Constructed as a gigantic memorial after WWI, the 243km-long Great Ocean Road provides tourists with the road-trip of a lifetime. The road hugs a stretch of the shoreline of Australia’s southern state of Victoria. It meanders past some of the most stunning vistas in the world. The Twelve Apostles limestone columns, Fort Queenscliff, surfing beaches and Great Otway National Park are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to peerless attractions en route.
The west end of the route begins just outside Melbourne at the heritage town of Torquay. Driving or travelling 240kms in one go is not too much hassle, but tortuous turns, two-lane traffic and low maximum speed limits all along it can make the trip a long drawn out process.
The majority of people making the trip use Great Ocean Road accommodation to get the most out of this spectacular location. The road runs east from Allansford and there is a varied selection of places to stay here as well as in the adjacent city of Warrnambool. Other places with a selection of accommodation are Apollo Bay, Wye River, Lorne, Anglesea and Torquay.
Great Ocean Road accommodation covers the whole spectrum and there is something for all budgets and tastes. Close to the mid-point of the road at Cape Otway, Bimbi Park is an excellent option for those who want to be close to nature. The park is shaded by manna-gum trees and has pitches for tents and campervans as well as a range of cabins.
There are also plenty of bed and breakfasts, hostels for backpackers and luxury resort hotels. Also at Cape Otway, the Great Ocean Ecolodge is the perfect option for wildlife fans as the establishment arranges excursions with animal researchers. Captain’s at the Bay is one street back from the seafront at Apollo Bay and is an upmarket bed and breakfast. Apollo Bay YHA is on the same street.
Historic Central Cottage In Warrnambool
From $128
Central Warrnambool Townhouse
From $143
Waves Luxury Suites
From $147
Lorne World
From $172
Apollo Bay Guest House
From $213
Battery Cove Beach Front Apartment
From $217
The Oak & Anchor Hotel
From $223
Catherine Normane Holiday House
From $240
Chocolate Gannets
From $339
Kutu Ev
From $353
Alkina Lodge - Great Ocean Road
From $660
Anglesea Family Caravan Park
From $45
Mid City Motel Warrnambool
From $70
Comfort Inn on Raglan
From $72
Apollo Bay Holiday Park
From $73
Angela's Beach Stays
From $74
Sandpiper Motel
From $88
Casa Favilla B&B
From $93
Port Fairy BIG4 Holiday Park
From $96
Port Fairy Holiday Park
From $99
The Apollo
From $99
Deep Blue Hotel & Hot Springs
From $102
Stay Inn Apollo Bay
From $103
Comfort Inn Port Fairy & Seacombe House
From $104
Torquay Holiday Park
From $105
Hopkins House Motel & Apartments
From $106
Elm Tree Motel Warrnambool
From $108
Banyan Place
From $110
Jamieson Cottage
From $110
Comfort Inn The International
From $110
Apollo Bay Waterfront Motor Inn
From $111
Apartment 35
From $113
Wypinga B&B - Pet Friendly
From $114
Ashmont Motel and Apartments
From $115
Seaview Motel & Apartments
From $116
Beechwood Apartment
From $117
Daysy Hill Country Cottages
From $118
Port Boutique Accommodation
From $118
Chatby Lane Lorne
From $119
Coastal Motel
From $119
Captains at the Bay
From $121
Quest Warrnambool
From $123
Split Point Cottages
From $123
Anchorage Motel & Villas Lorne
From $130
Beachfront Resort Torquay Australia
From $132
Lady Bay Resort
From $135
BIG4 Apollo Bay Pisces Holiday Park
From $136
Gallery Apartments
From $136
Clonmara Country House and Cottages
From $136
Surfside Holiday Park Warrnambool
From $143
Arabella Country House
