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…
Must-see hotels in Hobart & Around
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hobart
Out the back of Ettie's restaurant and up a set of stairs is this excellent little urban bolt-hole for two – formerly a hayloft above some old red-brick…
Mt Field National Park
Overlooking a strawberry field at Westerway (8km east of Mt Field National Park) are these great-value, immaculate self-contained cottages: one studio…
Hobart
A rambling central 1920s charmer, the Astor is probably Hobart's most characterful hotel, from the stained-glass windows (and seemingly stained-glass…
Mt Field National Park
You can't miss this little red shiplap cottage by the Tyenna River in Westerway, 8km from Mt Field National Park. Winning features include a little…
Hobart
For a slice of artistic luxury, book an uber-chic pavilion at MONA, 12km north of the city. The eight mod, self-contained chalets (one- and two-bedroom)…
Hobart
This gorgeous renovated Victorian mansion built by the owner's great-great grandfather, a former Hobart mayor, sits high on the Glebe hillside a short …
Hobart & Around
'Small luxury hotel' is the billing at Woodbridge, which is indeed next to the bridge across the Derwent River on New Norfolk's northern fringes. It's an…
Hobart
Adjoining a historic hotel, this simple but clean YHA offers bright, secure accommodation right in the middle of town. Spread over three maze-like levels…
Hobart
It's less of a nook and more of a reconfigured old pub, but the Nook is doing things right. Fourteen tidy rooms extend above a sociable, sun-lit living…
Hobart
A major new hotel being built in Hobart has been a rare event in recent decades, but this is the first of several the city council has approved. The vibe…
Hobart
Run by a charming English gent from Nottingham (not Portsea), this row of tidy Georgian brick 1850s townhouses sits on a prominent street corner on the…
Hobart
Exclusive, boutique, luxury, private: all apply to these classy apartments, dotted around the Hobart waterfront in five locations (check-in for all is at…
Hobart
Filling a gap between historic sandstone ordnance stores just east of Salamanca Pl, these 22 slick studios and one-bedroom apartments offer nifty kitchens…
Mt Field National Park
Platypus Cottage looks old, but it ain't. It's all reproduction, and with advances in construction technology, things are much less drafty than 100 years…
Hobart & Around
For a group of roaming river rats, or a big family, this renovated four-bedroom oast house (for drying hops) sits by the Derwent River at Plenty, 7km from…
Hobart
Oodles of parking and super-friendly staff are the first things you’ll notice at this large hotel-apartment complex in a once-seedy area of Hobart known…
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,…
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…
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 & 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
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hobart & Around
Wanna play castaway? This private headland (accessed over a sandy causeway via a little bridge) is at the mouth of the Carlton River, 16km south of Sorell…
Hobart
In a noble converted sandstone bank, the savvy Savoy offers 32 mod rooms and apartments – all with kitchenettes and living-dining areas – smack bang in…
Hobart
Soak up some Gallic style at this lovely little self-contained house in the cute backstreets of Sandy Bay, just a short stroll from shops and restaurants…
Grosvenor Court Apartment Hotel
Hobart
On a demure Sandy Bay backstreet, Grosvenor Court is a tidy enclave of 20 apartments over three levels, built in the 1970s but recently rejuvenated. All…
Hobart
Resting in high Federation style on steep Forest Rd, the exclusive Library House ain't bookish. Five hip, contemporary suites fill the old house and an…
Hobart
Within walking distance of Battery Point, Salamanca and the city is this excellent option, a curvalicious '80s building with dozens of rooms, all with…
Hobart
One of Hobart's new high-rise hotels (they're popping up all over the place), this eight-level, 125-room effort won't win too many architectural awards,…
Hobart
A few kilometres up the steep West Hobart slopes from the city, this family-focused option offers a games room and an indoor pool (follow the scent of…
Hobart
Upstairs at the venerable old Brunswick Hotel is one of Hobart's better backpackers, with plenty of shared spaces, good security, a kitchen and a laundry…
