Handily placed for both the CBD and Kings Park, Sage's eccentrically patterned concrete tower offers sassy rooms with big TVs, cleverly designed bathrooms and work stations. Amenities include a gym in which to iron out your aeroplane-seat kinks, and Julio's Italian Restaurant (mains $28 to $47) in a 100-year-old heritage house out the front. Free off-site parking.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Perth attractions

1. Scitech

0.55 MILES

Scitech is an excellent rainy-day option for those travelling with children. It has over 160 hands-on, large-scale science and technology exhibits…

2. Kings Park & Botanic Garden

0.86 MILES

The 400-hectare, bush-filled expanse of Kings Park, smack in the city centre and enjoying epic views, is Perth's pride and joy. The Botanic Garden…

3. Lake Monger

1.08 MILES

In spring black swans and their cygnets waddle about the grounds – a meeting place for local birdlife – nonplussed by joggers circling the lake on the…

4. Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

1.27 MILES

PICA (pee-kah) may look traditional – it's housed in an elegant 1896 red-brick former school – but inside it's one of Australia's principal platforms for…

5. Elizabeth Quay

1.27 MILES

A vital part of the city's urban redevelopment is Elizabeth Quay, at the bottom of Barrack St. Luxury hotels and apartments – including the Ritz – are…

6. Art Gallery of Western Australia

1.32 MILES

Founded in 1895, this excellent gallery houses the state's preeminent art collection as well as regular international exhibitions that, increasingly, have…

7. Western Australian Museum – Perth

1.37 MILES

The state's museum is a six-headed beast, with branches in Albany, Geraldton and Kalgoorlie as well as two in Fremantle. This main branch in Northbridge…

8. Bell Tower

1.37 MILES

This pointy glass spire fronted by copper sails contains the royal bells of London's St Martin-in-the-Fields, the oldest of which dates from 1550. The 12…