Victoria · Australia
Where to stay in Portland
Portland is a city in Victoria, Australia, home to about 10,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Portland, with about 82 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- October to April
- Nearest airport
- PTJ12 km · Portland Airport
- Currency
- AUDAustralian dollar
- Time zone
- Australia/Sydney
- Language
- Auslan, Australian English, English
About
About Portland
Portland ( PORT-lənd) is a city in Victoria, Australia, and is the oldest European settlement in the state. It is also the main urban centre in the Shire of Glenelg and is located on Portland Bay.
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Portland
See
Portland was Victoria's first permanent European settlement, which gives it a rich heritage feeling with more than 200 historical buildings from the 1800s. Portland has a long seafaring history beginning with the sealers and whalers that took shelter during southern storms in Portland's natural deep water harbour. Portland's Maritime Discovery Centre provides you with fascinating displays of this era as well information on whales with a Sperm Whale Skeleton, Southern Right Whale, Shark Showcase, the Portland Lifeboat from the 1850s, shipwreck displays and many other exhibits.
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Portland
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Quest Portland hotel | 82 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Portland
10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| London Inn | 1844 | 0.4 km |
| Victoria House | 1855 | 0.3 km |
| Admella Motel | 0.5 km | |
| Annesley House | 0.2 km | |
| Cape Nelson Lighthouse | 10.7 km | |
| Lorelei Bed & Breakfast | 0.5 km | |
| Mariner Motel | 1.1 km | |
| Quality Hotel Bentinck | 0.6 km | |
| Seascape Accommodation | 1.8 km | |
| Victoria Lodge Motor Inn & Apartments | 0.6 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Portland
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Portland are October to April. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 25 °C; August is the wettest, with about 103 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 Portland: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Portland Airport (PTJ), about 12 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mount Gambier Airport (MGB, 98 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
The township is a very short diversion from the Princes Highway, around 360km east of Melbourne. V/Line train service connects with a coach service at Warrnambool to Portland, and on to Mount Gambier. There is no regular passenger transport to Portland. There is an airport, for charter flights, etc. Mount Gambier and Melbourne are the alternatives for commercial flights.
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PTJ · Portland Airport
MGB · Mount Gambier Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Portland
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Portland: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Portland?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Portland are October to April. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 25 °C; August is the wettest, with about 103 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Portland?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Portland Airport (PTJ), about 12 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mount Gambier Airport (MGB, 98 km) is also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Portland?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Portland?
Australian dollar (AUD).
Nearby
Destinations near Portland
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.