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Ramada by Wyndham Cairns City Centre vs Gilligans Backpackers Hotel & Resort

Gilligans Backpackers Hotel & Resort and The Hotel Cairns are both recommended by travel writers. On balance, The Hotel Cairns is the choice of most professionals compared to Gilligans Backpackers Hotel & Resort. The Hotel Cairns ranks #7 in Cairns with praise from 3 reviews such as Lonely Planet, The Telegraph and Frommer's.

Ramada by Wyndham Cairns City Centre
Ramada by Wyndham Cairns City Centre
7 / 10
Florence & Abbott Sts, Cairns, Queensland 4870
From $71 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Hot Tub
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Laundy Room
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Frommer's Frommer's
"Stay at this hotel, and you get a free car to drive around in!" Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"There’s a real tropical charm to this sprawling bone-white hotel... Rooms have an understated elegance and the huge ‘tower’ rooms and suites offer luxury touches." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
6.0
"This plantation-style property, with its white shutters, verandas, and latticework screens, has a very Queensland feel to it." Full review
Gilligans Backpackers Hotel & Resort
Gilligans Backpackers Hotel & Resort
7 / 10
57-89 Grafton Street, Cairns, Queensland 4870
From $9 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Shuttle Bus
  • Laundry Service
  • Laundy Room
  • Pool
  • Free Parking
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Oyster Oyster
Budget
"Gilligans Backpackers Hotel & Resort is not a peaceful base from which to explore Cairns -- it is a centrally located party hub with excellent on-site bars that attracts locals as well as backpackers." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The ‘G spot’ is pricey, impersonal and very loud, but all rooms at this flashpacker resort have en suites and most have balconies." Full review