Hotel Windsor is a hotel in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It opened in 1884. The building has 5 floors. It stands about 0.9 km from the centre of Melbourne.[3]
Overview
The Hotel Windsor is a luxury hotel in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Opened in 1884, the Windsor is notable for being Melbourne's only surviving purpose-built "grand" Victorian era hotel. The Windsor pre-dates other notable grand hotels including The Waldorf Astoria in New York, the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, the Ritz in Paris and the Savoy in London.
From “Hotel Windsor, Melbourne” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1884. It was designed by Charles Webb. The building has 5 floors. It is listed as a listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.9 km from the centre of Melbourne. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Melbourne Essendon Airport (MEB), about 11 km from the centre of Melbourne.[4]
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Sheraton Melbourne Hotel — 0.1 km
- Ovolo Laneways — 0.2 km
- Southern Cross Hotel — 0.2 km, opened 1962
- Mantra 100 Exhibition Melbourne — 0.2 km
- Lancemore Crossley St. — 0.2 km
- Next Hotel Melbourne — 0.3 km
- Oaks Melbourne on Lonsdale Suites — 0.3 km
- Punthill Manhattan — 0.3 km
- Stamford Plaza Melbourne — 0.3 km
- Citadines on Bourke Melbourne — 0.3 km
- Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne on Flinders — 0.5 km
- Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne — 1.1 km
- Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne — 1.2 km
- Vibe Hotel Melbourne — 1.2 km
- Quest on William — 1.3 km
- Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne Southbank — 1.4 km
See also
References
- ^ Hotel Windsor (Q12060553). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Hotel Windsor. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-08-17.
- ^ Melbourne (Q3141). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.