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title: "Craig's Royal Hotel, Ballarat: 9.0/10 guest rating, reviews & location"
description: "Craig's Royal Hotel in Ballarat: rated 9.0 by guests, 5-star. Amenities, location and nearby alternatives compared side by side."
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retrieved: 2026-11-09
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Hotel · ★★★★★
# Craig's Royal Hotel

Ballarat Central, Ballarat, Australia

9.0 ·  Excellent 105 reviews ·  7.9 Location score
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## About Craig's Royal Hotel

Craig's Royal Hotel is a hotel in Ballarat Central, Ballarat, Australia. It holds a 5-star rating. Guests rate it 9.0 out of 10 across 105 reviews. It is 160 m from the centre of Ballarat. The nearest airport, Melbourne Avalon International Airport (AVV), is 75 km away.

- **Type:** Hotel

- **Star rating:** ★★★★★

- **Check-in from:** 14:00

- **Check-out until:** 11:00

- **Other stays within 500 m:** 6

10 Lydiard Street South [craigsroyal.com.au](http://www.craigsroyal.com.au)

## Live prices around Craig's Royal Hotel

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## Amenities

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## Location

- **Location score:** **7.9**/10

- **Restaurants & cafés within 500 m:** **134**

- **Shops within 500 m:** **4**

- **Sights within 1 km:** **4**

<table class="dist" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><tbody data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Nearest station<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Ballarat Station</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">480 m</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">8 min walk</span></td></tr><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Nearest airport<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Melbourne Avalon International Airport (AVV)</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">75 km</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">170 min drive</span></td></tr><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Distance to the centre<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Ballarat</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">160 m</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">3 min walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Sights nearby

-   Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute110 m
-   The Titanic Memorial Bandstand140 m
-   Mining Exchange210 m
-   Ballarat cenotaph490 m
-   Gold Museum1.5 km
-   Gold Smelting1.6 km

## Weather in Ballarat

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## Questions about Craig's Royal Hotel

### How do guests rate Craig's Royal Hotel?

Craig's Royal Hotel has a guest rating of 9.0 out of 10 from 105 reviews, which is better than 86% of rated hotels in Ballarat.

### What are the check-in and check-out times at Craig's Royal Hotel?

Check-in starts at 14:00 and check-out is until 11:00.

### How far is Craig's Royal Hotel from the airport?

The nearest airport, Melbourne Avalon International Airport (AVV), is 75 km away in a straight line.

Updated 6 Oct 2026. Data: Agoda, Overture Maps, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports and hotels' own websites. We may earn a commission from partner links; it never changes the comparison. [How we score](https://stayversus.com/en/about/)

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