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Cairns & Great Barrier Reef hotel map
288 places to stay are mapped across the Cairns & Great Barrier Reef search area, and Cairns alone holds 254 of them. The map below draws 233 of the best-documented at their recorded position so you can see where the stock actually sits before choosing an area.
288 mapped stays 91% list a phone 22 resort-classified Snapshot August 2026
Loads streets and place names on request, so this page stays light.
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Where Cairns & Great Barrier Reef hotels sit, by area.
Locality names come from the address records themselves. Each figure is the number of mapped properties filed under that name — a density picture, not a recommendation.
Marked on the map
40 best-documented properties in Cairns & Great Barrier Reef.
Ordered by record completeness, resort-classified properties first. Direct numbers for every one of them are on the phone directory page.
- 01 Bay Village Tropical Retreat Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.914, 145.768
- 02 Bohemia Resort Cairns Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.910, 145.760
- 03 Botanica Lifestyle Resort Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.855, 145.693
- 04 Cairns Beach Resort Cairns · Beach resort · complete record · resort listing-16.839, 145.740
- 05 Cairns Colonial Club Resort Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.912, 145.748
- 06 Crystalbrook Riley Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.916, 145.773
- 07 Gilligan's Hotel and Resort Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.924, 145.775
- 08 Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.919, 145.774
- 09 Palm Royale Cairns Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.929, 145.742
- 10 Rydges Esplanade Resort Cairns Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.914, 145.770
- 11 South Cairns Resort Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.960, 145.746
- 12 Half Moon Bay Resort Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.810, 145.717
- 13 Hotel Tropiq Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.900, 145.756
- 14 Mercure Cairns Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.919, 145.773
- 15 Tropic Towers Cairns North · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.908, 145.761
- 16 Cairns Central Plaza Cairns City · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.923, 145.772
- 17 Cairns Rainbow Resort Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.904, 145.758
- 18 The Benson Restaurant And Bar Cairns City · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.921, 145.773
- 19 Crystal Garden Restaurant Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.910, 145.759
- 20 Coral Tree Inn Cairns · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.918, 145.771
- 21 Ingenia Holidays Cairns Coconut Woree · Resort · complete record · resort listing-16.970, 145.743
- 22 Cairns Holiday Cottage Cairns · Resort · useful record · resort listing-16.886, 145.746
- 23 181 The Esplanade Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.911, 145.767
- 24 A Villa Gail Cairns · B&B · complete record-16.802, 145.722
- 25 Adobe Motel Cairns · Motel · complete record-16.915, 145.766
- 26 Alivio Hotel Cairns Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.918, 145.769
- 27 Aspect Central Cairns Cairns · Motel · complete record-16.914, 145.765
- 28 Barrier Reef Hotel Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.925, 145.780
- 29 Barron River Hotel Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.875, 145.734
- 30 BreakFree Royal Harbour Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.920, 145.777
- 31 Cairns City Backpackers Hostel Cairns · Hostel · complete record-16.925, 145.767
- 32 Cairns City Motel Cairns · Motel · complete record-16.918, 145.772
- 33 Cairns Coconut Holiday Resort Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.970, 145.744
- 34 Cairns Girls Hostel Cairns · Hostel · complete record-16.919, 145.773
- 35 Cairns Harbourside Hotel Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.910, 145.765
- 36 Cairns Plaza Hotel Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.916, 145.773
- 37 Cairns Queenslander Hotel and Apartments Cairns · Apart-hotel · complete record-16.910, 145.765
- 38 Cairns Reef Apartments and Motel Cairns · Motel · complete record-16.957, 145.747
- 39 Cairns Sheridan Hotel Cairns · Hotel · complete record-16.908, 145.760
- 40 Caravella Backpackers Cairns · Hostel · complete record-16.915, 145.772
How to use this map
Three things a dot cannot tell you.
The map is honest about what it knows. These are the limits worth keeping in mind before a cluster turns into a booking.
Position is recorded, not verified
Coordinates come from open map data. Most are precise to the building; a few are placed at a street or district centre. Confirm the address when you call.
Call at the right local hour
Mid-morning at the property, once the checkout rush has cleared, is when a decision can actually be made.
Check the local time →Nearby maps
Other destinations near Cairns & Great Barrier Reef.
Straight-line distance between the centres of each destination’s mapped stock — useful for a two-stop trip, not a driving time.
Questions
About the Cairns & Great Barrier Reef hotel map.
A snapshot of open map data — not a booking channel and not a quality ranking.
Which area of Cairns & Great Barrier Reef has the most hotels?
Going by the address records in the open directory, Cairns alone holds 254 of them. The dots on the map are drawn at each property’s recorded position, so a dense cluster is a real cluster — but density says nothing about quality or price.
Is this Cairns & Great Barrier Reef hotel map live?
No. It is a snapshot of open map data taken in August 2026, drawn at build time. It shows where properties are, not whether they have rooms tonight or what they charge. The interactive map underneath queries the same snapshot.
Why are some properties drawn larger?
Dot size follows how complete the record is — a listed phone, a listed website, a full street address and how many independent sources agree. Larger dots are better documented, not better hotels.
Does the map show how close a hotel is to the sea?
It shows position, and properties Overture classifies as a resort or beach resort are drawn in the accent colour. Hotelsoncall does not publish a distance to the water for any property, because the open map data carries no coastline it could be measured against.
How do I get the phone number of a hotel on this map?
The 40 best-documented properties are listed below the map and each appears with its number on the Cairns & Great Barrier Reef phone directory page. For the rest, open the interactive map, filter to “Direct phone” and tap any marker.
Data record
Drawn from the Overture Maps Places release 2026 snapshot taken . The map extent is the 3rd–97th percentile of recorded positions, so a single mis-geocoded record cannot stretch it. Ordering is by record completeness only.