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9.0
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Housekeeping5
Breakfast1
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9.0
Exceptional
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Exceptional location
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4-star Resort villa
Free Wi-Fi
Port Arthur Villas
52 Safety Cove Road, Port Arthur, Port Arthur, Australia, 7182 - See map
"The country setting is beautiful and the villas were reasonably clean and comfortable."
Anna - January 27, 2016
Excellent cleanliness
8.7 rating for cleanliness
8.7 rating for cleanliness
Excellent service
8.7 rating for service
8.7 rating for service
Excellent facilities on premise
8.4 facilities on premise
8.4 facilities on premise
Excellent comfort
8.0 room quality and comfort
8.0 room quality and comfort
Free Wi-Fi in all rooms!
Bar
Garden
Ticket services
Smoking area
Cheaper than 93% of all properties in Port Arthur in the last 24 hoursCompared to 15 Port Arthur properties at Agoda for various dates
| Value for money | 7.9 |
| Location rating | 9.0 |
Rooms available at Port Arthur Villas
8.0
Very good
Room comfort & quality
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Two Bedroom Villa (4 People)
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- Room size: 55 m²/592 ft²
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 queen bed & 1 queen bed
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Two-Bedroom Large Family Villa (5 People)
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- Room size: 49 m²/527 ft²
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 queen bed & 1 bunk bed an...
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Superior Queen Room
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- Room size: 33 m²/355 ft²
- 1 single bed and 1 queen be...
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Two-Bedroom Family Villa (4 People)
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- Room size: 55 m²/592 ft²
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 queen bed & 2 single beds
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Two-Bedroom Large Family Villa (2 People)
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- Room size: 49 m²/527 ft²
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 queen bed & 1 bunk bed an...
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One-Bedroom Villa
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- Room size: 40 m²/431 ft²
- 1 queen bed
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Studio (3 Adults)
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- Room size: 33 m²/355 ft²
- 1 single bed and 1 queen be...
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Two-Bedroom Villa (3 People)
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- Room size: 55 m²/592 ft²
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 queen bed & 1 queen bed
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Two-Bedroom Large Family Villa (4 people)
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- Room size: 49 m²/527 ft²
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 queen bed & 1 bunk bed an...
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Two-Bedroom Family Villa (3 People)
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- Room size: 55 m²/592 ft²
- 2 bedrooms
- 1 queen bed & 2 single beds
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What people love about Port Arthur Villas
- Staff8.8Excellent
"Nice reception staff and nice place to stay."
fun H.
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December 24, 2018
- Location10.0Exceptional
"Great location on the Port Arthur circuit."
Ian
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January 5, 2018
- 10.0Exceptional
"Comfortable accommodation."
Jarrod
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January 14, 2017
Overall rating:
9.0
Exceptional
353 reviews
353 reviews
Cleanliness
8.7
Facilities
8.4
Location
9.0
What travelers say they love:
Walk to Port Arthur, beautiful garden, friendly owner.
Anna from Australia
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If what you're looking for is a conveniently located hotel in Port Arthur, look no further than Port Arthur Villas. From here, guests can enjoy easy access to all that the lively city has to offer.
Port Arthur Villas offers impeccable service and all the essential amenities to invigorate travelers. This hotel offers numerous on-site facilities to satisfy even the most discerning guest.
All guest accommodations feature thoughtful amenities to ensure an unparalleled sense of comfort. The hotel's host of recreational offerings ensures you have plenty to do during your stay. Port Arthur Villas is an ideal place of stay for travelers seeking charm, comfort, and convenience in Port Arthur.
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Most talked about facilities
Housekeeping
7 mentions
Breakfast
2 mentions
Internet
2 mentions
What they offer
10.0
Exceptional"Great atmosphere also created by regular guests."
Ian
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January 5, 2018
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Take a look at these facilities:
- Garden
- Kitchen
Languages spoken
- English
Internet access
- Free Wi-Fi in all rooms!
- Wi-Fi in public areas
Things to do, ways to relax
- Garden
- Ticket services
- Tours
Fitness & recreation
- Game room
Dining, drinking, and snacking
- Bar
- BBQ facilities
- Kitchen
Services and conveniences
- Laundromat
- Library
- Smoke-free property
- Laundry service
- Luggage storage
- Smoking area
For the kids
- Family room
- Playground
Land sports
- Golf course (within 3 km)
Access
- Check-in/out [express]
- Facilities for disabled guests
- Security [24-hour]
- Elevator
- Pets allowed
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting around
- Car park [free of charge]
- Car park [on-site]
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Property's guest policies
Children and extra beds
All children are welcome.
| Guest's age | Extra bed |
|---|---|
Infant 0-1 year(s) | Stay for free if using existing bedding. Baby cot/crib available upon request |
Children 2-14 year(s) | Stay for free if using existing bedding. Extra beds may be requested directly from the property; additional charges may apply |
Guests 15 years and older are considered as adults | Extra beds may be requested directly from the property; additional charges may apply |
Others
- When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.
