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Alto Hotel on Bourke vs Adelphi Hotel

Both Alto Hotel on Bourke and Adelphi Hotel are praised by travel writers. On balance, Adelphi Hotel scores significantly higher than Alto Hotel on Bourke. Adelphi Hotel ranks #5 in Melbourne with accolades from 9 sources including The Telegraph, Frommer's and Lonely Planet.

Alto Hotel on Bourke
Alto Hotel on Bourke
7 / 10
636 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
From $144 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Laundy Room
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Oyster Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The Alto Hotel is housed in a 19th-century building and offers 50 rooms and apartment-style units." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"As Australia’s first carbon neutral hotel, the inner-city Alto Hotel is the ideal place for a low-impact city stay." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This environment-minded hotel has water-saving showers, energy-efficient light globes, double-glazed windows that open and in-room recycling is promoted." Full review
Adelphi Hotel
Adelphi Hotel
8 / 10
187 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
From $153 /night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
  • Laundy Room
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Frommer's Frommer's
"It may be worth staying in this designer boutique hotel... just for the experience of taking a dip in its top-floor... pool, which juts out from the end of the building and overhangs the streets below." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This discreet Flinders Lane property, designed by Denton Korker Marshall in the early 1990s, was one of Australia's first boutique hotels." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"This small and groovy luxury hotel is known for both its innovative architecture... and its classy restaurant in the hotel basement."
Time Out Time Out
"Each of the 34 rooms looks like a groovy penthouse pad – Paul Raymond-meets-Vogue Living." Full review
Star Service Star Service
"Security and privacy are emphasized, and this, coupled with the stark, almost industrial-like, yet funky design, can make guests feel alone even when the hotel is full." Full review
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