# 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/index.md): 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/index.md): 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/index.md): Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at Contessa, Main Beach. Sixth floor, 178 m², wraparound private balcony, full kitchen and laundry. From $295 per night. - [Apartment 164](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-164/index.md): Two-bedroom apartment on level 16 at Contessa, Main Beach. Wraparound balcony, 178 m², two bathrooms, full kitchen. From $325 per night. - [Apartment 191](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-191/index.md): Three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment on level 19 at Contessa, Main Beach. 203 m², full kitchen and laundry. Sleeps 6. From $395 per night. - [Apartment 193](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-193/index.md): Two-bedroom apartment on level 19 at Contessa, Main Beach. 178 m², wraparound balcony, two bathrooms, full kitchen. From $365 per night. - [Apartment 201](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-201/index.md): Top-floor two-bedroom apartment at Contessa, Main Beach. Wraparound balcony, 178 m², two bathrooms, full kitchen. From $425 per night. - [Apartment 211](https://www.contessa.com.au/accommodation/apartment-211/index.md): Two-bedroom apartment on level 21 at Contessa, Main Beach. 178 m², wraparound balcony, two bathrooms, full kitchen. From $345 per night. ## Stay - [Stay](https://www.contessa.com.au/stay/index.md): 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/index.md): 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/index.md): 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/index.md): 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/index.md): 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/index.md): 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/index.md): 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/index.md): Local guides, planning notes and stories from Contessa, Main Beach. ## Journal - [Groundwater 2026: a free Broadbeach festival, a quiet Main Beach base](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/groundwater-2026/index.md): 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. - [Winter on the Gold Coast from Main Beach](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/winter-main-beach/index.md): June through August is the Gold Coast's quiet season, and the one Contessa is built for. A large indoor heated pool, an indoor spa and sauna, dry winter light, whales offshore, and the largest events on the Coast calendar. - [Gold Coast 500 2026: a balcony that looks down on the track](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/gold-coast-500/index.md): The Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 runs 23 to 25 October 2026. The southern hairpin of the street circuit sweeps past the end of our street – which means a wraparound balcony with a working view of race day. - [Pacific Airshow Gold Coast 2026 from Main Beach](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/pacific-airshow-2026/index.md): The Pacific Airshow returns to Surfers Paradise on 14 to 16 August 2026 after the 2025 cancellation. The display flies over the ocean, one tram stop south. Here's how to plan the weekend without sleeping above the crowd. - [Whale watching from Main Beach, June to November](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/whale-watching-main-beach/index.md): Humpbacks pass the Gold Coast from late May to early November, often close enough to see spouts from the sand. Here's the season month by month, the shore vantages, and the two boats that leave from the Main Beach side of the Broadwater. - [Running the Gold Coast Marathon from Main Beach](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/gold-coast-marathon/index.md): The ASICS Gold Coast Marathon runs 4 and 5 July 2026. The course passes the front of Main Beach twice. Here's why a quiet residential apartment is the right call for runners and the people travelling with them. - [Six beaches within an hour of Main Beach](https://www.contessa.com.au/experience/blog/main-beach-beaches/index.md): 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/index.md): 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/index.md): 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.