4 Best Hotels in Fremantle, Western Australia

Part of a colonial-era hotel, this huge, conveniently located establishment has balconies facing the park and nearby harbor, Essex Street, or the pool. Desks and free Wi-Fi cater for business travelers, while pleasure-seekers enjoy the hotel's proximity to the heart of Fremantle. There are multiple food-and-beverage options: The Harbour Master restaurant offers fine dining; the Atrium Garden Restaurant is surrounded by foliage and has an extensive, breakfast buffet; and the Ball & Chain is great for a cold pint. 

Antiques, pottery, sculptures, bronzes, and paintings adorn these popular, two-story, 1892 limestone terrace houses opposite the old Fremantle prison. Art lovers adore Fothergills for its idiosyncratic collections on show both inside and outside (there are three quirky courtyards and a sculpture garden with Greg James original bronzes). Guest balconies have views across the town with the Indian Ocean in the distance. 

With an excellent location, leafy and lively beer garden, and a basement live music bar all part of its assets, this central accommodation is popular with the outgoing, fun-loving crowd. Rooms are white on white with small bursts of color, all decked out with air-conditioning, queen beds, mini-refrigerators, and flat-screen TVs.

Discreetly concealed in a picture-postcard courtyard reminiscent of Provence, this flour mill-turned-bed-and-breakfast contains four sunny, individually decorated suites, all named after ships—Batavia, Leeuwin, Zuytdorp, and Duyfken—and each with its own Juliet balcony. Two of the rooms overlook the courtyard garden. Continental breakfast with possible items like banana bread, muesli, yogurt, and seasonal fruit is delivered to your room the evening before.