Wangaratta Hotels

Wangaratta Tourist Information, Travel Guide & Tours

Wangaratta, a regional city is situated in north-east side of Victoria. It is a rich agricultural district that produces a various range of crops including wheat, kiwifruit, walnuts and wine grapes. It is located between the Wodonga and Benalla on the central route between Sydney and Melbourne. A large business centre basically based beside the beautiful road Murphy Street and extension of neighboring Reid Street is the key feature of Wangaratta.

The cultural zone of Wangaratta is positioned beside Ovens Street and Ford Street and comprises distinguishable landmarks like St. Patricks Church ( it's construction began in 1865), Playhouse Theatre including its presentation of sculptured ornaments on the front territory, the Exhibitions Gallery (easted at 1898) and the tall Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral (was built among 1908 to 1909).
Wangaratta brags numerous eye-catching gardens and parks inside the town centre. Spend moments at King George V Garden, enjoy walks through the beautiful Apex Park and beside the Ovens River, retreat to the calm hollow garden of Merriwa Park, enclosed by watercourses and feature a fernery, lagoon and bush walways. Visit Sydney Beach for a swim that is reachable from the eastern edge of Ovens Street, also it is positioned at a sandy bend close to a barrier over the River of Ovens.
Wangaratta is located within a very easy drive of most important attractions are there in the area together with the huge number of wineries at the surrounding of  Rutherglen and the epicure food and wine area around Tarrawingee, Oxley and Milawa. Wangaratta is situated at northern end of Great Alpine Road that goes across the Great Dividing Range ,passes through the year round festival town of Bright, Snowy Mountains city of Omeo, the Mount Hotham, and at last finishing up at the great East Gippsland, a regional town of Bairnsdale, more than 300 kilometers far. The Wangaratta Historical Society at Ford Street was founded based on the historical Fire Station. This Society are the warden of a momentous collection of photos, artifacts, glass plate slides, cemetery records and letters from all around Wangaratta and surroundings. Members of this Society spend their time to make sure the collections are available to those who wants to perform research into the local history of Wangaratta.
Hire a completely equipped form bicycle from Wangaratta and travel around the local sights and sometimes  travel on the Murray and to the Mountains Rail Trail that follows a mild incline and offers an perfect introduction to the varied countryside of the area. Wangaratta Indoor Sports & Aquatic Centre facilitates full size stadium courts, a wholly equipped club for health with the latest apparatus and indoor pools. Wangaratta City Speedway is a Local race track which is on outskirts hosting numerous race meetings with vintage vehicles, compact speedcars, karts and saloons.
There are great accommodation facilities in Wangaratta provided by a number of motels such as Billabong Motel, Central Wangaratta Motel, Millers Cottage Motel, Rangeview B&B Farmstay, Ryley Motor Inn, Red Rattler Retreat, Wangaratta North Family Motel etc.