Accommodation in the Dandenongs
Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia

 

Luxury cottages and bed and breakfast accommodation for the perfect romantic getaway in the heart of the Dandenongs.

The following selection of hosted and self-contained accommodation includes fabulous bed and breakfasts and private cottages where you can escape to an enchanted world.

Victoria's Dandenong Ranges, around an hour's drive from Melbourne, share a quite unique English tradition with positively beautiful native forest environs. The tall mountain ash and charming fern gullies, streams and waterfalls, and towering copses of tree ferns, represent some of Victoria's most loved and accessible forest scenery and walks. Well known Sherbrook Forest is one of smaller forests where the Puffing Billy tourist steam train begins its journey. Emerald Lake is a popular picnic spot. The Dandenongs is also renown for its English gardenscapes. In Autumn the deciduous European trees provide a glorious specatcle, while in spring the National Rhododendron gardens are a dazzle of massed bloom and the famous tulip farm attracts thousands of visitors to see the fields of tulips and partake in the festivities. The English association is carried through to restaurants and tea houses as well as accommodation styles and themes.

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Lush forest in the Dandenong Ranges
Travel through fern gullies
on foot or by Puffing Billy
The Dandenongs

Tesselaar's Tulip Farm, Silvan

 



Self-Contained Cottages (i.e. with kitchen facilities):

Candlelight Cottage Retreat - Olinda
These two romantic cottages are nestled in rainforest garden with tinkling streams and graceful tree ferns, and yet they're only a few minutes walk to village restaurants, shops and galleries.

Arcadia Cottages - Olinda
Perfectly charming and distinctive cottages set amidst rambling gardens and grand trees. Private and luxurious, furnished with antiques, collectibles and artwork, each cottage has a unique character.

Como Cottages - Olinda
For couples there are four private, romantic cottages arranged in a village-like cluster, although each one is unique. 500m away, the 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom cottages are equally enchanting.
Merrow Cottages - Mt Dandenong
These romantic, Edwardian style cottages are hidden in an untamed garden on the edge of an 8-acre forest. Both cottages have a luxury spa and a real open fire in a stone fireplace.
Arnica Views - Mt Dandenong
Situated on the summit of Mt Dandenong, the property offers superb
views, romantic self-contained spa suites or a cottage, in-house
massages, and all in walking distance to the Sky High restaurant.
Bonza View - Kalorama
Best described as "penthouse apartments of Mt Dandenong", where the sunset and night time panoramas over Melbourne are especially breathtaking, and each apartment has a hot tub on its balcony.
Gumleaf B&B - Mt Dandenong
These two-storey, spa suites feature an attic style bedroom with balcony and an in-room spa in a dormer window setting. Private entrances and self-contained facilities in each.
Balinese Retreat - Montrose
A sensual, luxurious hideaway for two, which captures the exotic beauty of Balinese architecture and interior design. Exclusive and extravagantly unique in every detail.
Japanese Mountain Retreat - Montrose
Two separate, luxury, self-contained guest suites offer the best of a traditional Japanese experience. Tatami matting, futon, shoji screens, traditional deep bathing tub and your own kitchen, all in a secluded forest setting.
Ttekceba - Beaconsfield Upper
Unique and exclusive self-contained retreat with an exotic interior, a stunning living area, lush and intriguing gardens and expansive views. Indulgence for a maximum of two people.

Whistle-Stopover - Cockatoo
Picturebook 3 bedroom cottage with expansive living area and fully equipped kitchen, surrounded by gum trees alongside the renowned Puffing Billy tourist steam train track. A B&B Honeymoon Suite is also available in the main house.

Tonimbuk House (Cottage Retreat) - Tonimbuk
Set in beautiful countryside on the edge of Bunyip State Park, this heritage listed homestead offers traditional in-house guest accommodation in a private wing, or there is an appealing, self-contained cottage in a separate part of the 60-acre property.

Bed and Breakfast Accommodation:

The Loft in the Mill - Olinda
In many respects the Loft in the Mill is like a boutique hotel, offering private suites and rooms in a replica bluestone Mill and Carriage house. Atmospheric and romantic interiors with four poster beds, open fires and spas.
Fleurbaix B&B - Sassafras
Offering a choice of a cosy Garden Cottage with wood fire, or an elegant Traditional Suite with own entrance, four poster bed. Both with double spa ensuite and cooked breakfast.

Linden Gardens Rainforest Retreat - Mt Dandenong
These three unique luxury suites are elegant, romantic and private, set on a 3-acre estate of rainforest and historic gardens dating back to 1910.

Tonimbuk House - Tonimbuk
Set in beautiful countryside on the edge of Bunyip State Park, this heritage listed homestead offers traditional in-house guest accommodation in a private wing, or there is an appealing, self-contained cottage in a separate part of the 60-acre property.
Jinks Creek Winery - Tonimbuk
This darling three-bedroom cottage overlooks vineyard and State Park. Its secluded location adjoining the Park, plus its proximity to West Gippsland's gourmet country, are part of its allure.

 

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