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A 5-star hotel, and it's nightly rates, is like a tailored //Chanel// suit. 1200 dollars and visually appealing, but knowing you have the best makes your trip even more special, as well as making you feel like a New York Socialite. Uniformed doormen, worldly concierge and award wining chefs awaits you at these hotels that set the standard for all other hotels residing in the CBD. For a week you can feign a life of luxury at a Victorianesque or ultra-modern hotel. Celebrities, both national and international, politicians, sportsmen and even royalty have resided in the very place you'll casually pronounce as your hotel. We all secretly lust after the trustafarian lifestyle, where the most challenging decision in your day is whether to charge cheque or savings. Yet this lifestyle, even for a week, costs a little more than a small car. Nevertheless you don't have to sacrifice luxury for affordability. Thanks to modern design and //IKEA//, having a budget doesn't mean staying at a highway motel. There are options available for tourists on a budget who wants to reside in the CBD yet still have a comfortable, affordable and luxurious place for temporary residence.

// The Hotel Windsor // // " //// Grand //// 5-star hotel in the Parisian end of the CBD" // From awaiting chocolate dipped strawberries when you check in, to a luxurious pillow and champagne menu, every aspect of this hotel excused a classy elegance that makes you feel like a glamorous 1950's movie star, sorry film star. The prices range from little over 200 dollars for a basic room with no added extras ranging to over 600 dollars for a luxury royal suite including all the added extras. This hotel, like so much in this wiki, is an icon to Melbourne, the hotel is almost as famous as the custom which it made famous. High tea.You must enjoy this delicious custom, dress modestly, think of an Audrey Hepburn when she became the unspoken advocate for //Givenchy//. Note: prices go up 20 dollars on the weekend. Whist making a booking, read through the extensive pillow menu, can't decide? It might be costly but order them all! The hotel caters to all your needs, raining outside? Buy an umbrella with the hotel insignia from the gift shop. The prices in every aspect is extravagant, especially the prices on the champagne menu (prices range from 98 to 1200 dollars). There are three room types offered and four suite types available. You can arrange for a full breakfast each morning, red wine and valet parking. The Windsor is the place where you'd wear decadent designer labels, eat lobster and sip on magnums of //Veuve Clicquot// like a prominent socialite or heiress. This place can make you feel like a million bucks just standing in the grand foyer. The concierge know every aspect of Melbourne, like how Valentino knew high fashion. For the culturally rich and theater goers there is a pre theater dinner menu, pretentious at any other hotel but the Windsor pulls it off with class.The whole hotel has a certain //je ne sais quoi// that is unattainable by any other glamorous hotel.

**Dockland temporary accommodation**

// "Independent, modern living steps away from the CBD" // For the independent, budget conscious, yet modernly stylish these apartments are your Shangri-La. Literally two minutes away from the CBD and steps away from award winning restaurants and the newly open Harbor Town Shopping Center. These recently opened and still developing apartments offer holiday and temporary to long term accommodation. These are all rent controlled and depending on the length of the stay the rates are generally decent. Having experienced staying at these contemporary apartment the atmosphere is amazing. There are main check in offices for each apartment block with concierg//e// working from 9 am until lat//e.// The kitchens are all set out with modern appliances and because there is no room service so it's advertised as self catering. If cooking is not your forte then there are is a delicious variety of restaurants on the promenade.The docklands is another aspect of Melbourne that tries to appeal to a wide audience, there are sports bars, shopping facilities and the Ice house all located in the harbor side district. There is a heated out door pool and a gym available to guests and tenants as well as an out door garden area which shows a unique perspective of the city and the harbor. There are various sculptures and kid's playgrounds, it is quite a diverse area.

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