You can really spend and head for the Pump House or Stillwater. We have experienced both properties and give them a high five. However, if you are looking for a very comfortable inner city property with a great restaurant, I would recommend The Sebel Launceston.
Very comfortable, very friendly - great food (the presentation is amazing) at Bluestone Restaurant. Don’t miss dinner at Black Cow Bistro (only for carnivores), but you have to book, and we recommend doing so weeks, if not months, ahead. Always booked out.
Touring: Don't miss the Clover Hill Winery - an architectural surprise made out of rammed earth with lovely country views. The wines are exquisite - you can move through from the flinty dry to a drop to your taste. We really enjoyed the Foudre - an oak-aged Chardonnay Champagne. Next came Jansz - rather lovely, sitting out overlooking a lake and the surrounding countryside, sipping more champagne. Our favourite - the 2021 vintage cuvee. The next day we visited the Callington Mill in Oatlands, Tasmania.
Very high-quality tourism infrastructure here - and a working mill driven by wind. If you’re off to Tassie and looking to do some distillery visits, this one is a must. Its Pedro Ximenez whisky has just beaten all other single malt whiskies to be crowned king at the 2025 London Spirits Competition.
Next was a champagne tasting at Tamar Ridge cellar door, lunch at Stillwater and a lazy, sunny afternoon in pretty Evandale, where we seem to regularly head to browse a cluttered, old-fashioned store full of fabulous stuff. Finally, we enjoyed a day trip to Devonport - home to a truly amazing pile of collectables called the Antique Aquarium. On the way we called into the Van Dieman Creamery at Elizabeth Town and ate a monster load of different flavours - then staggered across the road to the Raspberry Hills Cafe. You need at least four days to enjoy some of the goodies Launceston has to offer.
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- Ian McIntosh
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