxing pools that make it easy to unwind child-free and enjoy Port Douglas on foot.

Studios can feel small or dark, while larger apartments are spacious; a few guests note basic kitchen setups, limited Wi-Fi/TV functionality, and occasional noise from upstairs. Most find the property very clean, though some report inconsistencies such as missed spots and stained or mould-affected items. Facilities include BBQs, a small gym and parking, but there is no on-site bar or restaurant, sun loungers can be scarce, and some areas show minor wear. Expect a peaceful, adults-only stay in a highly walkable location.

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Facilities

Two quiet pools, BBQs, a small gym, laundry access and on-site parking are appreciated. There is no on-site bar or restaurant, loungers can be limited, and some areas show minor maintenance wear.

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Karen Marie

Sep 7, 2024

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Stayed 9 nights

Adults only quiet & beautifully kept property with easy walking distance to all amenities & beach.

8

Robert

May 11, 2024

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Stayed 10 nights

Its a nice hotel. The reception staff are very pleasant and helpful. The location is great. The larger rooms are nice. ( I hear the studio rooms are small). I think they need a light or something that distinguishes its location from the street as its concealed by foliage when you are driving. Also its not really a resort as there's no bar or restuarant.

10

ROSS

Mar 30, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Clean, and tidy room, with a balcony view overlooking the pool. Free undercover parking. Friendly staff. Happily stay here again.

8

Greg

Jun 12, 2022

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Stayed 3 nights

Quiet location, comfortable bed and pillows, decent pool but not amazing (good enough though for a small dip or swim) small gym (just some cardio machines and light hand weight’s), helpful staff and has all the in room amenities you could ask for. For the price point it was great.

10

Paul

Feb 15, 2022

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Stayed 6 nights

Beautiful spot. Loved this hotel. Very peaceful, comfortable and great location to the Main Street in Port Douglas. Some lovely restaurants all within walking distance. And the pools are divine. We also used the on-site BBQ’s one day for lunch which were great. There’s an array of bbq tools and oils too so you just need to turn up with whatever you want to cook. Overall a beautiful place. Would happily stay again. In fact we plan to do exactly that.

8

G L

Jul 13, 2025

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Stayed 9 nights

We can’t fault the location and the pool (there’s two) is heated beautifully and everything is very clean. We stayed in the top floor one bedroom apartment, the kitchen equipment is a little lacking and very basic, missed not having an oven or even air fryer. We also struggled to get any pool time as there’s only about 8 loungers and they were occupied most of the time. The complex is a little in need of some maintenance (broken and missing tiles etc). Otherwise we loved our stay (second time here)

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Martin

Apr 20, 2024

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Stayed 10 nights

Loved our stay here. Be aware there is no bar or restaurant but it is in walking distance of the main strip. Loved the way they made it clear what to expect with the servicing of your room. Communication was excellent and reception staff were very friendly and knowledgeable

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Nancy

Apr 5, 2024

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Stayed 5 nights

Stayed 5 nights at Shantara Resort. Only a 5 minute stroll to 4 mile beach & cafes. Walk into main part of town was 10 minutes. 2 pools, very quiet resort. Only downside was the aircon it blew straight onto the bed & couldn’t move the direction of air so when in the bed you were freezing.

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Laura

Apr 22, 2023

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Stayed 5 nights

The whole environment at the Shantara is relaxed and easy. The staff are very friendly and the day spa is absolutely wonderful. The resort is a 10 min walk to the centre of Port Douglas. We hired a car and were very easily able to get in and out for day trips in the surrounding area.

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ryan

May 19, 2023

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Stayed 4 nights

This place has a real chill vibe. Quite, comfortable, birdsong, breezes. Easy access to washing machines. Great restaurants within walking distance. I'd stay here again. Heck, I'd practically move to Port Douglas.

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Cleanliness

Many guests describe the property and rooms as very clean. Several report inconsistencies such as missed spots (e.g., under beds), mould or stained bedding, and occasional pool grime.

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Laura

Feb 4, 2023

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Stayed 3 nights

The room.was amazing, cant fault the communication either. Was a great location, easy walk into town and easy walk to the beach Only downside was the pool didnt seem to be very clean, grime around the side, an no filter? Also the water feature wasnt working. There was abit of noise from the properties next door who are doing building work, overall i would totally recommend staying here

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Jody

May 26, 2024

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Stayed 7 nights

Great location, easy walking distance to the main st, Lovely property, beautiful pool area. Unfortunately, we found a few things that showed the room wasn’t cleaned properly prior to our stay.

