The East Coast
Lasso some like-minded amigos and book this architect-designed beach house, with polished floorboards, granite bench tops and a wide curvy deck backed by…
Must-see hotels in Tasmania
The East Coast
This restored, two-storey convict-built farmhouse (1835) is just north of Swansea, backing onto the Meredith River. The five guest rooms have various…
Tasmania
Located on the slopes of a disused golf course (hence the name), these two stylish and well-equipped self-catering apartments are a great base when…
Tasmania
A pretty, self-contained 1840s cottage at the quiet end of the main street, Arendon offers two bedrooms, a full kitchen and a laundry. The decor is old…
Scamander Sanctuary Holiday Park
The East Coast
Just south of Scamander township behind the beach is this affable caravan park, with 20 hectares of wild dune and bush landscape. Sleeping options include…
Tasmania
This art-deco pub opposite the beach is begging for a boutique makeover, but at the moment backpackers can take advantage of its great location and…
The East Coast
This new, two-bedroom beach house is architecturally excellent, with dapper grey vertical weatherboards, lots of glass, a broad deck and a stylish…
The East Coast
This endearing Federation-era (1881) B&B is presented with absolute attention to detail. Two bright, colourful rooms overlook garden blooms, and the…
Tasmania
There’s easygoing camping in a pleasantly landscaped area by the water here (we love the fact that each camp site is hedged), plus tidy cabins (try to…
The East Coast
This immaculate, 100-year-old B&B (transported here a while ago from nearby Mathinna) is an excellent option. Two guest rooms are beautifully decorated (a…
The East Coast
These two beautiful Tasmanian-oak and rammed-earth studios are 4km north of Coles Bay. Each unit has its own kitchenette, timber deck and comfortable king…
Hobart & Around
Run by a couple of chefs, Tynwald is a beautiful, turreted 1830s mansion overlooking the river, with six antique-stuffed guest rooms, a heated pool,…
Tasmania
Take the rare chance to sleep in World Heritage–listed lodgings. These six self-contained cottages were built to house servants and farm workers in the…
Hobart
This motel’s ongoing facelift has given the rooms a sleek designer sheen. The staff are friendly, everything is clean and shipshape, and the restaurants…
Tasmania
This thin sliver of grassy park is about 4km west of town beside Sassafras Stream, at the turn-off to the caves and Cradle Mountain. There are level sites…
The East Coast
About 4km from St Helens, this B&B, built in the 1980s by a Frenchman homesick for his country home, exudes Gallic charm. Upstairs are four compact en…
Hobart & Around
A rural delight: two spotless, stylish, self-contained units (one with spa) in a converted 1840s sandstone barn on a working sheep farm at Richmond's very…
Hobart
Is Lenna old, or does it just look old? Not a question anyone would want to face personally, but for this iconic hotel the answer is 'both'. There's an…
Hobart
This slick and glassy hotel opposite the hospital effortlessly shows up other places around town as a little old and weary. Some of the rooms across its…
Tasmania
These five apartments beside Penguin’s fairy-tale church are perfect for families, as they're located opposite the beach, sleep between four and six, and…
Launceston
This fastidiously run B&B in a handsome 1879 house offers five rooms in the main house and a self-contained cottage in the former stables. The Adelaide…
Bruny Island
Spacious, open-plan living and super views are thrust to the fore at this mod house at Dennes Point. Design-wise it's all corrugated-iron cladding,…
Launceston
Built in 1899, this former convent perched high on Frederick St bills itself as boutique, which may be a stretch, but it offers 18 decent rooms, all…
Hobart
One of Hobart’s best-value family options, this trim complex of a couple of dozen self-contained apartments sits in established gardens in subdued New…
The Southeast
Encircled by wandering chickens, this compact grey-painted weatherboard cottage is just a few streets from the Woodbridge water, with a couple of comfy…
Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur
These four nattily designed studio cabins are all grey and navy blue, with compact kitchens, king-size beds, spa baths, polished floorboards and leather…
The East Coast
Very nice. Very nice indeed. Freyscape is a fancy new guest at the Coles Bay accommodation party – an utterly contemporary three-bedroom house (sleeps up…
Hobart
In a definitively Hobart location, on the upper level of the Elizabeth St Pier, this cool complex offers luxe apartments with beaut harbour views and…
Tasmania
This progressive pub has stylish units crouched on the slope above the hotel. All have king beds and river-facing balconies (rooms 27 and 28 get the best…
The East Coast
This appealing 1878 home has three rooms decked out in tolerable heritage style. Ease into a chair by the fire in the guest lounge, sip a complimentary…
Derwent Bridge Chalets & Studios
Cradle Country & The West
There's a range of tightly clustered studios and small chalets on offer here – think caravan-park cabins with a bit of panache. Five have wood fires, two…
Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur
Fronted by a dinky little white garage, this old-school Tassie shack has two bedrooms, a compact kitchen, wood fire and lawn arcing down to a sheltered…
Bruny Island
Someone here ask for a private north-facing beach? There's 1.6km of private sunny sand at Captain's Cabin, a stylish, two-bedroom, woody cottage standing…
Midlands & Central Highlands
You feel a long way from anywhere here, but that’s the appeal. About 3km west of Hamilton, nine different, secluded accommodation options are dotted…
Launceston
You might wish you’d packed your jousting sticks in these faux-medieval rooms, but you can’t stay any closer to Cataract Gorge. Apartments (which are more…
The Southeast
Up the hill opposite the pub is this hospitable self-contained cottage, sleeping six bods in two bedrooms. Surrounded by bushland brimming with native…
The Southeast
There are two double suites and one larger suite sleeping four, all with bathroom, at this attractive timber house, high on the hillside just across the…
The Southeast
These simple, self-contained studio units huddle by a quiet stretch of the beach road. Sit on your veranda, sip something chilly and watch Port Esperance…
Midlands & Central Highlands
An appealing patch of green near Ross Bridge on the banks of the fish-filled Macquarie River. Utilitarian, sandstone, barracks-style cabins sleep two to…
Hobart & Around
This refurbished 1960s motel has 30 spotless, quirky rooms – including a few Asian-themed luxury options – and energetic ex-Sydney and New Zealand owners…
