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The award-winning contemporary
luxury suites that complement
the natural coastal bush setting.
Views of Great Oyster Bay.
CRADLE MOUNTAIN: Cradle
Mountain Lodge $$$
Rural
4038 Cradle Mountain Rd, TAS 7306
Tel (03) 6492 2100
∑ cradlemountainlodge.com.au
Award-winning lodge in a
rainforest setting. Don’t miss the
fantastic Waldheim Alpine Spa.
HOBART: The Shipwright’s Arms $
Value for Money
29 Trumpeter St, Battery Pt, TAS 7004 Elegant furnishings of a garden room at the Islington hotel, Hobart
Tel (03) 6223 1846
∑ shipwrightsarms.com.au HOBART: PORT ARTHUR:
This is a traditional English-style The MONA Pavilions $$$ Stewarts Bay Lodge $$
pub in the quaint village setting Luxury Rural
of Battery Point. The available 655 Main Rd, Berriedale, TAS 7011 6955 Arthur Hwy,TAS 7182
rooms are comfortable. Tel (03) 6277 9900 Tel (03) 6250 2888
∑ mona.net.au ∑ stewartsbaylodge.com.au
HOBART: These state-of-the-art pavilions One-, two- or three-bedroom log
Customs House Hotel $$ are located on the banks of the cabins in the bush, all with decks
Character Derwent River. Part of the MONA overlooking the water. Close to
1 Murray St, TAS 7000 complex (see p465). the Port Arthur Historic Site.
Tel (03) 6234 6645
∑ customshousehotel.com HOBART: Wrest Point $$$ ROSS: Man-o-Ross Hotel $
Large Colonial-style rooms and a Luxury Character
historic sandstone pub situated 410 Sandy Bay Rd, TAS 7005 35 Church St, TAS
right on Hobart’s historic Tel (03) 6221 1888 Tel (03) 6381 5445
waterfront. ∑ wrestpoint.com.au ∑ rosshotel.com.au
Wrest Point is a casino-hotel Sandstone pub with Colonial-
DK Choice complex that offers plush, style rooms, in the heart of a
spacious rooms and features an
picturesque village.
HOBART: The Henry Jones iconic revolving restaurant.
Art Hotel $$$ STANLEY: Old Cable Station $$
Luxury LAUNCESTON: Country Club Character
25 Hunter St, TAS 7000 Resort & Villas $$ 435 Green Hills Rd, TAS 7331
Tel (03) 6210 7700 Rural Tel (03) 6458 1312
∑ thehenryjones.com Country Club Ave, TAS 7250 ∑ cablestationstanley.com.au
This hotel is located in a former Tel (03) 6335 5777 This 1930s telecommunications
jam factory on the harbourfront. ∑ countryclubtasmania.com.au station on the remote northwest
The individually designed Spacious rooms and villas are coast is now a stylish B&B with
guest rooms, erected around a offered here, in a sprawling self-contained suites.
magnificent glass atrium, reflect setting. Lots of activities, from golf
Australia’s early trade with China to horse riding. Wallabies graze in STRAHAN: Risby Cove $$
and India. The walls display art the grounds. Rural
by emerging local artists. The Esplanade, TAS 7468
LAUNCESTON: Tel (03) 6471 7572
Peppers Seaport Hotel $$$ ∑ risbycove.com.au
HOBART: The Islington $$$ Character Luxury waterfront motel
Luxury 28 Seaport Blvd, TAS 7250 overlooking a private marina.
321 Davey St, TAS 7000 Tel (03) 6345 3333 Studio, one- and two-room suites
Tel (03) 6220 2123 ∑ peppers.com.au Superb restaurant and art gallery.
∑ islingtonhotel.com Built in the shape of a ship and
Lavish and tasteful historic home located in a former dock, this
looking out on to Mt Wellington. smart hotel has contemporary
King-sized beds, large bathtubs rooms, each with a kitchenette.
and a choice of sitting rooms.
LAUNCESTON:
HOBART: Macquarie Manor $$$ York Mansions $$$
Character Character
172 Macquarie St, TAS 7000 9–11 York St, TAS 7250
Tel (03) 6224 4999 Tel (03) 6334 2933
∑ macmanor.com.au ∑ yorkmansions.com.au
Classic 19th-century Colonial- Airy two-room apartments built
style manor house. Quiet and within a National Trust classified
centrally located, with elegant mansion house. Some are One of the impressive hi-tech MONA
furnishings. Modern facilities. furnished with antiques. pavilions, Hobart
For more information on types of hotels see page 481