The hotel Manly Pacific Sydney MGallery Collection Rooftop pool and beach beyond. Check-in Manly is, to be exact, 11.2654 kilometres from Sydney and 1609.

34 kilometres from care. Sigh. Somehow the original “seven miles from Sydney.

..” catchcry in imperial measurements, coined by the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company, doesn’t quite bear a strict metric conversion – and the claim of it being “Australia’s premier seaside resort” may no longer hold saltwater either.

But with the Sydney seaside suburb’s premier 213-room hotel, which dates to the 1980s, going the miles – sorry – kilometres on a drastic and overdue top-to-bottom $30 million refurbishment, Manly is back on the map for a holiday. The look The revitalised Manly Pacific Hotel and its beachside facade. For the makeover, which has elevated the Manly Pacific to, or near enough to, luxury standard, the owners recruited leading Sydney interior designers Coco Republic, who have created an understated contemporary beach-house look.

A restrained palette subtly promotes the hotel’s oceanside setting, even extending to the nifty all-white casual staff uniforms. Off the lobby, and offsetting all those soft hues with warmer tones, is 55 North, an inviting lounge and bar space designed by the prodigious Luchetti Krelle. The room Muted tones in the new design.

Coco Republic’s minimalist design extends to the various choices of stylish villas, suites and rooms, some with balconies and terraces, with thei.