The Corinda Collection
Antique arthouse
At home in Hobart
Perched on a small hill in well-to-do Glebe, Corinda is a stately Victorian villa set in majestic period gardens. Its storied past is sensitively preserved in restored original features and artifacts from a bygone-era – take tea peering over the topiary from the wrought-iron verandah, stay in the convict-built Servants’ Quarters cottage, or hop in a vintage clawfoot bathtub for a lazy afternoon soak. Yet the owners, Julian and Chaxi, have put their own stamp on their ancestral home, with antiques sourced from flea markets around the world, and a Drawing Room honesty bar loaded with local bounty.
Facilities
Rooms
Nine, including one suite.
Checkout
10am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm – guests arriving when reception is closed will be given a keycode.
More Details
Breakfast is usually excluded from rates, but a full English is available each morning for an extra charge.
Also
The hotel is not accessible for wheelchair users.
Free Internet Access
At the Hotel
Honesty bar, free WiFi. In rooms: Smart TV with Netflix, minibar, free bottled water, tea- and coffee-making facilities, Melle Beauty bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
The Verandah Room lives up to its name – it’s the only one with a private balcony. Mary Spode is light and bright, with gold-framed mirrors and a vintage clawfoot bathtub. To get the true old-world experience, go for Alfred Crisp’s pretty bay window, cedar chaise longue, and quirky corner-set commode.
Packing Tips
A notepad for scribbling down the names of all the antique furniture-makers you never knew you loved.
Also
You know you’ve done a good job on preservation when the National Trust takes notice: Corinda won an Award of Merit in 1995.
Children
All ages welcome, but it’s over-eights only in the main house. Cots can be added to cottages for younger children.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
There are no bad seats on the garden-facing verandah, so pick a table by your favourite fragrant plant.
Dress Code
Just pretend you’re going round to your friends’ house for Sunday lunch… and that they’ve got a really, really nice pad in Tasmania.
Hotel Restaurant
There’s no restaurant as such – continental breakfast is served on the verandah overlooking the cobbled courtyard.
Hotel Bar
The Tasmania-fuelled honesty bar is set up on an antique sideboard in the elegant Drawing Room. Mix your own cocktails from 666 Hellyers Road whisky, pop open an island-brewed Boag’s beer, or pour out a pinot noir from the esteemed Josef Chromy winery. There are snacks too, including Ashgrove cheese churned in northern Tasmania, and an accompanying house-made quince paste.
Last Orders
Breakfast is served from 8am until 10am, or at 7.30am if you ask nicely.
Room Service
Just ask if you fancy breakfast in bed.
Planes
Corinda is a 20-minute drive from Hobart International Airport, where Qantas, Virgin Australia and Jetstar fly in from most major Australian cities. Private transfers to the hotel cost AU$80. Call the Smith24 team for help with all your travel arrangements.
Automobiles
Renting a car is a great option if you’re intent on exploring Tasmania’s bucolic interior and spectacular coastline. Hire from the airport, and park up at the hotel’s on-site car park.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
Swat up on the history of Corinda and its glorious period gardens with a tour of the grounds led by an in-house expert – it’s popular, so book ahead. Once you know your marigolds from your magnolias, head to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, which are a short walk away through the salubrious Hobart suburb, The Glebe. Feast on street food at Salamanca Market (Saturdays, 8.30am to 3pm), or mooch around the boutiques in downtown Hobart. Take a fresh-air-filled daytrip to Huon Valley, down at the southern tip of the island; explore the stalac-tastic Hastings Caves, brave the tree-top Tahune airwalk, and dip your toes in the turquoise water at Cockle Creek. The Agrarian Kitchen is worth the drive inland for the farm-to-fork cuisine and cooking classes led by chef Rodney Dunn in the 19th-century schoolhouse. If you’d rather a night-in, sign up to a Spanish cookery lesson with Corinda’s own kitchen wizard, Chaxi.
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This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .
