# Contessa Holiday Apartments > Generous apartments in Main Beach on the Gold Coast. Ten released for holiday stays from a residence of 124. Two acres of garden, two pools, a tennis court, a marina. For complete site content in a single file, see [llms-full.txt](https://www.contessa.com.au/llms-full.txt). ## Home - [Home](https://www.contessa.com.au/): Generous apartments in Main Beach on the Gold Coast. Ten released for holiday stays from a residence of 124. Two acres of garden, two pools, a tennis court, a marina. ## Apartments - [Main Beach Accommodation](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/): Apartments at Contessa, Main Beach, Gold Coast, each photographed individually. Layouts span two and three bedrooms, all with wraparound balconies. - [Apartment 62](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-62/): Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at Contessa, Main Beach. Sixth floor, 178 m², wraparound private balcony, full kitchen and laundry. - [Apartment 164](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-164/): Two-bedroom apartment on level 16 at Contessa, Main Beach. Wraparound balcony, 178 m², two bathrooms, full kitchen. - [Apartment 191](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-191/): Three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment on level 19 at Contessa, Main Beach. 203 m², full kitchen and laundry. Sleeps 6. - [Apartment 193](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-193/): Two-bedroom apartment on level 19 at Contessa, Main Beach. 178 m², wraparound balcony, two bathrooms, full kitchen. - [Apartment 201](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-201/): Top-floor two-bedroom apartment at Contessa, Main Beach. Wraparound balcony, 178 m², two bathrooms, full kitchen. - [Apartment 211](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-211/): Two-bedroom apartment on level 21 at Contessa, Main Beach. 178 m², wraparound balcony, two bathrooms, full kitchen. ## Stay - [Stay](https://www.contessa.com.au/stay/): Everything you need to know before you arrive at Contessa, Main Beach. Facilities, guest reviews, and the answers to questions we hear most often. - [Facilities](https://www.contessa.com.au/stay/facilities/): Outdoor pool in two acres of garden, heated indoor pool, indoor and outdoor spas, sauna, gym, full-size tennis court, and a private marina on the river. - [FAQs](https://www.contessa.com.au/stay/faqs/): Answers to the questions guests ask most often about staying at Contessa, Main Beach. Check-in and check-out, parking, pools, the marina, and the booking policies that matter. - [Guest Reviews](https://www.contessa.com.au/stay/reviews/): Real guest reviews from a decade of stays at Contessa, Main Beach. Unedited, the words guests choose when they get home. ## Experience - [Experience](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/): The quiet end of the Gold Coast: Main Beach across the road, Tedder Avenue five minutes on foot, the river at the back gate. Why guests keep coming back. - [Location](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/location/): Contessa sits at 1 Serisier Avenue, Main Beach. The Pacific is 50 metres away across the road, Tedder Avenue is five minutes on foot, and the river is at the back gate. - [Gallery](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/gallery/): Each apartment at Contessa, photographed individually, alongside the facilities, the building and the suburb. Browse the full Contessa gallery. - [Journal](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/): Local guides, planning notes and stories from Contessa, Main Beach. ## Journal - [Ten years of Crafted Festival, and a quiet address to come back to](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/ten-years-of-crafted-festival/): Crafted Beer & Cider Festival marks a decade at Kurrawa Park, Broadbeach, on Saturday 12 September 2026 – a tasting-paddle afternoon for eighteen-plus guests, a short tram ride from Contessa's river side of Main Beach. - [The Gold Coast Marathon from Main Beach, with room for the whole crew](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/gold-coast-marathon/): The ASICS Gold Coast Marathon returns 3 and 4 July 2027. Contessa's apartments start at 178 m2, with room for the runner, the partner and the grandparents minding the kids, and no deposit taken until 48 hours before you arrive. - [The Gold Coast Show 2026: a day out, an evening on the river](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/gold-coast-show/): The Gold Coast Show runs 28 to 30 August 2026 at Broadwater Parklands in Southport, a short drive north of Contessa. Free entry, fireworks every night over the water, and the quiet of the river to come back to. - [Groundwater 2026: a free Broadbeach festival, a quiet Main Beach base](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/groundwater-2026/): Groundwater Country Music Festival returns to Broadbeach on 16 to 18 October 2026. Free, sprawling across more than a dozen stages. Two acres of garden between you and the rest of the Gold Coast remains the right answer. - [A quiet Gold Coast winter, riverside at Main Beach](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/winter-main-beach/): Winter is when Contessa's indoor half comes into its own: 178 square metres of apartment, a heated indoor pool, an indoor spa and sauna, and two acres of riverside garden a block back from a quiet Main Beach. - [Gold Coast 500 2026: a balcony that looks down on the track](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/gold-coast-500/): For the Gold Coast 500, 23 to 25 October 2026, the southern hairpin of the Surfers Paradise street circuit sweeps past the end of the street. From Contessa's upper floors, a wraparound balcony gives a working line of sight over the track, coffee in hand. - [Pacific Airshow Gold Coast 2026 from a boutique Main Beach address](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/pacific-airshow-2026/): The Pacific Airshow returns to Surfers Paradise on 14 to 16 August 2026. From Contessa, a block back from the sand on the river side of Main Beach, the weekend splits in two: the beach for the morning flying, the garden and pools for the hours between. - [Whale watching from Main Beach, June to November](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/whale-watching-main-beach/): From late May to early November, humpbacks move up and down the Gold Coast. Ocean on one side for the whales, river and marina on the other for the afternoon, watched from a wraparound balcony a block from the sand. - [Six beaches within an hour of Main Beach](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/main-beach-beaches/): Two waters at the front door – the Pacific across the road, the river at the back. The rest of the coast sits inside an hour. Here's where locals actually go. - [Five places to eat on Tedder Avenue, a five-minute walk away](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/tedder-avenue-dining/): From the back gate it's a five-minute walk to the heart of Tedder. Here are the five spots we send guests to, in the order of the day you'd actually work through them. ## Contact - [Contact](https://www.contessa.com.au/contact/): Reception is happy to help. Questions about a specific apartment, planning your stay, or just checking availability, we're a phone call or an email away.