The right place to stay changes a trip entirely. These are the properties I've stayed in across multiple visits to Tasmania — from Hobart's best hotels to a standalone shack on the Tasman Peninsula that you'll think about long after you leave.

Tasmania rewards people who slow down. This is my guide to the experiences worth having — the ones that don't show up on every list, and the ones that will. From MONA and the Agrarian Kitchen to sunrise over the Bay of Fires and a night watching the water glow.

Tasmania produces some of the finest ingredients (and conditions) in the world — cold-water seafood, exceptional meat, incredible dairy, and produce grown in soil that hasn't been pushed too hard. Plus the cleanest ocean and air in the world. The restaurants and cafés that work with this stuff tend to understand it, Chef’s actually move here for it and that understanding shows on the plate.