Must-see hotels in Hobart

  • Edinburgh Gallery B&B

    Hobart

    This funky, art-filled hotel puts an eclectic stamp on a 1909 Federation house, just west of the CBD. Six of the 10 rooms have private bathrooms; the rest…

  • BIG4 Hobart Airport Tourist Park

    Hobart

    Plane-spot from your cabin or caravan at this big, clean and grassy caravan park beside Hobart Airport. Space at each campsite is generous and there are…

  • Prince of Wales Hotel

    Hobart

    A severe 1960s glitch in Battery Point’s urban planning, the POW is nonetheless exquisitely located. It offers basic pub-style rooms and a couple of…

  • Rydges Hobart

    Hobart

    In a prime hillside position overlooking North Hobart Oval (any football this weekend?), great-value Rydges comprises 64 hotel rooms centred on a former…

  • Elms of Hobart

    Hobart

    Built in 1917 for the Palfreymans, a haughty Hobart merchant family, this self-assured, National Trust–listed mansion features beautiful gardens (perfect…

  • Argyle Motor Lodge

    Hobart

    Hobart's oldest motel (read into that what you will), the 37-room Argyle is close to a lot of things – the North Hobart strip, the State Cinema, Australia…

  • Imperial Hotel Backpackers

    Hobart

    Right in the middle of the city, in one of Hobart's original hotels (1870), this maze-like hostel has loads of communal space, an upgraded kitchen, high…

  • Lodge on Elizabeth

    Hobart

    Built in 1829, this old-timer above a busy Elizabeth St corner has been a schoolhouse, a boarding house and a halfway house, but now opens its doors as a…

  • Waratah Hotel

    Hobart

    Known as ‘W Block’ to truant students from the nearby college, the only thing the chunky-looking 'Tah' has in common with its namesake native bloom is its…

  • Quarry Apartments

    Hobart

    Stylish, compact apartments right on (actually, above) Salamanca Place. It's not a hotel as such: check-in is DIY via instructions you receive once you…

  • Mayfair Plaza Motel

    Hobart

    The Mayfair development in the '90s sent Sandy Bay into an architectural tailspin from which it hasn't recovered, but if that doesn’t bother you (you're…

  • Macquarie Manor

    Hobart

    Plush, high-ceilinged heritage rooms and continental breakfasts are the order of the day at this central, well-groomed, Regency-style guesthouse. Enough…

  • Mantra One Sandy Bay Road

    Hobart

    These spacious and stylish apartments, in a staunch old redbrick building, are a short stroll from Salamanca Place, the city centre and Battery Point,…

  • Central Hotel

    Hobart

    Downstairs is a mainstream Aussie pub with gaming machines, cheap meals and big-screen sports; upstairs are 11 surprisingly decent en-suite rooms with TVs…

  • Best Western Hobart

    Hobart

    OK, so it looks something like a cruise liner crossed with a USSR administrative compound, but if you're looking for a predictable, no-frills, affordable…

  • Welcome Stranger Hotel

    Hobart

    Only a discerning eye will appreciate the aesthetic qualities of this modern redbrick pub, but upstairs there are 14 decent pub rooms with en suite. It’s…

  • Hobart Cabins & Cottages

    Hobart

    An unflattering 8km north of the city across the road from Hobart's racetrack in Goodwood, the modest Hobart Cabins & Cottages offers a few powered sites,…

  • Waterfront Lodge

    Hobart

    Overlooking the semi-industrial New Town Bay and the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, 5km north of the centre, this funky 1960s motel has compact, modern units,…

  • Hobart's Accommodation & Hostel

    Hobart

    In a former pub (the ever-rockin’ Doghouse), Hobart Hostel offers clean redecorated dorms, with good-value en-suite twins and doubles upstairs. Downstairs…

  • Woolmers Hotel Apartments

    Hobart

    Despite lashings of naff brown-brick colonial coach-house style, Woolmers remains a solid choice not too far from the action. Spacious studio and two…

  • Zero Davey

    Hobart

    These modern, funky apartments on the edge of Hobart's kinetic waterfront precinct don't garner much external architectural kudos, but inside they're…

  • Travelodge Hobart Airport

    Hobart

    Out near the airport, this slick chain hotel caters mostly to business bods with an early flight. Rooms are predictably corporate but immaculate, and…

  • Harrington’s 102 Accommodation

    Hobart

    After the shock of the naff postmodern office facade subsides, you’ll find the budget rooms here well equipped but a tad poky. Still, the price is right,…