# The best things to do in Hobart

MONA, Salamanca Market and the view from kunanyi/Mount Wellington: Hobart's highlights according to Australian Traveller and local guides.

- 1238 votes · 12 items
- Jun 20, 2025 · Zoe King
- https://even.best/en/l/2268/the-best-things-to-do-in-hobart

## Top 12

1. **MONA (Museum of Old and New Art)** (143 · ▲152 ▼9) — Underground gallery cut into the cliffs, reached by ferry.
2. **Salamanca Market** (122 · ▲134 ▼12) — Saturday market among the Georgian sandstone warehouses.
3. **kunanyi / Mount Wellington** (85 · ▲97 ▼12) — Summit lookout over the city and the Derwent.
4. **Battery Point** (71 · ▲88 ▼17) — Historic cottages and Arthur Circus.
5. **Cascade Brewery** (71 · ▲83 ▼12) — Australia's oldest operating brewery, below the mountain.
6. **Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens** (68 · ▲89 ▼21) — Old gardens with the Subantarctic Plant House.
7. **Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery** (64 · ▲85 ▼21) — Free museum on the waterfront.
8. **Constitution Dock fish punts** (54 · ▲71 ▼17) — Fish and chips from floating punts like Flippers.
9. **Female Factory** (47 · ▲56 ▼9) — World Heritage site of the women convicts.
10. **Port Arthur Historic Site** (44 · ▲69 ▼25) — World Heritage convict settlement, 90 minutes away.
11. **Bruny Island** (41 · ▲59 ▼18) — Day trip for oysters, cheese and coastal cruises.
12. **Richmond** (34 · ▲58 ▼24) — Village with Australia's oldest bridge still in use.

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