2 Best Hotels in Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia

Since opting for a “treechange” in 2016, hosts Friederike and Georg have embedded themselves in the local community, and guests staying in these cute self-contained cottages can take advantage of the relationships they’ve built with a range of guest experiences. Pop next door for a lavish dinner hosted by winemaker Bec Hardy, see the winemaking process up close during vintage, walk to one of the three cellar doors within 500 meters, or tackle a longer trail that follows locals-only paths to friendly producers. Then when you get back, look out east to see the Mount Lofty Ranges lit up by the setting sun as you crack open the generous hamper of local provisions.

It may look like a regular residential house from the outside, but this luxury B&B five minutes from the main McLaren Vale road has an interior that's far from ordinary and pampering that includes a pillow menu at bedtime. Liqueur-filled chocolates and port await you in your suite, where you can set the mood for romance with music or a movie, and relax in the double-jetted tub or sit wrapped in your plush bathrobe beside the wood-burning fire.