Mornington Peninsula · Two
Couples Guide
The grown-up version, romance, long lunches and quiet corners.
11 hand-picked places · curated by locals
- 01Hot springs$$$
Peninsula Hot Springs
Soak in mineral pools scattered across a hillside, with a valley view from the top pool. The signature.
UnmissableCouplesFamily - 02Wine$$
Red Hill wineries
Spend a day among cool-climate cellar doors, book a driver or a small tour so everyone can taste.
CouplesUnmissable - 03Coast
Cape Schanck
A lighthouse, a dramatic boardwalk down to the rock platform, and big Southern Ocean views.
FamilyCouplesLocal secret - 04Fine diningMain Ridge$$$$
Ten Minutes by Tractor
A celebrated cellar-door restaurant across three vineyards, the peninsula's special-occasion lunch.
UnmissableCouplesLuxury - 05VineyardMerricks$$$$
Pt. Leo Estate
Dining over a sculpture park and the bay, the views and the wine are the headline.
CouplesLuxuryUnmissable - 06VineyardRed Hill South$$$
Montalto
Vines, gardens and a kitchen garden lunch you can wander before and after.
CouplesFamily - 07Fine diningMerricks North$$$$
Doot Doot Doot at Jackalope
Theatrical fine dining beneath a thousand-light installation, a grown-up night to remember.
CouplesLuxury - 08Design hotel$$$$
Jackalope Hotel
A dark, design-obsessed vineyard hotel that feels like nowhere else in Australia, adults' territory.
CouplesLuxuryUnmissable - 09Vineyard hotel$$$$
Lindenderry at Red Hill
A country-house hotel set in its own vineyard and gardens, relaxed luxury among the vines.
CouplesLuxury - 10Hotel$$$$
InterContinental Sorrento
A heritage limestone landmark on the Sorrento foreshore, polished bayside base.
CouplesFamily - 11Pub & rooms$$
Flinders Hotel
A revamped village pub-with-rooms at the quiet, wild end of the peninsula.
CouplesLocal secret
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