Battery Point

Located near the Salamanca Place, this is the most historic suburb of Hobart. In the beginning, the place was used as the home for the mariners. The image of Cornish fishing village is still there, though some new attractions like Tasmanian Maritime Museum and Colonial Museum have been added. For the visitors, there are several tearooms, restaurants, antique shops, and pubs located in the area.

Fitzroy Gardens

A tranquil garden filled with roses, rhododendrons and mature copper beeches, elms, oaks and plane trees, Fitzroy Gardens now have a quieter ambience, although here too, the sounds of revelry from a marquee in the park may be heard on summer evenings.

Franklin Square

Cast in bronze, Sir John Franklin has watched the growth of the magnificent oaks since their planting in 1863, when he towered above all else in the square. Today, the mature trees are many times the statue's height. They shade lunchtime city workers on summer park benches, while Sir John gazes down on open-air concerts and rallies, and perhaps even ponders the next move on the giant chessboard.

Mount Wellington

With a height of 1,270m, Mount Wellington dominates the city of Hobart physically. The park provides ample opportunity to trek around in the hills, bushwalking, mountain bike riding, cross country skiing, picnics, barbecues, and sightseeing. Mount Wellington offers stunning views over the whole of southern Tasmania.

Princes Park

Princes Park today is a peaceful haven of green space close to the bustle of Salamanca and the docks. Visitors enjoy its rockeries and flowerbeds; children love the adventure playground, and the smooth lawns are the scenes for garden parties and festivities beneath the shade of a bright marquee.

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is a 13-hectare site displaying cool climate exotic and native plants. Venture into the plant world at the new Botanical Discovery Centre – a fun and educational interactive display that encourages exploration and inspires action.

Salamanca Market

Salamanca Market began with humble beginnings in 1972 with just ten stalls occupying a small section of historic Salamanca Place. Today, more than 300 stalls are the main attraction at this award-winning Market in Hobart's historic Salamanca Place. Some of the best arts and crafts, food and flowers produced in Tasmania are displayed at Salamanca Market.

Salamanca Place

Situated on the waterfront of Hobart, Salamanca Place has rows of former warehouses for trading on the port. Most of these buildings have been now redesigned tastefully and converted into cafes, offices, art galleries, and tourist shops.

St Andrew's Park

St Andrew's Park is a pleasant spot of green on a quiet North Hobart hillside, the bright colours of children's play equipment contrasting with the mellow brown headstones that line the sides of the park.

St David's Park

St David's is the scene for festivals and concerts in the Rotunda, and for weddings and celebrations under the mature English trees, or beneath sheltering marquees. During the day, laughing children tumble and roll on the grassy slopes, and office workers pass beneath the carved stone lions gateway with its fringe of wisteria, to find a relaxing spot for lunch on the lawns.

Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery

The museum is housed in the Commissariat store built in 1808, which used to issue the supplies for the people and new colony. It now houses a section on aboriginal tribes, some relics of colonial heritage, and good amount of colonial art objects. The museum was refurbished and opened in 1995, giving it a new attractive look.

The Queen's Domain

The Queen's Domain has belonged to the people of Hobart since 1860. Its slopes contain the last remnant of Hobart's original endemic bushland, home to a variety of native birds, including eastern rosella, grey-breasted silvereye and yellow wattle bird. Aboriginal middens have been found on the Domain, giving evidence of human habitation long before the first European colonists arrived in 1803. Today, the Domain is the site for a range of sporting venues – cricket, football, tennis, athletics and swimming all have facilities within walking distance of the city.

The Rose Garden

In the spacious grounds of Tasmania's first university campus, the Rose Garden features forty named rose varieties in neat, well-tended plantings. Situated on the lower slopes of the Domain at the edge of the city, the Rose Garden is adjacent to the new aquatic centre, and only a short walk from the centre of Hobart.