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ROSS

Mar 30, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Clean, and tidy room, with a balcony view overlooking the pool. Free undercover parking. Friendly staff. Happily stay here again.

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Lloyd

Oct 6, 2024

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Stayed 3 nights

Very clean, nice quite place to stay

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Melissa

Jan 9, 2024

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Stayed 7 nights

Property was clean apart from the yellow stains and mould on the doona. Great adults only resort would be even better with a pool bar area. Communication was excellent especially since the cyclone hit and we were wondering if everything was ok. Watch out for the guy that cleans the pool area of a morning with the ear plugs in he is cranky!!

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Leonie

Sep 24, 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Our room was quite small on 2nd floor, but would have been more spacious without a round glass table & 2 chairs between bed and balcony doors. TV was installed on kitchen bench so only half of bench was able to used. I dropped an apple, which rolled under the bed, and was apalled to see how dirty it was under the bed. Plastic bag, thick dust and other bits of rubbish from prior guests. Obviously no cleaning checks in place. Pools also needed deep cleaning or repainting as had brown patches on bottom. For the number of units there was a lack of sunloungers, only the units on ground floor were catered for. Noisy when guests were outside on decks as you could hear conversations when balcony doors open, which we did not want to do day and night. Staff were helpful and friendly and the overall look of the property was great.

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Erin

Jan 30, 2024

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Stayed 5 nights

Had a lovely stay at Shantara Resort and would visit again. We went in off-season so it was quiet and often got the pool to ourselves! The room was a great size, nice and cool and an excellent amount of storage space so you can actually unpack your toiletries and other knicknacks. The staff are friendly and helpful, and the resort is spotless. I recommend paying for the lower level room so you can walk straight into the pool, we were on level 1 and had FOMO for the lower rooms. The only negative for me was that the bed and pillows weren't that comfortable. Also, our stay did not include turndown service, you need to pay extra for that - if you have a long-ish stay, make sure you keep that in mind.

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kirsty

Jul 11, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Fabulous location and very clean apartment

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Ian

Jul 10, 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

We enjoyed our stay very much, there were a few minor issues, tv controller not working, light rheostat faulty. All fixed promptly. Staff were friendly and helpful. It was clean and very comfortable I would consider it again on our next visit.

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Jason-Paul

Jan 12, 2023

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Stayed 19,369 nights

The room and shared spaces like the pool were always clean and tidy. We had a great time and will definitely be back, thank you!

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Rooms

Room experiences vary: some studios feel small or dark, while one-bedroom apartments are spacious with pool-view balconies. Guests mention basic kitchen setups, occasional Wi-Fi/TV limitations, and some noise from upstairs due to hard floors.

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John

Mar 3, 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Great outlook over the pool, great location, close to main shopping area, clean, tidy. Receptionist very friendly & helpful. Room was compact and had everything you would need. There is always a but however... the bed was hard and uncomfortable, it was similar to many hotel/apartments where the bed appeared to be two singles joined together with a larger top mattress creating a higher section in the middle.

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Andy

Jul 3, 2025

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Stayed 14 nights

We had a 1 bedroom apartment that overlooked the pool and bbq area, that was really great having breakfast out there most mornings. Seeing the cockatoos flying home every night was amazing too. Very spacious and modern apartment. The staff were all very friendly and accommodating. Not too far to walk to the beach or the shops which made it handy. Amazing place, can't wait to go back.

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Richard

Jul 8, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Location was great staff were friendly rooms were small.

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Stephen

Sep 15, 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Excellent property, great pools, very smart. Our room was a bit small and the TV was pretty hopeless - we couldn’t cast to it so the range of programming was very limited. But overall a lovely place.

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Susan

Oct 19, 2023

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Stayed 5 nights

Lovely pool areas, walking distance to everything. Liz extremely helpful. Interesting that not all Studio Rooms are the same size. Would have been perfect if did breakfast or had a bar area.

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G L

Jul 13, 2025

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Stayed 9 nights

We can’t fault the location and the pool (there’s two) is heated beautifully and everything is very clean. We stayed in the top floor one bedroom apartment, the kitchen equipment is a little lacking and very basic, missed not having an oven or even air fryer. We also struggled to get any pool time as there’s only about 8 loungers and they were occupied most of the time. The complex is a little in need of some maintenance (broken and missing tiles etc). Otherwise we loved our stay (second time here)

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Sandra

May 7, 2023

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Stayed 7 nights

Nice place felt uncomfortable sharing the lounges with next door. Not enogh storage. Other than that it was convenient to everything.

