The Royal Hotel

Built in the 1860s, the Royal Hotel stands close to the middle of town and captures its colonial heritage beautifully.  

This hotel was once the finest accommodation in Fiji but is now the only remaining of numerous boarding houses built in Levuka’s heyday. Its front rooms overlooked Levuka’s harbour so that sea captains staying overnight could keep an eye on their anchored vessel. A turret-like structure (or widow’s watch) on the roof served as a look-out for seafarers to gauge sea conditions.  The hotel was rebuilt at the turn of the 20th Century after a fire, but its old-world charm remains; though these days the rooms have been modernised with Wi-Fi and air-conditioning.