4 star luxury hotel close to sydney opera house circular quay nearby intercontinental sydney is a 6 minute walk from circular quay where you can catch a ferry across sydney harbour to luna park and taronga zoo the hotel is adjacent to the sydney royal botanic gardens and the sydney opera house is a 9 minute walk away museums and history a 10 minute walk from the hotel takes you to sydneys historic rocks district located at the base of the sydney harbour bridge the museum of sydney is a 2