Originally constructed in 1887, the Sydney General Post Office is now the Westin Sydney, which is in the heart of the city's central business district and approximately eight miles from Kingsford Smith Airport. The Westin is also 164 feet from the General Post Office Clock Tower, half a mile from the Queen Victoria Building and Star City Casino, and less than two miles from the Sydney Opera House, Circular Quay, Museum of Natural History, the Rocks, Darling Harbour, and New South Wales Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences. Hotel amenities include GPO Restaurants and Bars, Mosaic Restaurant (Mediterranean), the Lounge & the Bar, a pool, and a fitness center with massage treatments, sauna, and exercise machines. Meeting space includes a ballroom accommodating up to 1000. There is a 24-hour, full-service business center on site. The hotel also offers 24-hour concierge service, 24-hour room service, valet laundry service, covered parking (fee applies), currency exchange, in-room massage treatments, and more. All rooms are non-smoking feature signature Heavenly Beds, cable or satellite TV, dial-up Internet access, high-speed Internet access (fee applies), separate bath and shower stalls, coffee and tea, minibars, irons and ironing boards, hairdryers, safes, dual-line-telephones, bathrobes and slippers, floor-to-ceiling windows, bathroom telephones, ergonomic desk chairs, and complimentary newspapers. The historic General Post Office building houses the Heritage Rooms and Tower rooms have views of the city.