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Paul

Nov 8, 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

Corner room was very dark. Small room. Balcony oppressive heat

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Paul

Jun 20, 2025

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Stayed 17 nights

Had a fantastic time, loved the location and the pool. Only downside would be the wifi being so weak that it kept dropping out. Also the floors being concrete somebody upstairs kept stomping around and dragging furniture about. Very strange. Overall would definitely stay again.

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Bruce

Aug 26, 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Room dated and kitchen facilities/utensils average

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Service

Staff are widely praised as friendly, helpful and proactive, with smooth check-in and assistance arranging tours. Maintenance requests and communication are handled promptly.

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Deanna

Nov 14, 2024

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Stayed 5 nights

Incredible staff always happy to help. Everything was close by.

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Sue and Roy

Jan 4, 2024

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Stayed 5 nights

Studio room on 2nd floor with a view over the pool was the best. The room was nice size and amazing extras. Gardens were amazing. Liz was amazing and so helpful. Shortwalk into town to collect our bikes, which we could store in the basement. Due to the recent cyclone, Liz was great at keeping us well informed.

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Robert

Jun 7, 2025

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Stayed 10 nights

Great place to stay. Handy to shops and restaurants but still a quiet location. Staff very friendly and helpful. Will stay there again.

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Laurel A

Jul 14, 2023

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Stayed 10 nights

The staff were amazing. So friendly and Julie, at reception helped book or suggested great things to do and see. You can tell the Shantara is looked after meticulously. The gardens were so well kept and the facilities and pool area always clean. It definitely was quite. At first, a bit strange, as it is our first time travelling without children/teens. So close to everything. Just a short walk to dinning and shopping, or the beach. Thank you

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Julie

Mar 11, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Loved the whole experience, in particular the staff they were just wonderful

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Katrina

Feb 2, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Staff were amazing from first contact through to check out, they couldn't have been more helpful on multiple occassions. The room was lovely and the pools were perfect. Thank you for making our stay so memorable.

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Martin

Apr 20, 2024

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Stayed 10 nights

Loved our stay here. Be aware there is no bar or restaurant but it is in walking distance of the main strip. Loved the way they made it clear what to expect with the servicing of your room. Communication was excellent and reception staff were very friendly and knowledgeable

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Maria Elizabeth

Oct 27, 2025

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Stayed 9 nights

We come every year and just love the quiet peaceful relaxed vibe. Adults only is the best, you can totally switch off and enjoy your break. Shantara is close to everything, can walk easily to the beach, marina and shops and restaurants/cafes/bars. Tours pick up at the door. Staff are very helpful.

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Robert

Nov 13, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Very friendly staff at reception on arrival and easy book in. Beautiful room clean comfortable and quiet. Amenities first class and would recommend to anyone and in no hesitation for a return visit. Sorry we had to leave.

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Ian

Jul 10, 2024

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Stayed 4 nights

We enjoyed our stay very much, there were a few minor issues, tv controller not working, light rheostat faulty. All fixed promptly. Staff were friendly and helpful. It was clean and very comfortable I would consider it again on our next visit.

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Location

Highly walkable to Macrossan Street, the beach, marina and dining, yet set on a quiet street. Tours can pick up nearby or at the door.

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Charles

Oct 11, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Great spot, walkable to town centre, nice hotel, good sized rooms

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Marsha

Mar 23, 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

The perfect place to stay! There is lots of parking available if you have a car. If you don't have one, don't worry as it's a short walk to the port, shops and restaurants. The hotel room we stayed in was really clean, comfortable and roomy. There was also a washing machine and room spa which made the stay even more perfect! Overall, it was a relaxing stay as the place is really quiet and relaxing :) We would definitely stay again if we came back to Port Douglas!

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leon

May 5, 2023

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Stayed 7 nights

Beautiful setting, room very spacious and included full kitchen amenities. Lovely pools. Helpful and friendly staff. Great location, walking distance to everything but not on the main road so very quiet and peaceful.

