Hobart
Hobart’s best places to eat and drink
For a little city, Hobart deals in big tastes. Tasmanian produce, fresh from the soil and seas, is at the forefront of its ever-evolving dining scene.
- Andrew Bain
Hobart’s best places to stay, for all budgets
From pavilions at an art gallery to art-filled hotel corridors, Hobart has made an art form of fine accommodation.
- Andrew Bain
Cold-water plunge? Luxury looks different at this Tassie hotel
A hotel signature experience used to mean VIP access to an attraction. Now fiercer competition is giving way to luxury offerings once reserved for a chosen few.
- Julietta Jameson
- ★★★½
- Hotel reviews
The verdict on Hilton’s first property in Tasmania
While adding nothing distinctly unique to Hobart’s hotel scene, the DoubleTree is well positioned and excels in one particular area.
- Andrew Bain
- ★★★★
- Hotel reviews
With serenity and comforts aplenty, this restored retreat is superb
Hobart luxurious Lumiere Lodge is near enough to the centre and waterfront for all the attractions, but far enough afield to enjoy the peace of suburbia.
- Jim Darby
Spoilt for choice: Australia’s surprising foodie capital
People used to come to Hobart, stay one night, eat at one restaurant, then fly out. Now you can be here for a week and you’re spoilt for choice.
- Jim Darby
Hobart’s first Hilton hotel opens (somewhat unexpectedly)
The Tasmanian capital’s new $65 million development wasn’t always going to be the state’s first Hilton-branded hotel. Until a last-minute change.
- Julietta Jameson
Born again: 10 of the most amazing reinvented places in travel
Everything old is new again, from heritage icons transformed into luxury stays to a tsunami-lashed railway rebirthed as the ultimate scenic journey.
- Traveller team
- ★★★★★
- Airline reviews
Airline review: New Qantas plane raises the standard for short flights
Qantas is bringing in new Airbus A220s as part of its fleet renewal. They are spacious and well designed – even in the toilets.
- Julietta Jameson
- Opinion
- Australia
Seven big myths we tell tourists about Australia, busted
Melbourne has the best coffee and Sydney has the best weather? We’re giving visitors to this country the wrong information.
- Ben Groundwater