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The best stay in Fleurieu Peninsula
Vineyard villas, beachfront shacks, luxury eco-lodges and heritage cottages - the Fleurieu has a place to stay for every style of traveller.
Where you stay on the Fleurieu Peninsula depends on the trip you're planning, and there's accommodation here for every style and budget. Wine lovers tend to base themselves in and around McLaren Vale, where luxury vineyard retreats, cottages and glamping put you within walking distance of cellar doors. Beach holidaymakers head for Victor Harbor, Port Elliot and Goolwa on the Encounter Coast, or the quieter western beaches around Normanville and Carrickalinga.
The range is wide: architect-designed coastal houses and adults-only retreats with plunge pools at the top end, through to family beach shacks, bed and breakfasts, farmstays and welcoming caravan and holiday parks at Victor Harbor, Cape Jervis, Port Willunga and Second Valley. Many stays make the most of the setting, with vineyard, ocean or hinterland views.
Because the peninsula is compact, you can comfortably explore most of it from a single base — nowhere is much more than an hour's drive from anywhere else. Book well ahead for summer, long weekends and the whale-watching season, when the popular coastal towns fill quickly. Mid-week and the shoulder seasons of autumn and spring offer the best value and the quietest beaches.
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Allusion Farmstay & Vineyard
A 32-acre hobby farm with vineyard, cellar door house and two self-contained units (Shiraz and Cabernet) with valley and ocean views near Yankalilla.
Anchorage Seafront Hotel
A heritage seafront hotel on Victor Harbor's Flinders Parade, originally built as a guest house in the early 1900s, with restaurant, wine bar and rooms looking directly across to Granite Island.
Away At Ancell
A sustainable luxury stay on a working hobby farm at Mount Jagged - rolling hills, native gums and off-grid eco-conscious design.
BIG4 Cape Jervis Station & Caravan Park
$$Working station accommodation above Backstairs Passage
Working station-turned-holiday park perched above Cape Jervis, with motel rooms, cottages and campsites overlooking Kangaroo Island and the Heysen Trail.
BIG4 Port Elliot Holiday Park
$$Beachfront caravan park at Horseshoe Bay
A family caravan park right on the beach at Horseshoe Bay, Port Elliot - cabins, ensuite sites, caravan and camping sites, and a direct walk to the sand.
BIG4 Port Willunga Tourist Park
$$Shaded bushland tourist park near the cliffs
Shaded bushland caravan and cabin park a short drive from the iconic Port Willunga cliffs, Aldinga Beach and the McLaren Vale cellar doors.
CABN McLaren Vale
$$$Off-grid luxury cabins among the vines
A cluster of eight off-grid, architecturally designed tiny cabins scattered across vineyards around McLaren Flat - including CABN X cabins with private saunas and outdoor baths.
Cape Jervis Holiday Units
Five two-bedroom cabins on a 2.5-acre gum-tree property near the Sealink Kangaroo Island ferry terminal, with sea views.
Cape Jervis Tavern
$$Last pub before Kangaroo Island
The only pub in Cape Jervis - counter meals, takeaway and seven simple motel units a short drive from the SeaLink ferry terminal.
Corinium Roman Villa
A unique rammed-earth Pompeii-inspired villa on 43 acres at Torrens Vale - apartments with wood fires, spa baths and French doors to private verandahs.
Corio Hotel
Heritage hotel on the Goolwa wharf road
Historic stone hotel on Railway Terrace, Goolwa - one of the town's most recognisable 19th-century buildings, with a pub, restaurant and accommodation.
Divine Domes McLaren Vale
Four geodesic dome glamping suites slotted around a private vineyard outside McLaren Vale, each with king bed, claw-foot bath, fireplace and a transparent roof for stargazing.
Hotel California Road at Inkwell Wines
$$$$Adults-only luxury in recycled shipping containers
Adults-only luxury three-suite hotel built from twenty recycled shipping containers, set in the organic vines at Inkwell Wines, Tatachilla.
Hotel Elliot
$$Casual country hotel & bistro on The Strand
Casual country hotel on The Strand with a bistro, beer garden, family-friendly pub meals and a short stroll to Horseshoe Bay.
Ingoldby Road
$$$Mid-century home among McLaren Flat vineyards
A restored mid-century home on Ingoldby Road, McLaren Flat - Danish furniture, panoramic vineyard views and a small outdoor pool.
Ivybrook Farm
A tiny family-owned vineyard, cellar door and B&B cottage on a property above Maslin Beach.
Karawatha Cottages
Three luxury vineyard cottages (Ponder, Unwind, Relish) on Blewitt Springs Road - top-25 Australian B&B five years running with views to the Mount Lofty Ranges.
Lost Retreats - Lakeside Retreat Mount Jagged
An architect-designed retreat on 160 acres at Mount Jagged, set between a private lake and the surrounding vineyards and olive groves.
McCracken Country Club
A 4.5-star resort and 18-hole golf course on the edge of Victor Harbor with panoramic views over the Hindmarsh Valley, indoor pool, tennis courts and the McCracken Bar & Grill.
McLaren Vale Motel & Apartments
$$Central McLaren Vale accommodation
Centrally located McLaren Vale motel and apartment complex on the corner of Main Road and Caffrey Street - 44 rooms from motel doubles to two-bedroom apartments.
Minko Farm
A 400-acre working farmstay near Mount Compass with a small vineyard, cattle, horses and direct Heysen Trail access - an authentic farm immersion.
Motel Goolwa
A central, no-fuss motel on Cadell Street in the heart of Goolwa, with on-site cafe (Jack's Place) and walking distance to the wharf, the Cockle Train, the brewery and the river.
Naiko at the Bluff
$$$$Architect-designed villa at Encounter Bay
A luxury family villa at 28 Jagger Road, Encounter Bay - designed by Max Pritchard Gunner Architects on a working sheep and cropping farm near The Bluff.
Narnu Farm
A heritage Hindmarsh Island farm with twice-daily animal feeding (deer, pigs, emu, lambs, chicks), a nature playspace, sports arena and farm-stay cottages.