Where to stay · Local feel

Most local neighbourhoods in Tasmania

Where to stay in Tasmania to feel like a resident — the neighbourhoods with genuine local life, independent restaurants, and the fewest tourists.

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Top pick for local feel

Hobart & Salamanca

Tasmania's cultural hub — the Salamanca Market, MONA ferry, Battery Point village, and the island's best waterfront.

Hobart Salamanca — the historic dock area of Hobart with moored boats and sandstone buildings

Hobart & Salamanca

Top pick

Tasmania's cultural hub — the Salamanca Market, MONA ferry, Battery Point village, and the island's best waterfront.

9/10

Walk

5/10

Price

8/10

Local

10/10

Central

Launceston — view over the Tasmanian city from an elevated vantage point

Launceston & Tamar Valley

Good

Tasmania's second city — Cataract Gorge a 10-minute walk from the centre, Tamar Valley wines, and Mole Creek cave systems.

7/10

Walk

7/10

Price

8/10

Local

4/10

Central

Freycinet Tasmania — sunrise over Wineglass Bay with the Hazards peaks and turquoise water

Freycinet & Bay of Fires

Trade-off

Wineglass Bay lookout, pink granite boulders, and the most-photographed beach in Australia stretching north to the Bay of Fires.

5/10

Walk

3/10

Price

5/10

Local

2/10

Central

Cradle Mountain — the World Heritage boathouse on Dove Lake with the dolerite massif behind

Cradle Mountain

Trade-off

Tasmania's iconic wilderness — UNESCO glacial lakes, dolerite peaks, wombats at dusk, and the Overland Track's northern trailhead.

5/10

Walk

3/10

Price

4/10

Local

2/10

Central

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