Best Hotels in Townsville CBD & Magnetic Island 2024Updated

Townsville's hotel market serves the city's corporate travel market (defence contractors, mining consultants, and government visitors), the leisure tourism market, and the medical tourism associated with the Mater and St Vincent's private hospitals. The Strand foreshore hotel precinct, the CBD hotel market, and the extraordinary Peppers Blue on Blue Resort on Magnetic Island provide accommodation across the full range of visitor types to North Queensland's largest city.

Hotel Grand Chancellor Townsville (334 Flinders Street Townsville CBD) — the Hotel Grand Chancellor is Townsville's most centrally located full-service hotel, with the Flinders Street CBD address, the 186 rooms and suites, the Cactus Jack's restaurant and bar, and the Grand Chancellor service standard providing a complete four-star business hotel experience. The CBD proximity to the Flinders Street Mall and the Townsville entertainment precinct makes it the preferred corporate hotel.

Peppers Blue on Blue Resort (Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island) — the Peppers Blue on Blue on Magnetic Island is Townsville's most celebrated boutique resort experience, with the Nelly Bay marina location, the resort pools, the Blue restaurant and bar, and the extraordinary island setting providing a tropical resort stay within 25 minutes of Townsville by fast ferry. The Peppers Blue on Blue is the premier destination for honeymooners and leisure visitors seeking an island resort experience proximate to a mainland Queensland city.

The Strand foreshore accommodation — the Strand foreshore accommodation precinct (the Mariners North, the Mantra Pavilion Townsville) provides Townsville's most desirable leisure hotel positions, with the Cleveland Bay views, the Strand parklands access, and the walking distance to the Strand restaurant and bar strip creating a holiday hotel experience of excellent character for the leisure visitor to Townsville.

Orpheus Island Lodge (90 minutes from Townsville by light plane or helicopter) — the Orpheus Island Lodge is the most exclusive accommodation experience accessible from Townsville, with the ultra-exclusive 14-guest private island resort in the Palm Island Group providing one of Australia's most intimate and remote luxury resort experiences.

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