Must-see hotels in Tasmania

  • Pumphouse Point

    Cradle Country & The West

    Unique and impressive, Pumphouse Point occupies a three-tier hydroelectric pump house built in 1940 atop Lake St Clair, accessed via a narrow pier, as…

  • The Trig/The Container

    Tasmania

    Self-contained accommodation doesn't get any better than this. Perched on a working farm on the picturesque slopes of broody Mt Arthur, these two well…

  • BIG4 St Helens Holiday Park

    The East Coast

    Rolled across a green hillside 1.5km south of town, this park has plenty of family-centric amenities (games room with cinema, jumping pillow, playground)…

  • Quamby Estate

    Tasmania

    Few hotels can match the setting of this classy country-house hotel, which offers 10 stylish rooms (opt for a downstairs deluxe suite) in a pastoral 1828…

  • Alabama Hotel

    Hobart

    Sweet home Alabama! This old art-deco boozer – once a grim, sticky-carpet lush magnet – has settled into a new life as a boutique budget hotel. None of…

  • Thousand Lakes Lodge

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    Truly in the wilderness, this wooden, barn-like lodge was once a training facility for Antarctic expeditions. The nine rooms are simple, but the fire…

  • Cradle Mountain Wilderness Village

    Cradle Country & The West

    Cleverly camouflaged in the bush, the 45 cabins here are clean, comfortable and well equipped. All have TV with DVD player and the top-of-the-line cabins…

  • Ratho Farm

    Midlands & Central Highlands

    The rambling old homestead at Ratho Farm golf course has been transformed into fabulous boutique accommodation. The same family has owned this place for…

  • Adventure Bay Retreat

    Bruny Island

    Four discreet and very individual houses are sprinkled around a rural setting at Adventure Bay's edge. The spa Cottage is all cuteness, while the flash…

  • MACq 01

    Hobart

    Old Macquarie Wharf No 1 is now MACq 01, a sassy waterfront hotel with 114 rooms that are all wood panelling, concrete and jaunty angles. The waterfront…

  • Red Feather Inn

    Tasmania

    Hadspen's unreservedly gorgeous 1844 Red Feather Inn offers French Provincial–style boutique accommodation, with rooms ranging from attic doubles to a…

  • Peppers Silo

    Launceston

    Peppers is one of Launceston’s newest and most ambitious hotels. Filling the city's former silos (together forming Launceston's highest building), it's…

  • Tall Timbers

    Tasmania

    Set in 8 hectares of landscaped bushland on the edge of Smithton, this impressive resort offers facilities including a sports bar with pool tables, bistro…

  • Piermont

    The East Coast

    Down a hawthorn-hedged driveway, 4km south of Swansea, these 21 stylish stone cabins fan out from an old farmhouse close to the sea and beside a lagoon…

  • Jensens Bed & Breakfast

    Tasmania

    Occupying a handsome Federation-style house surrounded by apple and pear trees and a manicured garden, Jensens has a communal lounge with an open fire,…

  • Penghana

    Cradle Country & The West

    Built in 1898 for the general manager of the Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co, this National Trust–owned mansion commands the loftiest position in town. All…

  • Low Head Pilot Station Accommodation

    Tasmania

    Low Head’s historic pilot station precinct and lighthouse offer nine smartly refurbished, self-contained cottages sleeping between two and nine. The…

  • Ormiston House

    Cradle Country & The West

    Built by Frederick Ormiston (Strahan’s founder), this handsome red-brick mansion dating from 1899 now offers B&B accommodation in five well-sized, antique…

  • Red Gate Cottage

    Bruny Island

    A charismatic old shiplap-board beach shack on Dennes Point dunes, with a red gate (two of them, in fact) leading down to the west-facing beach (great…

  • Two Four Two

    Launceston

    Launceston's best self-catering accommodation, super-stylish Two Four Two is wrapped around one of the cafes on the hip Charles St strip. Two double…

  • Wheelhouse Apartments

    Cradle Country & The West

    Talk about a room with a view! Perched above the town centre, this pair of swish town houses has wrap-around walls of glass framing a jaw-dropping view…

  • Islington

    Hobart

    Classy Islington is one of Hobart's finest hotels, but it might also be the city's second-best art gallery – those are indeed works by Hockney, Matisse,…

  • Ikon Hotel

    Tasmania

    Boutique hotel chic comes to Burnie at this centrally located property. Situated on the 1st floor of a city-centre heritage hotel, it subscribes to the…

  • 43 Degrees

    Bruny Island

    At 43°S latitude, these five hangar-shaped apartments at the entrance to Adventure Bay were constructed by the owner-builder and have impeccable eco…

  • Schouten House

    The East Coast

    This brick-and-sandstone 1844 mansion was built by convicts, and was the centre of 'Great Swanport' before the action shifted a little further north…

  • Peninsula Experience

    The Southeast

    Atop a private peninsula, beyond some steely gates and a long wiggly driveway, this stately old farmhouse now exudes 21st-century luxury. Asian-chic…

  • Montacute

    Hobart

    Many Hobart hostels are cheap remodellings of old pubs, but Montacute – a renovated house in Battery Point – sets the bar a mile higher, with immaculate…

  • Henry Jones Art Hotel

    Hobart

    Super-swish HJs is feeling fresh after an 18-month refurb. Inside the restored waterfront Henry Jones IXL jam factory, with remnants of jam-making…

  • Grande Vue Private Hotel

    Hobart

    ‘Vues’ from the best rooms at this tastefully restored 1906 mansion take in a broad sweep of the Derwent River, or kunanyi/Mt Wellington in the other…

  • Larus Waterfront Cottage

    Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur

    Contemporary design, a marine colour scheme, audacious views and all mod cons (big-screen TV, gas cooking, flash barbecue) equate to a great Tasman…

  • Quayle Terrace

    Hobart

    With no signage, this tastefully renovated terrace house will make you feel as though you’re part of the neighbourhood. On a residential street tracing…

  • The Madsen

    Tasmania

    Housed in a grand former bank building on the beachfront, this friendly and well-managed boutique hotel offers six well-sized rooms with comfortable beds…

  • The Grand on Macfie

    Tasmania

    Built in 1899, the highly regarded Grand is just that – a well-located, large and extremely handsome mansion, offering five elegant antique-filled rooms,…

  • Jetty House

    The Southeast

    This family-run guesthouse near the wharf is a rustic, verandah-encircled homestead, built in 1876 for the local sawmill boss. Rates include full cooked…

  • Eagle’s Nest Retreat

    Tasmania

    Surely the best panoramas around Lake Barrington are to be had at Eagle’s Nest Retreat, comprised of three isolated and opulent holiday houses with wall…

  • Saffire Freycinet

    The East Coast

    Tasmanian travel glamour lives here. This architectural, gastronomic and wallet-slimming marvel has 20 luxe suites, with the curvaceous main building…

  • Apartment Sixty Six

    Launceston

    The entire ground floor of this 1870s former doctor's surgery is given over to lovely Apartment Sixty Six, sleeping up to six in three bedrooms. Interiors…

  • Beach Path House

    The East Coast

    Painted cream and navy, this mid-century beach shack has been reborn as a contemporary holiday house, with three bedrooms, an open fire and a little deck…

  • Boscobel of Tasmania

    Tasmania

    There are four upstairs guest rooms in this handsome, renovated 1885 mansion, all with period-style furniture, comfortable beds and modern bathroom with…

  • Cable Station Accommodation

    Tasmania

    Keep cute company at this property built to carry Tasmania’s first telephone link to the mainland. Little penguins come ashore within walking distance and…