Extra beds are dependent on the room you choose. Please ask the property for more details.
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Some helpful facts
Check-in/Check-out
Check-in from: 01:00 PM
Check-out from: 10:00 AM
Check-out until: 10:00 AM
Reception open until: 06:00 PM
Getting around
Travel time to airport (minutes): 75
Extras
Breakfast charge (unless included in room price): 15 AUD
Daily Internet/Wi-Fi fee: 0.00 AUD
The property
Non-smoking rooms/floors: Yes
Number of floors: 1
Number of rooms : 9
Room voltage: 240
Year property opened: 1988
Most recent renovation: 2016
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Overall rating
9.0
Exceptional
From 353 reviews
9.4Location
9.2Service
9.0Cleanliness
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Rating via Agoda8.4
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9+ Exceptional (11)
8-9 Excellent (5)
7-8 Very Good (3)
6-7 Good (2)
<6 Below Expectation (4)
Time of the year
Mar - May (5)
Jun - Aug (2)
Sep - Nov (8)
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- Exceptional location
Excellent”
Nice location rooms were very clean !!
Exceptional”
Very comfortable and walking distance to the historic site. Very friendly staff
Fantastic room and location”
We enjoyed our one day stay in the clean and spacious room. The staff was also friendly and accommodating.
Great stay in Port Arthur ”
Fabulous service by Deb the operations manager. Great value for money. There is even a separate entrance into the Port Arthur Historical Site just across the road.
Excellent”
nice reception staff and nice place to stay.
Have let me down”
Staff was super rude! I requested an early c/in but something came up on the way and she was on & on & on the whole time during my c/in time that she had to wait. — Room is too old fashion. — Cleanliness, even the bed were dusty. I personally won’t recommend this but a last resort to go.
Very friendly and helpful management who even dropped us and our luggage at the Historic Site. ”
Hadn’t realised that they also provide BBQ packs and breakfast packs at a very reasonable price as well as selling some very good local wines. An extremely pleasant stay and would definitely come back again. Thank you.
You are welcome and thank you for taking the time to review our property and thank us. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here at Port Arthur Villas.
New Year brought in with cheapest mini bar ever”
Great location on the Port Arthur circuit. Informative staff even helped by children light their sparklers. Great atmosphere also created by regular guests.
Thankyou for taking the time to review our property and we are always here to help. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here with us.
Exceptional”
super helpful staff; clean and functional 2 bedrooms appt, best location, highly recommended!
Port Arthur for those with Gammy knees!”
If you are very mobile, Port Arthur Villas are within walking distance of your accom - you even get a key to enter via a back gate and not have to worry about parking your car. If you need to drive, like we did, then be there at opening time so that you can get in the closest car park to the Visitors Centre. For the very infirm there is a Commandant's tour in the buggy, costs an extra $30 per head . This was not available on the day of our tour because of a cruise ship with 2000 bodies being on site. However we somehow lucked out and scored a buggy which was only meant to go from A to B but was driven by a frustrated tour guide and he let us stay on board for an hour while he drove us everywhere Amazing! Back to Port Arthur Villas - very helpful with their advice etc. Booked us into Gabriel's for first night's dinner which was excellent. However, they warned us that dinner at the Port Arthur Lodge would be rather lacking - and it was. Service was non-existent, food was very basic BUT the bread was excellent!!
Thanks for this review, glad you liked the bread. That restaurant is better now, but the site is spending $12 mill on their restaurant and will be amazing. Our new product for Apartment Motel, backpacker and Lodges will be online by March 2018 - Tony Park
Very Nice ”
Good size and clean
Thanks for this review - New owners in 2016 and ready for a $ 8 million expansion - Tony Park
Great Location”
So close to the Port Arthur historic site - if you're travelling to the area for this reason it is a great choice. Comfortable accommodation.
Thanks for this review - New owners in 2016 and ready for a $ 8 million expansion - nearly time to come back again. We will have a range of accommodation including Motel Apartments, backpacker and family lodges. Tony Park
Cant get any closer to port arthur”
Excellent place. Very clean an so close you can walk to port arthur in 5 mins so font have to drive. Perfect
Thanks for this review - New owners in 2016 and ready for a $ 8 million expansion - nearly time to come back again. Tony Park
Customer service was highly disappointing; Even after paying a hefty amount, being told that wifi does not work properly because of the hills around was a lame excuse. On top of it, how would the rec”
I would never like any of my friends to visit this place because of such poor customer service. I stayed in five different places in Tasmania but this was the only place where the receptionist treated us with scant respect and suspicion even after I agreed to pay extra for the two children that came along with me. Egoistic and slightly arrogant responses provided by the receptionist made my whole family feel bad about the stay there. A BIG NO TO ANY FUTURE TRAVELLERS SEEKING ACCOMMODATION IN THIS PLACE.
