Located about 30 minutes drive from Newcastle International Airport.

Holiday Inn Express Newcastle by IHG 514 King St, Newcastle West NSW 2302, Australia

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If you book travel yourself, 5 days trip would cost you $2,808.00 + TOTAL ​

$628.00 for hotel stay, for 4 nights (Including breakfast + tax). 

$70.00 + Tip on from & to the Airport ($70.00 is the round-trip ride price)

$1,700.00  (per person) for the round trip ticket, from JFK, NY to Newcastle, Australia.  ​

$400.00 + for dining & shopping

 * All prices are estimated based on travel dates September 9, 2025 through September 13, 2025, and are subject to change.

This is hotel close to downtown. Hotel has an on site French Restaurant Bisou Bisou and Rooftop Bar. Shopping, with many other restaurants, within short walking and driving distance, are available.​

Yoko Dining and  Stanley Restaurant  are both within 9 minutes walking distance.

La Vue Waterfront Restaurant and BOS Restaurant Brisbane is within only 15 minutes walk, and Alchemy Restaurant and Bar Brisbane and Madame Wu are within 18 minutes walk from the hotel.

Persone Italian Restaurant, Jumbo Thai Restaurant & Bar, Exhibition Restaurant, Toscano Bar & Kitchen, and Moo Moo The Wine Bar and Grill are within 10 minutes drive. Indian Mehek Restaurant & Bar , ThaiASAP  and Malt Dining & Bar are within 25 minutes walk or 10 minutes drive. Biggest Shopping center in the area is MacArthur Central Shopping Centre is about  25 minutes walk from the hotel.

This is hotel close to downtown. Hotel has 1 on-site restaurant, but no spa.​ There are many wineries within 30 minutes to 1 hour drive from the hotel. They are all or most of them offer on-site dining or snacks. Twin Bridges Winery is about 30 minutes drive from the hotel.  McCaffrey's Estate Winery, Black Creek Farm Winery, Piggs Peake Winery, Tintilla Estate Wines, Jac & Jones Wines, Mount Eyre Vineyards - Honeytree Estate, Calais Estate Winery, Peterson House - Hunter Valley Winery, Ivanhoe Wines Cellar, Iron Gate Estate, Bonvilla Estate, Audrey Wilkinson Winery, Pooles Rock Wines, Pokolbin Estate Vineyard, Pepper Tree Wines, Ernest Hill Wines, Allandale Winery, Adina Vineyard & Olive Grove, Thirsty Palette Wine, Saltire Estate, Moorebank Vineyard, Hart & Hunter Winery, Sobels Winery, Wild Ren Wines, Glandore Estate Wines and Savannah Estate are all within 1 hour drive from the hotel. If you are still hungry after visiting all of these, you can visit some local restaurants within short walking distance. The Ark Newcastle Indian Restaurant, The Lass O'Gowrie Restaurant, The Italian Corner - Wickham and Flatfish Caféare all within 10 minutes walk. The Icon Thai Restaurant, The Kingfish, AL-OI THAI Newcastle, Bella Italia, Oceane Hotel Restaurant and The Happy Wombat are all within 15 minutes walk from the hotel. Chiefly West and The Curve Thai Restaurant are within 3 minutes walk.