2 Best Hotels in Greater Adelaide, Adelaide

In the city's leafy, oldest section atop a hill, antiques dealers Rodney and Regina Twiss have converted Heritage-listed mews houses, a meeting chapel, an arts-and-crafts manor house, and a fire station (complete with 1942 fire engine) into apartments and suites, and filled them with Australian antiques and contemporary furnishings. Each one- to four-bedroom unit has a bath or hot tub, sitting room, and kitchen, most complete with a milkshake maker; all are charming. The Bishop's Garden apartment is the most luxurious and secluded spot in Adelaide, with a sophisticated kitchen and lounge opening into a private garden with a rock-adorned fish pool. American, lactose-free, kosher—any breakfast can be arranged.

Sea air wafts through open balcony doors in this all-apartment complex on Adelaide's most popular beach. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame either parkland views or white sand and turquoise sea. The spacious suites have fully equipped kitchens and many high-tech gadgets. After a night spent exploring Glenelg's waterfront restaurants and bars you can fall asleep in your huge, comfortable bed listening to waves washing ashore.