Travel Eye on Palm Cove (Queensland, Australia)

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Overview:

Palm Cove is a gloriously quiet resort which sometimes feels like just one street of hotels, although it does in fact straggle a little way inland from the beach.

The sea-facing esplanade is a quiet road with traffic humps to ensure little risk from speeding vehicles. Beyond it stands a string of hotels and small cafes with one split-level arcade of shops and restaurants cutting back from the beach so that it barely impinges on the scenery.

The streets are lined with grand melaneucas (paperback trees), which all but hide even those hotels taller than a palm tree. Not a place to come if you're in search of wild nightlife, but perfect for a romantic getaway.

This resort is suited for couples of all ages. It is probably a bit too quiet for families with young children, although Cairns is within easy reach during the day.

The accommodation is mostly quite upmarket, but a less pricey seafront option is available.

Locality:

Palm Cove is in the far north of Queensland (16 mls N of Cairns along a good road. Nearest airport is Cairns International 14 mls). It is situated on Coral Sea facing the Great Barrier Reef and its islands, Palm Cove is a small sandy bay, backed by the Great Dividing Range.

Entertainment/Facilities/Attractions/Things to do:

Palm Cove has a popular swimming beach with enough space to relax in solitude or with friends and family (the beach has a stinger resistant enclosure). If the heat gets too much grab a cooling refreshment from the ice cream stand right on the beach or meander through the Palm Cove village on a shopping excursion.

Shopping here is very limited. Shoppers would do best to take the bus into Cairns for a more extensive range.

Entertainment is also very limited. Again Cairns is the best hope although note that buses back, stop in early evening.

The hotels in Palm Cove have their own restaurants or there is a pleasing restaurant in the arcade where kookaburras sometimes come to be hand-fed.

All the usual resort style facilities are available such as numerous swimming pools, gold courses, tours to the reef/islands and more. The area is in close proximity to the many tourist attractions of Cairns and surrounds so areas like Kuranda and the rainforest are all close by and easy to get to.