The Perfect Country - Escape

Margate Cottage Boutique B&B offers a picturesque country-escape location conveniently central to Hobart, Bruny Island and the Huon Valley.

As our guest at Margate Cottage Boutique Bed and Breakfast you’ll escape the everyday to a place of astonishing beauty and plenty of serenity, the perfect spot to really unwind.

Convenient Location

Your Margate Cottage Bed and Breakfast luxury cottage accommodation is located in an idyllic rural location on the fringe of Margate a small seaside town (pop.1600) near Hobart. Margate is located where majestic mountains and timbered hills meet the sea on the edge of North-West Bay. Vineyards, grazing fields and strands of mature trees surround the town and its approaches. The township itself has a range of shops, award winning restaurants and wineries, cafes, hotel, bottle shop, service station, and service amenities as well as several notable tourist attractions. Margate Cottage Boutique B&B is in a peaceful secluded location with sealed road access 1.5 km from the Margate township centre.

Margate Cottage’s central location to Southern Tasmania tourist attractions minimises your travel time and saves on fuel costs:

•   35 minutes to Hobart Airport
•   20 minutes south of Hobart
•   15 minutes to the Bruny Island ferry port - Kettering
•   10 minutes into the Huon Valley

Hobart’s many attractions are nearby and there’s no shortage of day-trip excursions within easy reach. It is easy to Find Us and our central and quiet location between Margate on Channel Highway and Sandfly on Huon Highway is perfect, giving easy access to a number of popular tourist locations and attractions.

Accommodation Rates

Take advantage of our refreshingly affordable rates, especially our Accommodation Special Package to enjoy exploring in detail the many attractions and activities this magnificent Southern Tasmanian region has to offer from your conveniently located Margate Cottage B&B accommodation base.

Discovering the Huontrail Region

The whole region south from Hobart to roads-end at Cockle Creek on Recherché Bay is known and branded as the Huontrail.
Starting out on your journeys of discovery this southeast-Huontrail region has much to offer, particularly if you enjoy driving through idyllic countryside, and browsing roadside produce stores. Picture-perfect, mesmerizing D’Entrecasteaux Channel water views from the districts mountain roads and the serenity of Bruny Island add to the Huontrail region’s laid-back character.
Explore quaint coastal villages at

•   Snug
•   Kettering
•   Woodbridge
•   Cygnet
•   Franklin
•   Dover

Sample the region’s diverse produce such as Atlantic Salmon, oysters, mushrooms, organic vegetables, cheeses, stone fruits, berries, apples and cool climate wines at quirky cafes, acclaimed restaurants and award winning wineries.
Along the way there are artist’s studios and galleries, open gardens and perhaps a scenic trip on the heritage-listed Ida Bay Railway to keep you entertained.

The more energetic can also find fulfillment

•   Bruny Island
•   Kettering
•   Mt Wellington
•   Huon Valley
•   Geeveston
•   Hartz Mountains National Park
•   Hastings Caves

If thrills and adventure are on your agenda there are varying-level bush walks, waterfalls and caves to explore and Tahune Forest Airwalk to experience. A Bruny Island Boat Cruise to see incredible coastline and diverse wildlife, white-water jet boating thrills on the Huon River, sea kayaking classes and tours at Kettering or snow frolicking on Mt Wellington are sure to satisfy.

Returning from your days activities embrace your comfortable holiday cottage accommodation at Margate Cottage Boutique Bed and Breakfast to relax and rejuvenate.

Hobart Attractions

Refreshed, arise to another day’s adventures in Hobart with its’ scenic setting on the foothills of Mt. Wellington and the shores of the River Derwent. Here you can discover history, heritage and culture, and all that a capital city has to offer. Australia’s best outdoor market every Saturday at Salamanca Market, the Royal Hobart Botanical Gardens and the wharf precinct give plenty of interesting choices for a leisurely stroll.

Location

If time is on your side, discovering Southern Tasmania a priority, and 4 ½ star luxury cottage accommodation in a picturesque central location an essential; take advantage of our warm hospitality, local knowledge and great-value Accommodation Special Package as our guest at Margate Cottage Boutique Bed & Breakfast. In sharing our passion for Tasmania we are only too happy to recommend some unique excursions that may be of interest to you. Take a look at our attractions page to sample the diversity available along the Huontrail and in Hobart – all within easy reach from Margate Cottage B&B.