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Blue Mountains Overview

The Blue Mountains offer breathtaking views, rugged tablelands, sheer cliffs, deep, inaccessible valleys, enormous chasms, colorful parrots, cascading waterfalls, historic villages, and stupendous walking trails. In 2000, UNESCO classified it as a World Heritage Area. Although the Blue Mountains are where Sydneysiders go now to escape the humidity and crowds of the city, in the early days of the colony, the mountains kept at bay those who would explore the interior. In 1813, three explorers—Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth, and William Lawson—managed to conquer the cliffs, valleys, and dense forest, and cross the mountains (which are hardly mountains, but rather a series of hills covered in eucalyptus and ancient fern trees) to the plains beyond. There they found land the colony urgently needed for grazing and farming. The Great Western Highway and Bells Line of Road are the access roads through the region today—winding and steep in places, they are surrounded by the Blue Mountains and Wollemi national parks. Read More

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Leisure Inn Spires

100-118 Leura Mall
Leura 2780 Map

Distance: 11.8 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

Quality Inn St. Mounts

194 Great Western Hwy.
Blackheath 2785 Map

Distance: 12.5 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

Mountain Heritage

APEX & LOVEL STREETS
Katoomba Map

Distance: 12.9 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

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Major Airports near Blue Mountains

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Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport 44.2 map

Other Smaller Airports near Blue Mountains

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Bathurst Raglan Airport 50.9 map
Newcastle Belmont Airport 78.6 map
Orange Springhill Airport 80.4 map

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Blue Mountains Vacation Rentals

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from: $446

Private Blue Mountain Chalet

Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 2
Sleeps: 26
Amenities: BBQ, Cable/Satellite TV, Coffee Maker, DVD Player, Dishes, Dishwasher, Microwave, Patio, Pets OK, Playground, Refrigerator, Restaurant, Sauna, Stereo, Stove, TV, Toaster, Utensils, VCR
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from: $256

The Worker's Cottage

Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Sleeps: 6
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Moo Manor

Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 3
Sleeps: 4
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