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Hotels in Gold Coast currently start at about € 104 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 193 and € 187 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 177 properties we can book here, 71% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 10% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.4/10.
The Gold Coast is a 50-kilometre strip of beach with high-rises along it, and which stretch you pick changes everything: Surfers Paradise is the busy heart, Broadbeach is calmer with better restaurants, Burleigh and Coolangatta are quieter still. It has the highest typical rate of any Australian destination in our data.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 177 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 73 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 104 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 149 |
| Typical (median) price | € 193 |
| Upper quarter | € 246 |
| Typical 3-star | € 161 |
| Typical 4-star | € 187 |
| Typical 5-star | € 227 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
Stadium in Robina, Queensland, Australia
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3.1 km from the centrenational park in Australia
10.4 km from the centreGold Coast sits in Australia at 28.0167° S, 153.4000° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
The centre of it: high-rises, nightlife, the busiest beach.
Ten minutes south, better food, calmer, families.
Headland, surf, a village feel, the local favourite.
Southern end by the airport, quietest, good swimming.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
The sun is genuinely harsher than in Europe; the UV index regularly hits extreme. Distances between cities are far larger than the map suggests.
Steady at 1.19 times between ordinary weeks, with school holidays as the real peaks. Winter, June to August, is dry, mild and the best value; summer is hot, humid and busy.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Gold Coast stayed within a factor of 1.19, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Broadbeach or Burleigh Heads for most people: the same beach as Surfers Paradise with better restaurants and less noise. Surfers suits a first visit or a nightlife trip.
It has the highest typical room rate of the Australian destinations we measure, driven by beachfront apartments and school-holiday demand. Brisbane, an hour away, is noticeably cheaper.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 104 per night for two people, the typical price is € 193, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 246. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 71% of the rooms available in Gold Coast can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
Steady at 1.19 times between ordinary weeks, with school holidays as the real peaks. Winter, June to August, is dry, mild and the best value; summer is hot, humid and busy.
The AUD (A$). Cards and phone payments everywhere; cash is rarely needed.
Not expected — wages are high. Round up if you like.
The best-known places are Robina Stadium, Sea World, David Fleay Wildlife Park, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Burleigh Head National Park. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Gold Coast stayed within a factor of 1.19, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.