Battery Point

High up on a hill just out of the CBD is Battery Point, the oldest suburb in Hobart. Back in the 1800s, it was a mish-mash of dockworkers’ cottages and merchant’s mansions, and amazingly, a lot of these still remain. Start your sightseeing tour by climbing Kelly’s Stairs, hacked into the cliff in 1839 by a whaling captain who wanted a shortcut between Salamanca and Battery Point, before visiting merchant’s mansion-turned-museum Narryna. You will have worked up an appetite after that, so head to Jackman and McRoss bakery for a scallop pie (a Tassie staple), then do a detour off Runnymede Street to check out the charming Arthur Circus, a circular street lined with beautifully restored old cottages. Cap it off with a drink at the historic Shipwrights Arms Hotel, aka the Shippies, a pub that first opened in 1846.