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Tasmania’s newest luxury hotel, The Tasman, is a mishmash of styles from 19th century to contemporary, with easy access to art and boat tours
- The Tasman is a 152-room hotel split between a 19th-century former hospital, an art deco building and a modern wing, and is close to the city’s wharf area
- Take a boat to see art or to eat the freshest seafood, or stay at the hotel and enjoy Italian fare and cocktails, before retiring to rooms full of historical charm
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The Tasman is Hobart, Tasmania’s newest hotel – and a member of Marriott’s The Luxury Collection.
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The Tasman is a 152-room property of three parts – a building constructed in 1841 as a hospital (although it served that purpose only until 1860), a 1937 art deco building and the newly constructed Pavilion wing.
The result is a mishmash of styles with rooms featuring original windows and artwork, and restored fireplaces – as well as hallways that rise or drop a step for no apparent reason and doorways that vary hugely in height from one to the next. Some rooms even have original doors that now open directly onto a solid wall.
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Mark Footer joined the Post in 1999, having been the magazine and book buyer for Tower Records in Hong Kong. He started on the business desk before moving, in 2006, to Post Magazine, of which he was editor until 2019. He took on a secondary role as travel editor in 2009.
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