Hotel Palisade

Stylist Sibella Court is behind this vintage-chic, rough-luxe revamp, which has seen the old Hotel Palisade pub at the top of the Rocks given an atmospheric new lease on life as a ground-floor gastropub. Above it eight design-savvy rooms entice you to sleep over—if you can tear yourself away from rooftop cocktail bar Henry Deane, an elegant affair with pink sofas and even rosier harbor views (dress to impress; no sneakers). Stylish touches in the rooms include Impressionistic murals, upholstered headboards, and subway-tiled bathrooms. The location of this intimate, multi-level 'pub with rooms' is a fun one for visitors, caught between Sydney's oldest neighborhood the Rocks and new park the Barangaroo Reserve.