Serviced Apartments Parramatta

Travelling to Parramatta with the whole family for a wedding, a reunion or a long weekend of birthday celebrations is easier when everyone isn't squeezed into separate hotel rooms. A serviced apartment gives you bedrooms with doors that close, a kitchen for breakfast and a lounge where the group can gather before heading out. Sydney's second CBD also has plenty of paid parking and a train station with direct services into the city.

These two towers have apartments big enough for a family or a few friends sharing:

• The Executive Two Bed Suite at One Global Resorts Parramatta covers 70 square metres, with a king and two double beds for four to six people.
• Every suite there has a kitchen with a stovetop, dishwasher and convection microwave, plus a washer and dryer.
• Meriton Suites Church Street, Parramatta offers two-bedroom suites of 72 square metres with two full bathrooms, sleeping four.
• Its three-bedroom Riverview Suite takes up to six across 116 square metres and looks down the Parramatta River toward the city skyline.
• Both have pools for the kids between events, with an infinity pool at Hunter Street and indoor and outdoor pools on Church Street.

When relatives are staying several nights either side of the celebration, the laundry matters as much as the bedroom count: outfits get washed, and school clothes come out clean for the trip home. If you're booking for a large group, ask both properties about holding a block of two- and three-bedroom suites on the same dates, so aunts, cousins and grandparents end up in one building rather than scattered around the suburb.