Hides Hotel Cairns
87 Lake St Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
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“Hides Hotel”
jim_is-nothome 4 contributions
Seattle, United States
Oct 26, 2011
I stayed for 3 nights in Oct 2011. This is a VERY basic accommodation. The "double" bed is in fact to single box springs (on wheels) with a double mattress laid on top. In the night a roll to the center of the bed send the to box springs splaying out with the result the double mattress becomes a taco shell around you!. A quite puzzling way to be awaken.
It is cheap and near to the beach and plenty of good dining and clubs.
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