Thanks for your response. It does concern me that you felt uncomfortable when you were found to try to have extra people in the room than what you had paid for. We have a 4 star property and run it very professionally - I cannot talk for the other properties that you were able to get your older children in as free - some cheaper places do that to get clients in, as the property is a lesser grade and see that as a benefit, however we don't. We advertise a separate rate for adults on all sites - including Agoda,'s and that you were made to feel disrespectful - when you were trying to not pay for your children, is a normal reaction. Yous is the only time that has happened and I hope you understand that we advertise and charge for Adults and Children - that's the norm in Australia. We were very helpful for a number of things at that time - internet and other assistance to try to make your holiday great - as we have to all the others who come and stay with us. 8 mill expansion has started
Good place”
We stayed 1 night for sightseeing in Port Arthur Historical Site which is within 5 mins drive from the Villa. The place is good yet the bathroom needs to be cleaner. It seems to have been used for many years and the surface looks rusty. Also stains can be seen on the toilet lid. Also free wifi access is limited to 1-200 MB depending on the wifi pass given by the reception. Except those mentioned above it is quite a good place to stay in Port Arthur
Thanks for the review. There are new owners noe at Port Arthur Villass - and way better WiFi. New $ 8 million development under way, so be great to see you again when you return. The water has tannin in it - same for all the water in the area, we are connected onto mains water and its a challenge. Part of our redevelopment is a system that will take this natural and safe particls from the water and this will take away the stainiung from the showers and loos. Thanks again
1 night stay in port arthur”
we reach the accom after dinner and it was pitch dark enroute to the accom. host was thoughtful to left us a note for instructions to our accom. place was clean with facilities that suffice for 1 night stay however my friend and i had a "scary" night. the oven light lit up of no where and "clicking" sound started to come on without either of us touching it. we went to inform the reception lady the next morning on the incident and she was kinda shock to hear that as well.
Thanks for this review - New owners in 2016 and ready for a $ 8 million expansion - We chased up what that could be and we found that at that time there was an issue with power being unreliable. If the power had been disconnected then when it came back on line, there would be small noises from the oven and fridge as it all corrected itself. Not an issue now as the power to the area has been upgraded. nearly time to come back again. Tony Park
Nice villas in beautiful garden setting”
We only stayed for one night but were happy with the accommodation. The country setting is beautiful and the villas were reasonably clean and comfortable. My only complaint is that the bedside tables were very, very dusty. I was glad to see a real hairdryer in the bathroom, not one of those small, white, wall mounted ones most places have. Walk to Port Arthur, beautiful garden, friendly owner. You must clean up or will be charged a cleaning fee. Not a big deal for us but when on holidays, most people don't want to be stuck cleaning dishes etc. We would come back again.
Thanks for your review. Yes crazy notices put up by the previous owner. You will glad to know after we have purchased it we have taken down all those negative things as just want visitors staying with us to have a great time. We take the good with the bad as most times people are great. New $8 million development now with Council and starting very soon. Thanks again New Owners
Comfy stay at a good location”
We had a comfy stay there; the surrounding environment is beautiful and it's only 10 mins drive to the White Beach and Port Arthur. We enjoyed our time cooking at the kitchen with almost every equipment needed. It's a nice place for small group or family. The only bad thing is there is no wifi in the room.
Hi Cheng, you wil be glad to know - albeit a bit late for you, that after purchase of this great location in the last few months we have awesome WiFi - in every room. Running on the new 4GX band its stable and fast - best in the area until NBN Wireless broadband comes next year. Its something that we all expect - and its now free at Port Arthur Villas. New Owners
Lovely place to stay when in Port Arthur”
Thanks for this review - New owners in 2016 and ready for a $ 8 million expansion - nearly time to come back again. Tony Park
A clean but average motor in for the price of a 5*”
We only stayed for one night but paid a fair amount of money for a 3* star type accomodation. It is certainly not the touted 4* that it pretends to be. Wireless was only available if you stood still in a little corner of the room. Bathroom was very nice and renovated. The rest felt very late 70s, early 80s. The location is right next to Port Arthur jail and you will be woken up by the cows, but by traffic. Reception will call you at 10 to remind you you have to check out... Even there are only 3 rooms occupied like the night we were there. Basically it is an very clean and decent motor inn. If that is what you are looking for you will be ok.
Thanks for the review while under the management of the previous owners. While the AAAT 4 star rating is awarded by the independent judges from the Automobile Clubs, we agree that some areas could do with an upgrade to meet the current needs of the travelling public. As new owners since Nov 2016, we have announced an $8 million upgrade of the current product, as well as the development of new Apartment Motel units, backpacker accommodation and Family Lodges., along with a range of activities to develop a Tasmanian Resort atmosphere . One of the areas we upgraded very quickly was the internet, with a substantial investment of over $10k so that it s faster, broadly available over the entire location and in all rooms. Port Arthur is a difficult area and in 2017 you still cannot get any signal from Optus or Vodaphone - all internet is via 3g/4g. A new NBN wireless system will be in place by early 2018 and this will assist the development of this important infrastructure.