The delicious tapas-style Spanish cooking has big-city polish. There’s a shared Salon, where a Ploughman’s-style breakfast with boiled eggs, toast and preserves is included each morning, and dinner is available on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights from 6pm. Expect an elevated Spanish-style à la carte menu including locally sourced seafood and seasonal produce from the on-site kitchen garden.

Australia’s most beautiful regional hotels aren’t just places to sleep – they’re destinations in their own right, from vineyard retreats and wild coastal hideaways to outback lodges and design-led country escapes, here are 35 of the most beautiful regional hotels across the country.

Pretty Port Fairy pops, as does the stylish rennovation at one its most celebrated and beloved properties…

Drift House isn’t just a design-led retreat, it is home to a knockout restaurant.

This historic settlement on Victoria’s southwest coast is as pretty as a picture…

…with an attention to detail, idiosyncratic style and personable hospitality that raise the bar for a boutique slumber in regional Australia…

Drift House beats tough competition to win the annual Eat Drink Design Award for best hotel design…

The end of the Great Ocean Road is home to an artist, her family and a boutique hotel…

Today our architecture columnist Stuart Harrison is back with a charming architectural discovery on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road…

Nós do Drift House pensamos que o luxo não tem a ver com marcas, rankings de estrelas ou dólares…

The decor is contemporary, tasteful and restful…

The folks at this award-winning boutique hotel are not the type to rest on their laurels…

…an elegant home away from home, no detail is overlooked…

In a charming historical seaside village a short drive away there is an architectural masterpiece moonlighting as luxurious boutique accommodation…