The Racecourse Inn
Highlights
- Savour a gourmet breakfast featuring fresh produce from the orchard, enhancing your stay with local flavours.
- Explore the historic village of Longford, enjoying colonial architecture and charming antique stores at your leisure.
- Relax in spacious en-suite rooms, each boasting double glazing and reverse-cycle air conditioning for ultimate comfort.
- Stroll to the nearby UNESCO-listed Woolmers Estate, immersing yourself in Tasmania's rich heritage and stunning gardens.
This charming former coaching inn, built-in in 1860, is now a luxury bed and breakfast in the historic village of Longford, Northern Tasmania. Only fifteen minutes from Launceston airport, The Racecourse Inn is an ideal base for touring Northern Tasmania and the Tamar Valley Wine Route.
The tastefully restored Inn exudes a historic ambiance, with climbing roses covering the convict-made bricks, and five spacious en-suite rooms. All guest rooms feature double glazing, with reverse-cycle air conditioning in the three upstairs rooms. The downstairs Standard Queen and Deluxe Spa rooms both feature 12-foot ceilings.
Your tariff includes a fully cooked Tasmanian gourmet breakfast featuring fresh produce from our orchard and kitchen garden. This fully licenced inn offers a cosy dining room with a wood fire and features one of only four barrel-vaulted ceilings in Tasmania.
The Racecourse Inn is a five-minute drive from UNESCO World Heritage-listed Woolmers Estate and Brickendon Farm, and the stunning National Rose Garden at Woolmers. Stroll Longford’s wide streets and admire the fine colonial architecture, visit antique and collectibles stores or fly fish for trout.
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
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Upstairs King superior
Delightful upstairs attic room with King bed (or twin singles) and an attached ensuite. Furnished with antiques, this room also features tea and coffee making facilities, double glazed windows, and reverse cycle air conditioning.
Downstairs Queen standard
Delightful downstairs room with queen bed and an attached ensuite. Furnished with antiques, this room also features tea and coffee making facilities, small in-room mini bar with wine and beer, double glazed windows and heating.
Downstairs King spa
Delightful large sunny downstairs suite with open fireplace and a spa bath in the attached ensuite. Furnished with antiques, this room also features tea and coffee making facilities, double glazed windows, and heating. This room may also be configured as a twin.
Upstairs Queen superior
Delightful upstairs attic room with Queen bed and double fold out sofa be, and large ensuite bathroom. Furnished with antiques, this room also features tea and coffee making facilities, double glazed windows, and reverse cycle air conditioning.
Upstairs Queen Suite
Delightful upstairs suite with antique furniture and dormer windows, Queen sized bed and separate sitting room with sofa bed. This room sleeps 3 adults. Both rooms feature flat screen TVs. Room facilities include complimentary tea, coffee, biscuits and port, and a small in-room mini bar with beer and wine. All linen and bathroom amenities provided, and reverse cycle air-conditioning and electric blankets.
This business does not currently offer accessible facilities.
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