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A practical VIP base for visitors prioritising proximity to the park.\n\n**Circuit plan**\n\nQueens Road and the St Kilda Road corridor. Match the final approach to your ticket entrance.\n\n##### Explore stays in this area\n\n[Explore hotel details]()\n\n### Albert Park Circuit\n\nMap layers Find on map\n\n**Drawing route** The itinerary still works without the map.\n\n1. ##### Budget\n2. 1\n\n **Holiday Inn Express Melbourne Southbank**\n3. 2\n\n **ibis budget Melbourne CBD**\n4. ##### Mid-range\n5. 3\n\n **Mercure Melbourne Albert Park**\n6. 4\n\n **Crown Promenade Melbourne**\n7. 5\n\n **The Prince**\n8. 6\n\n **Ovolo Laneways**\n9. ##### VIP\n10. 7\n\n **Pullman Melbourne Albert Park**\n11. 8\n\n **The Royce**\n12. 9\n\n **Crown Towers Melbourne**\n13. 10\n\n **The Langham, Melbourne**\n14. 11\n\n **American Express Grandstand** Turn 4 (Driver's Left)\n15. 12\n\n **Brabham Grandstand** Turn 1 (Driver's Right)\n16. 13\n\n **Button Grandstand** Turn 8 (Drivers Left)\n17. 14\n\n **Clark Grandstand** Turn 8.5 (Driver's Left)\n18. 15\n\n **Engineers Australia Grandstand** Turn 6 (Driver's Left)\n19. 16\n\n **Fangio Grandstand** Main Straight (Driver's Left)\n20. 17\n\n **Hill Grandstand** Turn 3.5 (Driver's Left)\n21. 18\n\n **Jones Grandstand** Turn 1 (Driver's Left)\n22. 19\n\n **Lauda Grandstand** Turn 12 (Driver's Left)\n23. 20\n\n **Piastri Grandstand** Main Straight (Drivers Left)\n24. 21\n\n **Prost Grandstand** Turn 14 (Driver's Left)\n25. 22\n\n **Ricciardo Grandstand** Turn 3.5 (Driver's Right)\n26. 23\n\n **Schumacher Grandstand** Turn 13.5 (Driver's Left)\n27. 24\n\n **Senna Grandstand** Turn 14 (Driver's Left)\n28. 25\n\n **Stewart Grandstand** Turn 5 (Driver's Left)\n29. 26\n\n **Turn 12 Reserved Accessible Platform** Turn 12 (Driver's Left)\n30. 27\n\n **Vettel Grandstand** Turn 11 (Drivers Left)\n31. 28\n\n **Waite Grandstand** Turn 10 (Driver's Left)\n32. 29\n\n **Webber Grandstand** Turn 11 (Driver's Right)\n33. 30\n\n **Park Pass** General-admission viewing around the circuit\n34. 31\n\n **AMEX House** Turn 2.5 (Driver's Right)\n35. 32\n\n **American Express Trackside Lounge** Main Straight (Driver's Right)\n36. 33\n\n **Chicane Pavilion · Upper & Lower** Turn 1.5 (Driver's Left)\n37. 34\n\n **Lakeside Studio at Carousel** Turn 2 (Off Track)\n38. 35\n\n **Melbourne Podium Club** Main Straight (Driver's Right)\n39. 36\n\n **Pit Entry Lower** Main Straight (Driver's Right)\n40. 37\n\n **Race Cube** Turn 11.5 (Driver's Right)\n41. 38\n\n **Red Bull Laneway** Main Straight (Driver's Left)\n42. 39\n\n **Ricciardo Suites** Turn 4.5 (Driver's Right)\n43. 40\n\n **Slipstream** Turn 9.5 (Driver's Right)\n44. 41\n\n **T8 Lakeside** Turn 8.5 (Driver's Right)\n45. 42\n\n **The Albert** Main Straight (Driver's Left)\n46. 43\n\n **The Apex** Turn 12 (Driver's Right)\n47. 44\n\n **The Gallery** Paddock Entrance\n48. 45\n\n **The Palms** Turn 10.5 (Driver's Right)\n49. G1\n\n **Gate 1**\n50. G2\n\n **Gate 2**\n51. G3\n\n **Gate 3**\n52. G5\n\n **Gate 5**\n53. G8\n\n **Gate 8**\n54. G9\n\n **Gate 9**\n55. G10\n\n **Gate 10**\n56. Southern Cross\n\n **Southern Cross**\n57. Flagstaff\n\n **Flagstaff**\n58. Flinders Street\n\n **Flinders Street**\n59. Anzac Exit 3\n\n **Anzac Exit 3**\n60. Middle Park\n\n **Middle Park**\n61. MSAC light rail\n\n **MSAC light rail**\n62. Albert Road / Clarendon Street\n\n **Albert Road / Clarendon Street**\n63. Commercial Road / St Kilda Road\n\n **Commercial Road / St Kilda Road**\n64. High Street / St Kilda Road\n\n **High Street / St Kilda Road**\n65. St Kilda Road / Fitzroy Street\n\n **St Kilda Road / Fitzroy Street**\n\n**Sector 1** ≈ 1.733 km **Sector 2** ≈ 2.262 km **Sector 3** ≈ 1.283 km\n\nPublic transport\n\n#### Choose your journey to Albert Park.\n\nStart with your circuit entrance or airport. Choose a route to see its stops and the next connection.\n\nMore travel information\n\n[Australian GP: gates, trams and airport arrivals ↗]()[Australian GP: accessible travel and assistance ↗]()[SkyBus: Melbourne City Express ↗]()[SkyBus: Avalon City Express ↗]()\n\nPlaces to consider\n\n### 10 hotels and\n*where to base yourself.*\n\nCompare city connections, neighbourhoods and the complete cost of your stay.\n\nChoose your budget\n\nChoose a travel style to narrow the collection. Free and essential options can suit every tier.\n\n#### Albert Park & St Kilda Road\n\nQueens Road and the St Kilda Road corridor. Match the final approach to your ticket entrance.\n\n![Pullman Melbourne Albert Park]()\n\nVIP\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### Pullman Melbourne Albert Park\n\nAlbert Park / Queens Road\n\nA Queens Road hotel overlooking Albert Park Lake, sharing its precinct with Mercure. A practical VIP base for visitors prioritising proximity to the park.