From $143
The Victoria Apartments
From $146
Sea Foam Villas
From $146
Salt Air on Banyan
From $147
Wyndham Resort Torquay
From $151
Wytonia Beachfront Accommodation
From $159
Lorne Bush House Cottages & Eco Retreats
From $159
The Dolphin Apartments
From $159
Beach Holiday Cottage
From $161
Seafarers Getaway
From $170
Great Ocean Road Resort
From $171
Whitewater Apartments Australia
From $172
Southern Ocean Villas
From $178
OnShore Torquay
From $183
Killead On East
From $184
Gipps Getaway
From $186
Beach Life Torquay
From $201
Lighthouse Lodge Warrnambool
From $202
Mantra Lorne
From $204
Dingle On Barclay
From $205
Chimneys On Bank
From $210
Birdland - Bold unique and modern
From $213
Torquay Retreats - TwentyTwo Pride
From $215
Point Roadknight Paradise
From $216
Rayville Boat Houses
From $217
Apollo Bay Cottages
From $218
Johanna Bluegum Cabins
From $218
Beeches By The Sea
From $219
54 On Bank
From $220
Dockside Waterfront Indulgence
From $220
Bel Miren - Sarah Louisa
From $223
Phoenix Apartments Lorne
From $224
The Church Port Fairy
From $224
45 On Regent
From $229
Wytonia 3 Penthouse
From $236
Bell Street Apartments Australia
From $238
Tides Apartments Port Fairy
From $240
Hearn s Beachside Villa 7
From $241
Lorne Ocean Sun Apartments
From $245
Bel Miren - Dusty Miller
From $248
BIG4 Anglesea Holiday Park
From $252
Bliss @ South Beach
From $258
The Retreat Port Fairy
From $263
Hearn s Beachside Villa 8
From $263
Cumberland Lorne Resort
From $264
7 Falls Apartments
From $265
The Boomerangs at Johanna
From $269
Sheoaks Cottage
From $274
Beach & Golf Stays Australia
From $275
Johansson's Perch No 1
From $277
Malahide
From $280
Apollo Bay Seal Apartments
From $283
Merri Place
From $285
Achilles' Apollo Bay
From $287
The Moorings Port Fairy
From $289
Edge17 Port Fairy Wharf
From $298
Apollo's
From $301
Hearn s Beachside Villa 9
From $306
Two Bays Apartments Australia
From $314
Felicity Apollo Bay
From $314
Lornebeach Apartments
From $315
Connolly
From $318
Sea-Lit - South Beach
From $320
Beach and Reef
From $321
Torquay Retreats Aus - Bristol Road
From $321
Salty's - Newly Renovated
From $322
Anchors Port Campbell
From $329
The Waterfront Apartment
From $329
Hillingden
From $331
Twiggy @ Anglesea
From $333
Bruce and Lola's
From $334
Torquay Retreats - ThirtyOne Pride
From $335
Torquay Retreats - Anderson
From $338
38 Oceane
From $340
Pierview Apartments
From $344
Shearwater Riverview Apartment
From $346
Central Park Port Fairy
From $349
Allenvale
From $350
Little Croft Port Fairy
From $359
Mariner House Port Fairy
From $368
The Penthouse Port Fairy
From $368
Shearwater Penthouse Apartment
From $370
Bel Miren - Essington
From $386
Johanna Seaside Cottages
From $394
Riverend Regent
From $394
Lorne Beachfront Accommodation
From $396
The Nushak
From $432
14 Steps
From $457
Drift House
From $460
Aqua Mist
From $461
Anchors Beach House
From $563
Whispers
From $700
Cypress Hill
From $732
Torquay Foreshore Caravan Park
From $45
Great Ocean Road Brewhouse
From $49
Raglan Motor Inn
From $53
Apollo Bay Eco YHA
From $55
Discovery Parks - Warrnambool
From $57
Motel Warrnambool
From $60
Mahogany Motel
From $62
Redwood Manor Motel Apartments
From $66
Gateway Motor Inn Warrnambool
From $66
Port Fairy Motor Inn
From $67
Warrnambool Motel and Holiday Park
From $72
City Heart Motel
From $72
Gum Tree Caravan Park
From $72
Great Ocean View Motel
From $72
Downtown Motel
From $73
The Caledonian Inn
From $76
Odyssey Apollo Bay
From $80
Anchorbelle Motel
From $80
NRMA Port Campbell Holiday Park
From $81
Summers Rest Units
From $82
