This is a limited service hotel, situated in Ballarat. Ballarat is a major regional city of over 80,000 people with all the facilities of schools, hospitals, universities, tourist attractions, and is only an hour and a half from Melbourne by road or train. The major attractions of Ballarat are the Sovereign Hill Historical Gold Village and Gold Museum, the Ballarat wildlife park, where one can see kangaroos and other Australian Wildlife, the Eureka Centre, Lake Wendouree, and the Botanical Gardens. This hotel was built in 2005.