{"id":35515,"date":"2025-04-09T14:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T04:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxuryescapes.com\/inspiration\/?p=35515"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:06:39","slug":"three-day-guide-to-hobart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxuryescapes.com\/inspiration\/three-day-guide-to-hobart\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of the Weekend: The Ultimate Three-Day Guide to Hobart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Prepare yourself for unusual dining experiences, spectacular scenery and one of the world\u2019s quirkiest museums when you base yourself at Hobart\u2019s hottest hotel \u2013 The Tasman \u2013 for 72 unforgettable hours.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are very few times you can say someone else\u2019s finger has been up your nose. On this particular day at Mona<\/a>, however, we\u2019re three cocktails deep in the Like a Rockstar<\/a> experience. Around our necks we\u2019re wearing heavy chains with a fluoro pink tag, conferring our status to the various staff members, so they can treat us with the respect due famous types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The finger is that of David Walsh, who spent some of his gambling fortune on building one of the world\u2019s most fun museums. He had his digit cast and now porcelain replicas replace spoons during the first course at Faro Bar + Restaurant. First, you suck a saffron gel from the finger then dip it into hollandaise ice cream served in a ceramic eggshell. It\u2019s messy and silly and sticking said appendage up one\u2019s snout is considered neither strange nor vulgar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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