Best Western Colonial Village Motel
From $83
Comfort Inn Western
From $84
Lorne Foreshore Caravan Park
From $84
Beachcomber Motel & Apartments
From $84
Eight Spence
From $86
Seahorse Coastal Villas
From $86
Warrnambool Holiday Village
From $88
Iluka Motel & Restaurant
From $88
High View Family Cottages
From $88
12 Apostles Cottages
From $89
Tudor Motor Inn Warrnambool
From $89
Central Court Motel Warrnambool
From $94
Torquay Tropicana Motel
From $95
Port Campbell Motor Inn
From $96
City Central Motor Inn & Apartments
From $97
Southern Ocean Motor Inn
From $97
Roundhouse Motel
From $102
Great Ocean Road Tourist Park
From $103
Central Motel Port Fairy
From $103
Loch Ard Motor Inn
From $104
Best Western Great Ocean Road Motor Inn
From $104
Eastern Reef Cottages
From $105
Lorne Coachman Inn
From $108
Best Western Olde Maritime Motor Inn
From $110
Lightkeepers Inn Motel
From $112
Clifton Beach Lodge
From $113
Austral Place 88 via Merri River
From $114
Cherry Plum Cottages
From $115
Eastern Beach Holiday Units
From $119
Beachfront Motel Apollo Bay
From $122
Gillies St Apartments
From $136
The Sandridge Motel
From $136
Port O' Call Motel
From $145
Whalers Cottage
From $149
Cottages for Couples
From $162
Malseeds
From $175
Wings and Waves
From $175
Avalon Cottage Port Fairy
From $176
Mary Grant
From $179
Beachside Entertainer
From $181
Wytonia 2
From $187
Ginabella
From $197
Dunraven on Banyan
From $198
Wytonia 1
From $200
Young's Cottage - circa 1861
From $205
Wytonia Cabana
From $207
The Source Otways
From $211
Cape Otway Lightstation
From $216
Great Ocean Road Cottages
From $218
Lorne Hotel Lorne
From $223
Bindi - Pet Friendly
From $225
Fairholme Apartment Warrnambool
From $228
Magnetic Cottage circa 1850's
From $231
The Townhouse Port Fairy
From $236
Rossanna
From $239
Kurrawa - Near East Beach
From $245
Beauvais
From $247
Dock's At The Mill
From $249
The Beach House Torquay
From $253
Douglas Riverside
From $265
Poseidon Apollo Bay
From $271
Bimbadeen
From $271
Hopkins River View
From $276
Sound Of The Sea Apollo Bay
From $287
Horizons Beachfront Apartment
From $295
Paradise Cove Port Fairy
From $307
Aqua Mist Seascape
From $315
At Riverside
From $315
Hill's Creek Holiday Home
From $316
Aloha Beachfront Port Fairy
From $324
Absolute Port Fairy
From $328
Fairholme Townhouse
From $333
Beach Gum
From $334
Walshan House
From $334
Boathouse Holiday House
From $368
The Boulevard Lorne
From $368
Bayview Townhouse
From $368
Kinsale Cottage
From $381
Sandy Cove Port Fairy
From $389
Aqua Mist Penthouse
From $418
Aqua Luna Port Fairy
From $419
Tonic On South
From $458
Motel Marengo
From $475
Shearwater House
From $712
Lemonade Creek Cottages
From $734
Star of the West Hotel
From $39
The Cally Hotel
From $47
Bimbi Park - Camping Under Koalas
From $50
Blue Whale Motor Inn & Apartments
From $69
Bells Beach Backpackers
From $83
Port Campbell Hostel
From $94
Merrijig Inn
From $118
Torquay Hotel/Motel
From $125
Cora Lynn - Apartment 18
From $126
Port Central No 3
From $221
Inn Off The Reef
From $274
Anchorage Apollo Bay
From $287
Valkei
From $308
Apollo Panorama Guesthouse
From $312
Coral Reef Apollo Bay
From $314
Eagle Ridge Apollo Bay
From $340
Four Kings Apartment - Deluxe 2br 3
From $345
Salt Air on Lochard Place
From $132
King Street Apartments
From $158
Holiday Home in the Heart of Anglesea
From $159
The PC Cottage
From $203
Blue Sea Apollo Bay
From $271
Glenoe Cottages
From $294
The Lane House
From $314
Bella Vista Apollo Bay
From $314
Earth Sea Sky
From $327
Bayview no 2 - Next to the Beach
From $339
Bayview no 1 - Next to the Beach
From $394
