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Where to stay in Fremantle
Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, Australia. This guide covers 1 aparthotel in Fremantle, with about 73 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- March, April and October to December
- Nearest airport
- PER24 km · Perth International Airport
- Currency
- AUDAustralian dollar
- Time zone
- Australia/Perth
- Language
- Auslan, Australian English, English
About
About Fremantle
Fremantle (; Nyungar: Walyalup; nicknamed Freo) is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth.
Fremantle has long been the first port of call in Australia for ships from Europe - by the Dutch in the 1600s then by the English from the early 1800s. At first it competed with Albany WA as a shipping port, then overtook it to become the premier west coast port, both as port-of-call and as definitive destination for the growing region. This brought a motley population of itinerants, workers and settlers, especially the convicts who from 1850 were transported here from England to ease a labour shortage, at a time when transportation had ceased elsewhere in Australia.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Fremantle
See
- Fremantle Prison
- WA Shipwrecks Museum
- WA Maritime Museum
- Round House
- Whalers' Tunnel
- Cantonment Hill
- Army Museum of Western Australia
Do
- Fremantle Arts Centre
- The Moores Building
- South Beach
- Newport
- Metropolis Fremantle
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Fremantle
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Quest Fremantle aparthotel | 73 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Fremantle to stay in
There are a couple of backpacker accommodations within walking distance of the train station.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Fremantle
25 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Orient Hotel | 1903 | 0.4 km |
| Commercial Hotel | 1840 | 0.2 km |
| Hotel Fremantle | 1899 | 0.5 km |
| National Hotel | 1886 | 0.1 km |
| Albion Hotel | 1912 | 6.5 km |
| Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle | 1895 | 0.4 km |
| Norfolk Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| P&O Hotel | 1901 | 0.4 km |
| Cottesloe Beach Hotel | 6.6 km | |
| Davilak Hotel | 2.2 km | |
| Rottnest Hotel | 1864 | 20.3 km |
| Bannister 22 Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Be. Fremantle | 1.0 km | |
| Discovery Parks - Woodman Point | 8.5 km | |
| Discovery Rottnest Island | 21.0 km | |
| Esplanade Hotel Fremantle by Rydges | 0.4 km | |
| Fothergills of Fremantle | 0.7 km | |
| Hougoumont Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Nautica Residences Fremantle | 2.1 km | |
| Ocean Beach Hotel | 7.1 km | |
| Pier 21 Apartment Hotel | 2.6 km | |
| Pier Hotel | 1875 | 0.5 km |
| Platinum Suites Fremantle | 1.1 km | |
| Port Mill Bed & Breakfast | 0.3 km | |
| Warders Hotel Fremantle | 0.2 km |
All 26 hotels in Fremantle, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Fremantle
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Fremantle are March, April and October to December. February is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; July is the wettest, with about 167 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Fremantle: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Perth International Airport (PER), about 24 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
Take Leach Highway west, Stirling Highway southwest or Canning Highway west. From the south, take Rockingham Road. From the north coast, West Coast Highway and the Curtin Avenue lead to the port. From Perth City, Fremantle is about a 30-minute drive using the Kwinana Freeway (Hwy 2) and then exiting onto either Leach Hwy (Hwy 1/7) or Canning Hwy (Hwy 6). Suburban trains run from platform 7 of Perth railway station (the above ground one, not Perth Underground).
Getting around
Fremantle is mostly flat, relatively compact in size and good for walking. It is well worth seeking out information and interpretation - as not all of Fremantle history is that obvious in its current state.
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PER · Perth International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Fremantle
Eat
Despite the wide availability of Italian food outlets, Fremantle offers other cuisines within different price ranges. Fremantle is famous for having an array of Italian restaurants. Italians had a big influence on Fremantle's culture in the 1880s.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Fremantle
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Questions
Fremantle: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Fremantle?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Fremantle are March, April and October to December. February is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; July is the wettest, with about 167 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Fremantle?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Perth International Airport (PER), about 24 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Are there accessible hotels in Fremantle?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Fremantle?
Australian dollar (AUD).
Nearby
Destinations near Fremantle
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.