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nChoose a permitted pedestrian route from Queens Road to the entrance shown on your ticket. Check the 2027 gate map and road closures.\n\n![The Royce]()\n\nVIP\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### The Royce\n\nSt Kilda Road\n\nA design-led hotel on St Kilda Road, suited to a city stay with access to the Anzac station and Albert Road side of the circuit.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nPlan via the St Kilda Road corridor or Anzac station approach, then follow the entrance on your ticket.\n\n![Mercure Melbourne Albert Park]()\n\nMid-range\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### Mercure Melbourne Albert Park\n\nAlbert Park / Queens Road\n\nThe mid-range option in the Queens Road complex shared with Pullman, close to Albert Park Lake.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nChoose a permitted pedestrian route from Queens Road to your ticket entrance; check race-week closures.\n\n#### Southbank\n\nRiverfront and city stays, with a separate public-transport journey to the circuit.\n\n![Crown Towers Melbourne]()\n\nVIP\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### Crown Towers Melbourne\n\nSouthbank\n\nA luxury hotel in the Crown Southbank complex, pairing a riverfront city base with restaurants and evening entertainment.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nUse the organiser’s published city-to-circuit transport. A Whiteman Street event bus must be confirmed for 2027 before relying on it.\n\n![The Langham, Melbourne]()\n\nVIP\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### The Langham, Melbourne\n\nSouthbank\n\nA Southbank riverfront hotel at Southgate, suited to guests combining race days with dining and time in the city.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nPlan a connection from Southbank to the official city tram or rail approach for your ticket gate.\n\n![Crown Promenade Melbourne]()\n\nMid-range\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### Crown Promenade Melbourne\n\nSouthbank\n\nA Southbank base within the Crown precinct, offering access to the complex’s dining and entertainment at a lower price point than Crown Towers.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nCheck the 2027 event transport plan before relying on a Whiteman Street bus; compare city tram and rail approaches.\n\n![Holiday Inn Express Melbourne Southbank]()\n\nBudget\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### Holiday Inn Express Melbourne Southbank\n\nSouthbank\n\nA convenient Southbank base close to Melbourne’s arts precinct and riverside dining.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nPlan from Southbank to the city’s published race transport routes; check the final approach against your ticket.\n\n#### St Kilda\n\nA neighbourhood base near the bay. Check southern circuit approaches against the event map.\n\n![The Prince]()\n\nMid-range\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### The Prince\n\nSt Kilda\n\nA boutique St Kilda hotel on Acland Street, for visitors who want neighbourhood dining and time by the bay around the race.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nCompare the Fitzroy Street approach with the entrance on your ticket; allow for the final walk and event diversions.\n\n#### Melbourne CBD\n\nCentral hotels for city dining and public-transport connections to the race.\n\n![ibis budget Melbourne CBD]()\n\nBudget\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### ibis budget Melbourne CBD\n\nCBD\n\nA budget hotel on Elizabeth Street in central Melbourne, suited to visitors putting more of their trip budget toward the race.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nPlan via central-city public transport and follow the organiser’s current instructions for your ticket gate.\n\n![Ovolo Laneways]()\n\nMid-range\n\nYour race-week base\n\nQuote required\n\nAsk for your dates and room choice\n\n##### Ovolo Laneways\n\nCBD laneways\n\nA boutique hotel on Little Bourke Street, offering a city-laneway base for dining and exploring between race days.\n\nChoose your travel dates\n\nChoose your room with the hotel\n\nCircuit access\n\nChoose a city tram or rail approach for your ticket gate and include the walk from Little Bourke Street.\n\nImage credits and licences\n\n**Pullman Melbourne Albert Park**\n\n**The Royce**\n\n**Mercure Melbourne Albert Park**\n\n**Crown Towers Melbourne**\n\n**The Langham, Melbourne**\n\n**Crown Promenade Melbourne**\n\n**Holiday Inn Express Melbourne Southbank**\n\n**The Prince**\n\n**ibis budget Melbourne CBD**\n\n**Ovolo Laneways**" }