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Robert

May 19, 2023

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Stayed 4 nights

Close to everything, relaxing atmosphere and friendly staff

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Michael

Jul 15, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Great location

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Rodney

Jan 6, 2024

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Stayed 8 nights

Great location - being able to walk into Main Street for dining options and close to the beach.

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Anita

Apr 1, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Amazing property and facilities and staff are lovely. Lots of restaurants, shops and rhings to do within walking distance. Close to the marina and easy to book tours nearby.

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Coleen

Mar 14, 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Shantara was a wonderful place to stay. It was a short walk to Macrossan St for restaurants and shops

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Karen

Oct 22, 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

Resort was close to the village as well as the sea. No need to drive there unless you went further. Very quiet and relaxing. Thank you Shantara Resort.

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Maria Elizabeth

Oct 27, 2025

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Stayed 9 nights

We come every year and just love the quiet peaceful relaxed vibe. Adults only is the best, you can totally switch off and enjoy your break. Shantara is close to everything, can walk easily to the beach, marina and shops and restaurants/cafes/bars. Tours pick up at the door. Staff are very helpful.

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Dining

There is no on-site dining or bar and no breakfast service. Guests typically self-cater using in-room kitchens or the BBQs, with many eateries a short walk away.

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Daniela

Jul 5, 2023

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Stayed 7 nights

Shantara was a awesome place to stay at. Close by to the main street and beach. Would stay again. Only thing missing there is a dining place to eat.

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Robert

May 11, 2024

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Stayed 10 nights

Its a nice hotel. The reception staff are very pleasant and helpful. The location is great. The larger rooms are nice. ( I hear the studio rooms are small). I think they need a light or something that distinguishes its location from the street as its concealed by foliage when you are driving. Also its not really a resort as there's no bar or restuarant.

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leon

May 5, 2023

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Stayed 7 nights

Beautiful setting, room very spacious and included full kitchen amenities. Lovely pools. Helpful and friendly staff. Great location, walking distance to everything but not on the main road so very quiet and peaceful.

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Lisa Maree

May 1, 2023

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Stayed 4 nights

It would of suited our needs better if there was dining facilities to cater for Breakfast etc, given that the tours start early it was difficult to arrange Breakfast. There is a toaster and microwave in the room.

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Paul

Feb 15, 2022

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Stayed 6 nights

Beautiful spot. Loved this hotel. Very peaceful, comfortable and great location to the Main Street in Port Douglas. Some lovely restaurants all within walking distance. And the pools are divine. We also used the on-site BBQ’s one day for lunch which were great. There’s an array of bbq tools and oils too so you just need to turn up with whatever you want to cook. Overall a beautiful place. Would happily stay again. In fact we plan to do exactly that.

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David

Dec 4, 2024

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Stayed 7 nights

Outstanding property. Self contained unit where you can prep breakfast or an easy dinner if you don’t want to eat out every meal. Two great pools that are really quiet and peaceful. Perfect place to relax and unwind. Lovely, helpful staff too. Really close to the Main Street (Macrossan St) with all dining/shopping within a 5 minute walk. Loved it, we’ll be back

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Anita

Apr 1, 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Amazing property and facilities and staff are lovely. Lots of restaurants, shops and rhings to do within walking distance. Close to the marina and easy to book tours nearby.

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Susan

Oct 19, 2023

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Stayed 5 nights

Lovely pool areas, walking distance to everything. Liz extremely helpful. Interesting that not all Studio Rooms are the same size. Would have been perfect if did breakfast or had a bar area.

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Martin

Apr 20, 2024

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Stayed 10 nights

Loved our stay here. Be aware there is no bar or restaurant but it is in walking distance of the main strip. Loved the way they made it clear what to expect with the servicing of your room. Communication was excellent and reception staff were very friendly and knowledgeable

10

Tiff

Dec 6, 2022

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Stayed 19,328 nights

Loved the child free resort and close proximity to the lovely beach and shopping. Would have loved sun lounges on the balcony and a coffee pod machine. Would definitely come back again

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Month	Average price
February	$312
March	$298
April	$407
May	$410
June	$460
July	$493
August	$534
October	$562

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				1	2	3 $512
4 $501	5 $512	6 $501	7	8 $512	9	10 $512
11 $510	12	13 $512	14 $512	15	16 $512	17 $510
18 $510	19 $517	20 $512	21 $512	22 $507	23 $512	24 $510
25 $512	26 $512	27 $512	28 $517	29 $512	30 $512	31 $515

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