Empire Hotel is a hotel in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1] It opened in 1858. It stands about 0.7 km from the centre of Dunedin.[3]

Overview

The Empire Hotel (also known as the Empire Tavern) is a historic building at 396 Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, located some 700 metres southwest of the city centre. It served as a public house from the 1850s until the 1990s, then underwent restoration and conversion to apartments in the 2010s. It has a New Zealand Historic Places Trust category 1 listing.

From “Empire Hotel, Dunedin” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1858. It is listed as a Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic place listing. [1]

Location

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.7 km from the centre of Dunedin. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dunedin International Airport (DUD), about 24 km from the centre of Dunedin.[4]

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

  • Motel on Carroll — 0.1 km
  • Dunedin Palms Motel — 0.1 km
  • Wains Hotel — 0.2 km, opened 1879
  • Fable Dunedin — 0.2 km
  • Distinction Dunedin Hotel — 0.2 km
  • Grand Casino Dunedin — 0.3 km
  • The Terminus — 0.4 km
  • Scenic Hotel Dunedin City — 0.5 km
  • Chapel Apartments — 0.6 km
  • Leviathan Hotel — 0.6 km
  • Quest Dunedin — 1.0 km

See also

References

  1. ^ Empire Hotel (Q19873003). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Empire Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-03-07.
  3. ^ Dunedin (Q133073). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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