The best things to do in Hobart
The top 3 according to 1,238 votes from people: MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) · Salamanca Market · kunanyi / Mount Wellington. (Updated Jun 20, 2025.)
MONA, Salamanca Market and the view from kunanyi/Mount Wellington: Hobart's highlights according to Australian Traveller and local guides.
Top 12
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1
MONA (Museum of Old and New Art)
Underground gallery cut into the cliffs, reached by ferry.
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2
Salamanca Market
Saturday market among the Georgian sandstone warehouses.
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3
kunanyi / Mount Wellington
Summit lookout over the city and the Derwent.
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Battery Point
Historic cottages and Arthur Circus.
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5
Cascade Brewery
Australia's oldest operating brewery, below the mountain.
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6
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Old gardens with the Subantarctic Plant House.
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7
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Free museum on the waterfront.
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8
Constitution Dock fish punts
Fish and chips from floating punts like Flippers.
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9
Female Factory
World Heritage site of the women convicts.
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10
Port Arthur Historic Site
World Heritage convict settlement, 90 minutes away.
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11
Bruny Island
Day trip for oysters, cheese and coastal cruises.
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12
Richmond
Village with Australia's oldest bridge still in use.
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MONA is bonkers in the best way. Get the ferry with the sheep seats.