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Hotel Policies & Fees
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
Accessibility Options
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Property Amenities
Seaside Rydges Tradewinds Cairns features the Sea Level Food & Wine restaurant offering open-air dining and drinks with views of the pool.
Guests can lounge by the walk-in pool with waterfall, situated among the tropical gardens. An outdoor spa tub is also available. Spa by the Sea offers poolside treatments and massage.
High-speed wired Internet access is available for a surcharge. The hotel offers 5 conference rooms and 2 unique outdoor settings for themed banquets, weddings, and private dinners for up to 200 people.
An area shuttle is complimentary for trips within 700 metres (a half-mile) of the hotel. Valet and onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Rydges Tradewinds Cairns is a smoke-free property.
Rooms
Decorated in warm colors, all 246 guestrooms feature private balconies with ocean or city views. Televisions come with premium cable channels and pay movies. High-speed wired Internet access (surcharge) is offered, as well as writing desks, phones, and in-room safes. Guests enjoy minibars, ceiling fans, and air-conditioning. Rooms provide refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations.
All guestrooms are nonsmoking.
Room Amenities
Dining
Sea Level, Food & Wine - Relaxed, al fresco dining beside tropical gardens with views of the pool, boardwalk, or Coral Sea. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service - Available 24 hours.
Recreation
Guests of Rydges Tradewinds Cairns can lounge by the walk-in pool with waterfall, situated among the tropical gardens. An outdoor spa tub is also available. Spa by the Sea offers poolside treatments and massage.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Spa
Spa By The Sea offers a broad range of services including Vichy showers, body exfoliation, facials and massages in treatment rooms overlooking the Coral Sea. Spa treatments for men and women feature Elemis skincare products that incorporate medicinal herbs, plant extracts and collagen-boosting seaweeds.
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“Reception area looks tired!”
Aussies should learn a little more from Asians in hotel management! The lobby looks old and tired.
“OK for the price”
Already stated above
“Fantastic stay”
Lovely hotel, very centrally located. Friendly, happy staff who are willing to help. Food at the restaurants is a bit expensive, but you can just take a short walk down the road to the Esplanade restaurants which are reasonably priced. Highly recommended.
“Good Hotel, Staff Service extremely disappointing.”
The hotel is nice, the decor is probably outdated. When we checked (although) the lobby was empty, the male concierge was rushed and rude. My main frustration was with a female concierge. There are a number of computers in the lobby, they are connected to one printer. However, this printer is not the default no any of the computers. Therefore your printing (in my case my boarding pass) goes astray. The lady at reception advised it was not her problem as they use an external IT company and tough basically. Another guest suggested they address it, as people such as myself now have to go and queue at the airport to check in. She advised she will get someone to 'mention' it next time IT company comes in and dismissed him. The food in the restaurant there is extremely overpriced and tries too hard, not to mention is plain disgusting and greasy. I wouldn't recommend this hotel as from speaking to other tourists in Cairns there is far better for the same amount of money.
“Old hotel in need of serious updates!”
The front desk staff and the concierge were very friendly and helpful. The hotel lobby and the pool area were looking good. The rest of the hotel is just old and need serious updates. The beds, were the Rydges hotels are famous for were a big disappointment. They were old and the mattrasses needed to be replaced. it was an uncomfortable sleep. we checked two rooms, both smelt funny, like moldy and had lots of dust hanging from the ceiling from the air conditioner. Not a particularly fresh look. The location made up for the state of the hotel, although i would not recommend staying in this particular hotel. Just choose one of many other hotels at the Esplanade in Cairns.
“Extremely enjoyable stay”
Only criticism was the freezer compartment in our room (601) would not freeze anything.
“best location!”
great location, just opposite esplanade .The place is near all great restaurants. The place is central to all pick up points for tours. we booked a room with queen bed but were upgraded to a sea view room with 2 double beds.
“good location and price”
Friendly staff, good sized rooms and balcony, nice pool, good breakfast, make sure you get the vouchers from reception for it so its $15 rather than $25. A little walk to town but only a few mins and far enough away so you don't hear all the noise at night. Would stay again.
“not impress”
we where at the hotel for a week and I had personally requested upon booking that we wanted an ocean view.the rquest could have been accomadated as we went: 1.not on a peak season, june 2009 2. the length of time we stayed in the hotel. 3. they gave us 3rd floor facing the pool 4.not a very good selection of food in the restaurant. although the front desk knew we where not please with the room no effort was done to remedy the situation. coming all the way from the states for the length of time we stayed there we expected a better room after expressing this was the first trip to cairns.
“Good deal”
Near to Coral Sea, very accessible Great value to money
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137 The Esplanade Cairns, 4870 Australia
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Location Highlights
The preferred airport for Rydges Tradewinds Cairns is Cairns, QLD (CNS-Cairns Intl.) - 4.8 km / 3 mi.
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.
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Area:
Cairns, Queensland, Australia: Tropical North Queenslands gateway, Cairns is 1 hour by boat from the worlds largest coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef, and 100 km from the World Heritage Listed rainforests of Daintree and Cape Tribulation. Cairns, itself, offers plenty of dining options, Flecker Botanic Gardens, and stunning beaches but swim within the anti-stinger enclosures. Nearby, world-class golf, white water rafting, diving, and snorkelling await.
137 The Esplanade Cairns, 4870 Australia
