Must-see hotels in Adelaide Hills

  • Mt Lofty House

    Adelaide Hills

    Proprietorially poised above Mt Lofty Botanic Garden (awesome views), this 1852 stone baronial mansion has lavish heritage rooms and garden suites, plus…

  • Stirling Hotel

    Adelaide Hills

    The owners spent so much money tarting up this gorgeous old dame, it's a wonder they can pay the staff. Upstairs are five guest suites: plush,…

  • Hahndorf Resort

    Adelaide Hills

    It may feel a bit odd camping this close to Adelaide – not really in it, not really out of it – but if the sun is setting and you want to park your van,…

  • CABN

    Adelaide Hills

    This snappy-looking bush eco-cabin is in an undisclosed locale behind Stirling (you'll find out the exact address when you book). But until then, we can…

  • Manna

    Adelaide Hills

    The Manna is a stylish, contemporary maze of rather corporate-feeling motel suites on the main street, spread over several buildings. There are also older…

  • Sticky Rice Villas

    Adelaide Hills

    Sticky Rice Cooking School out the front of these tree side-by-side villas is the main attraction here (www.stickyricecookingschool.com.au). But why not…

  • Haus Studio Apartments

    Adelaide Hills

    Managed by Manna across the street (manna-aged?), the Haus Studio Apartments are a trim complex of super-clean, self-contained one- and two-bedroom…

  • Mt Lofty YHA

    Adelaide Hills

    And now, for something completely different: a short detour off the road on the steep flanks of Mt Lofty, this 1880 stone cottage was originally a…

  • Aldgate Creek Cottage B&B

    Adelaide Hills

    A romantic, two-storey cottage-for-two in a grove of vegetation above babbling Aldgate Creek (in winter, often very babbling), just across the road from…

  • Thiele House Retreat

    Adelaide Hills

    Set back from the street, Thiele House is a renovated former-restaurant – brilliant value for groups. Sleeping six comfortably (and up to eight in total),…

  • Crafers Hotel

    Adelaide Hills

    How marvellous: the seedy old Crafers Inn has been sandblasted, painted, gutted and refitted and has morphed from a sticky-carpet old-man's boozer into a…

  • Cladich Pavilions

    Adelaide Hills

    These three conjoined (and very Australian-feeling) pavilions set in bushland in the Aldgate backstreets are just lovely: stylish and contemporary without…

  • Billy's Cottage

    Adelaide Hills

    Just far enough from the main drag for you to enjoy the walk, Billy's is an eccentric, renovated, self-contained stone cottage sleeping up to six, with…

  • Studio One

    Adelaide Hills

    Sure, it's right behind a petrol station, but one of the best pubs in the Hills is right across the road, and Adelaide is just 12 minutes away down the…

  • Adelaide Hills Retreats

    Adelaide Hills

    On 200 acres 2km north of Oakbank, these two contemporary retreats – one sleeping two, the other sleeping four, both with little kitchens – have rebranded…

  • Hahndorf Motel

    Adelaide Hills

    The most affordable beds within cooee are at the Hahndorf Motel, a small main-street operation with tasteful chalet/cottage interior design (not too …