Must-see hotels in Tasmania

  • Swansea Holiday Park

    The East Coast

    A neat, family-friendly park close to Schouten Beach. There’s not much space between cabins and no trees, but the new owners are sweeping the broom…

  • Smuggler’s Rest

    The Southeast

    Externally this stuccoed place channels downtown Santa Fe. Inside are tidy self-contained studios and two-bedroom family apartments. The owners have bikes…

  • Arthur River Cabin Park

    Tasmania

    There are hot showers, a laundry and a camp kitchen with BBQ at this neat but atmosphere-free camp site, which is a 25-minute walk from the beach. The…

  • Suntrap Cove

    The East Coast

    This large, contemporary, family-centric three-bedroom holiday house, on the quiet side of town near the blowhole, sits atop a web of steel support posts…

  • Hartzview Vineyard

    The Southeast

    This hilltop vineyard has a fully equipped three-bedroom house (just a bit chintzy) behind the cellar door, with an open fire and room for seven…

  • Far South Wilderness Lodge

    The Southeast

    On the Esperance River, 5km south of Dover, Far South is a self-contained lodge in a bush setting, sleeping up to 10 (two doubles upstairs, six singles…

  • Bicheno East Coast Holiday Park

    The East Coast

    This trim, decent park with plenty of grass (not many trees) is right in the middle of town, and has BBQs, laundry facilities and a kids’ playground. The…

  • Viewenmore Villa

    Tasmania

    A hexagonal cottage rather than a villa, this place is up a steep driveway off Rosevears Dr. There are sensational views from the lounge and wrap-around…

  • The Pier Hotel

    Tasmania

    There's a wing of quiet and modern motel units out the back of this busy pub next to the water, as well as two cheaper rooms upstairs in the main building…

  • Inglenook by the Sea

    Tasmania

    There are three rooms on offer at this B&B on the coast road towards Burnie, 5km from the centre of Penguin. One room has sea views, one has a spa, and…

  • Cooks Beach Camp Site

    The East Coast

    Free Freycinet camping on isolated, west-facing Cooks Beach, on the Freycinet Peninsula Circuit walk. BYO everything; national park fees apply. It's a 4½…

  • Low Head Tourist Park

    Tasmania

    The bad news: this site is cramped, treeless and unattractive. The good news: it's well-maintained and has friendly management and clean amenities blocks…

  • 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…

  • Kellraine Holiday Units

    The East Coast

    On the way out of town heading north, these deeply old-school, self-contained brick units (one with wheelchair access) are roomy and great value, if…

  • 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,…

  • Peppermint Campground

    Tasmania

    The Parks & Wildlife Service manages this serviced camp site, where there are taps, cold showers, toilets and a gas BBQ. Manuka Campground, just north of…

  • Old Bakery Inn

    Launceston

    You can almost smell the bread in the ovens that are still a feature of this 135-year-old inn. The 24 rooms are all different – some have fireplaces, some…

  • Lady Barron Holiday Home

    The East Coast

    A homely, renovated 1940s place with three bedrooms (sleeping up to six), walking distance to the Lady Barron shops and pub, and with views across…

  • 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,…

  • St Marys Hotel

    The East Coast

    There’s accommodation upstairs at this 1910 pub in the middle of town; ask for one of the handsome, newly renovated rooms. It also does huge pub meals …

  • Sandpiper Ocean Cottages

    The East Coast

    These simple, secluded cottages and the smart Beach House are 8km north of Bicheno in the dunes behind Denison Beach. All have BBQs and decks for admiring…

  • Department of Parks, Wildlife & Heritage

    The East Coast

    Operates a handful of free camp sites around the island, mostly with toilets and BBQs. North East River, Lillies Beach and Trousers Point are the best of…

  • Triabunna Cabin & Caravan Park

    The East Coast

    This small-but-progressive compound, surrounded by well-maintained gardens, has all the usual caravan-park facilities, as well as a couple of en suite…

  • Mt Field National Park Campground

    Mt Field National Park

    Run by the park administration, this self-registration campground is a few hundred metres past the visitor information centre and has decent facilities …

  • 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…

  • Mariton House

    The East Coast

    Expect comfortable, old-fashioned country hospitality at this endearing B&B, with three bedrooms available for your slumbering hours. Dogs, horses and…

  • 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…

  • Camp Sites

    Tasmania

    There are a number of camping areas in the park, all with toilets. The best equipped is at Springlawn, with septic toilets, water tanks, an electric BBQ,…

  • Green Valley Homestead

    The East Coast

    The faultlessly pretty Green Valley Homestead (sleeps up to six in three bedrooms) is a five-minute drive from Whitemark, set in rural paddocks with views…

  • 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…

  • Freycinet Waters

    The East Coast

    This brightly decorated,1935 weatherboard house on the main street has friendly hosts and sunny rooms. The breakfast room (also sunny) has water views,…

  • Oakdene Heritage Accommodation

    The East Coast

    Opulent heritage B&B stylings (chandeliers, brass beads, chesterfields) on St Marys' main street, in a beautiful 1880 white weatherboard house behind (you…

  • The Bears Went Over the Mountain

    The Southeast

    Right in the middle of town, burgundy Bears has a handful of recently renovated en-suite rooms, with polished floorboards, lofty ceilings, leadlight…

  • Empire Hotel

    Cradle Country & The West

    The rooms here aren’t as magnificent as the building's imposing blackwood staircase, which is a National Trust–listed treasure, but they have a certain…

  • Bridport YHA

    The East Coast

    There are great water views from this bright, clean, chocolate-brown weatherboard hostel, that feels more like a relaxed beach house than a backpackers…

  • Macquarie Heads

    Cradle Country & The West

    Camping is possible at a basic site strung along Macquarie Heads, 15km southwest of Strahan. There are pit toilets and limited water is available, but…

  • Sea Breeze Holiday Cabins

    The East Coast

    Somewhere between caravan park cabins and motel rooms, this conjoined row of three modest, camelia-coloured units is a thoroughly decent Orford option…

  • Ted's Beach Campground

    Cradle Country & The West

    This free campground near Strathgordon has untreated tank water, toilets, picnic facilities, free electric barbecues and shelters. It's directly off…

  • Lucas' Hotel

    Tasmania

    Latrobe's main pub offers accommodation in eight comfortable upstairs rooms. All are tidy and well sized; the Honeymoon Room has a spa bath. Meals are…

  • Cottage on Main

    The Southeast

    Two-bedroom Cottage on Main is indeed on the main street, right in the middle of Franklin and sleeping up to six. Simple, affordable and with an almost…

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