Accommodation with an indoor fireplace

Daylesford sits up in the hills, and winters here are properly cold. Frosty mornings, foggy afternoons and nights when you want to be inside. A fireplace turns that weather into the best part of the trip.

It’s what winter in Daylesford is known for: a walk around the lake, a long lunch, then an afternoon by the fire with nowhere to be.

For two

Plenty of fireplace stays are cottages and one-bedroom places. Add a spa bath and that’s a winter weekend sorted. See couples escapes and spa bath stays.

For a group

Some of our biggest houses have a fireplace, with room for the whole group to gather around it after dinner. See group accommodation.

In town or out of it

Some are a short walk to Vincent Street. Others are out on farmland or in the bush, where it’s quieter and darker. Each listing shows where it is on the map.

Real wood fires

Most of our fireplace stays have an open wood fire. A few have gas or a modern heater instead, and each listing’s photos and description show which.

Winter is a great season in Daylesford. There’s Words in Winter, long lunches at the restaurants and pubs, and a soak at the bathhouse in Hepburn Springs (see our wellness and spa guide). What’s On lists what’s coming up.