4 Best Hotels in Darwin, The Outback

The most luxurious place to stay in Darwin, the three-story hotel adjacent to the Mindil Beach Casino has 120 hotel rooms set amid lush lawns and gardens plus 34 resort rooms and suites surrounding a huge lagoon-style swimming pool with a sandy beach. Some rooms even offer direct access to the pool from their private balconies. The casino is home to three restaurants—Dragon Court (Asian-fusion), il Piatto (Italian), or The Vue (bistro dining), and four bars, including the INFINITY beach club beside the infinity pool.

Situated along Darwin’s magnificent Esplanade, just one block from all the action on Mitchell Street, this hotel offers a green tropical oasis in its lobby, a charming bar and restaurant in the vine-filled atrium, and rooms that overlook the park and the bright blue waters below. The Wi-Fi is free, and you’ll have enough room to spread out in your well-appointed room, whether you’re traveling solo, with your partner, or have the whole family in tow.

Located at the edge of the CBD next to another completely separate DoubleTree property, this hotel is an easy five-minute walk from all the popular pubs, restaurants, and shopping on Mitchell Street. It has its own restaurant as well and is home to one of the best hotel swimming pools in Darwin. Rooms are arranged around a central foyer, so you may hear some voices from the lobby or the sound of dishes clanking when breakfast is being served.

This good-value hotel, which is partly Indigenous-owned, overlooks the Darwin Wave Pool and Lagoon and puts you right in the heart of the busy Waterfront precinct. Rooms are a little on the small side (though bright and cheerful), and on-site facilities include an alfresco cocktail bar, a casual restaurant, a gym, and a small lap pool.