Set within the multi-award-winning Nishi building, Ovolo Canberra offers more than just a nightcap and a place to rest your head. Architecture and design smarts meet tranquil, nature-inspired interiors, while original artworks give the space the feel of a gallery rather than a cookie-cutter hotel. Then there’s the location: step outside and the restaurants, cafés and creative pulse of NewActon are right on your doorstep. Whether you’ve come for the museums, the food or simply a change of scene, it’s a stylish base for a capital-city weekend.
Choose your view: bushland or jungle atrium
Ovolo Canberra lets you pick your own slice of green. Settle into a Cocoon room and your window frames a lush canopy of salvaged Tasmanian tree ferns, while Atelier rooms stretch out with a king bed and original artworks. Prefer a wider horizon? Book a larger room or suite and gaze across the lake or bushland. Inside, concrete, cork, earthen clay and eucalyptus timber layer texture against restored 20th-century furnishings, and a walk-in rain shower rounds out the calm. Choose a room with a concrete soaking tub and the evening is yours to savour, all within a building as celebrated as the view.
Canberra’s icons and lakeside calm, an easy stroll away
NewActon puts you at the centre of it all, with Canberra’s cultural landmarks and green spaces within easy reach. Brunch at neighbourhood favourite Močan & Green Grout will fuel you for the five-kilometre Bridge-to-Bridge loop, then the rest of the day is yours. Parliament House sits about a five minutes’ drive away, while Lake Burley Griffin sets a gentler pace. Wander or cycle its paths, then pause for views back towards the city.
Dinner and a film, right outside your door
Date night barely requires you to leave the building. Downstairs, Monster Kitchen & Bar serves seasonally influenced share-style dishes, paired with cocktails and a considered mix of local and international wines. Shattered terrazzo floors and eclectic design touches lend the dining room a lived-in warmth. After dessert or a digestif, slip next door to Nishi’s Palace Electric Cinema for an art-house film or special screening.
