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DoubleTree by Hilton, on Hobart’s Macquarie Street.

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
MACq 01 Hotel has a prime view of Hobart’s harbour.

Hobart’s best places to stay

From pavilions at an art gallery to art-filled hotel corridors, Hobart has made an art form of fine accommodation.

  • Andrew Bain
Street front for this Victorian-era house.

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
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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
Hotel exterior on Macquarie Street.

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
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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
Qantas is replacing its Boeing 717s with new Airbus A220s.

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
Sydney in summer.

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
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This is TasmanAi

SPONSORED Why let robots have all the fun? Tasmania’s image generator tool used artists, not algorithms, to respond to the public’s most creative requests.

The sloping hills of Derwent Estate Wines.

Six of the best Hobart cellar doors

These wineries are all within half an hour of the Tasmanian capital.

  • Ben Groundwater

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