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The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel

4.0 star property

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Front of property
Deluxe Sea View Twin
Deluxe Sea View Twin | View from room
Reception

Reviews

7.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
6789 Arthur Highway, Port Arthur, TAS, 7182
  • Shipstern Bluff
    ‪19 min walk‬
  • Port Arthur Lavender Farm
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Port Arthur Historic Site
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Hobart, TAS (HBA-Hobart Intl.)
    ‪69 min drive‬

Room options

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Minibar, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

2 Bedroom Queen Apartment

  • 40 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Minibar, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Garden View Queen

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Minibar, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

2 Bedroom Apartment - Family

  • 40 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 Queen Bed, 1 Twin Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Minibar, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Sea View Queen

  • 25 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Sea View Queen

Deluxe Sea View Queen

  • 25 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Sea View Twin

Sea View Twin

  • 25 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed and 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Sea View Twin

Deluxe Sea View Twin

  • 3 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Large Twin Bed

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About the area

Port Arthur

With a stay at The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel in Port Arthur, you'll be a 2-minute walk from Long Bay Conservation Area and 10 minutes by foot from Stewarts Bay State Reserve. .This motel is 1 mi (1.6 km) from Shipstern Bluff and 1.5 mi (2.5 km) from Isle of the Dead.
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What's nearby

  • Stewarts Bay State Reserve - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Shipstern Bluff - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Port Arthur Lavender Farm - 2 min drive - 2.7 km
  • Port Arthur Historic Site - 3 min drive - 2.7 km
  • Point Puer - 10 min drive - 7.3 km

Getting around

  • Hobart International Airport (HBA) - 69 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Port Arthur Historic Site - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Remarkable Cave - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Port Arthur Lavender - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪1830 Restaurant and Bar - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Lucky Ducks Cafe - ‬10 min drive

About this property

The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel

Motel in Port Arthur with a restaurant and a bar
The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel offers 39 air-conditioned accommodations with hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. This Port Arthur motel provides complimentary wireless Internet access, with a speed of 25+ Mbps. Refrigerators, coffee/tea makers, and minibars are provided. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the motel include an outdoor tennis court.
Make yourself at home in one of the 39 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor tennis court or take in the view from a garden. Additional amenities at this motel include complimentary wireless internet access, tour/ticket assistance, and a picnic area.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the motel's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include luggage storage and laundry facilities. Event facilities at this motel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 25+ Mbps
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Outdoor tennis court

Family friendly

  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Conference space
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 7:00 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 3 percent for credit card payments
The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 8 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 3 percent

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Fox Hounds Inn Port Arthur
Fox Hounds Inn
Fox Hounds Port Arthur
The Fox And Hounds Hotel Port Arthur
The Fox And Hounds Inn Port Arthur, Tasmania
Fox Hounds Inn
The Fox Hounds Historic Hotel
The Fox Hounds Historic Arthur
The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel Motel
The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel Port Arthur
The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel Motel Port Arthur

The Fox and Hounds Historic Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 93 out of 283 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 101 out of 283 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 57 out of 283 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 24 out of 283 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 283 reviews

7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Arianne

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness
The water issue wasn’t a problem for us, it’s just tea tree stained dam water. The view was amazing and bed was comfy. Our room could definitely do with a good clean and this hotel has the potential to be 4 stars with some love.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Angela

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Umesh

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Good things: Nice location, peaceful accommodation. Not so good: Too expensive for what you get. Water in the room is yellow/brown and not suitable for drinking. Guest needs to rely on daily 2 x 600ml bottles per person are provided by hotel reception per day. Or buy extra bottles for $1 each. It's better to buy a pack from supermarket on the way. Housekeeper do not provide daily towels so make sure to place them for drying after use. Stay at your own risk and yourself and family from bugs mossies and snakes.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Sara

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Sanjay

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Winnie

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Jaime

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Beautiful view and great and friendly staff. The water is treated so it looks a little brown, and was not a fan of the 7 spiders making themselves at home in the bathroom, but overall it was a nice stay. The food at the restaurant is amazing, so even if you don't stay there, definitely recommend going for the food and service at the restaurant.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Richard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice old style accommodation and quite
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Never again...

Room view was great, food in restaurant was ordinary and overpriced. When the food quality was mentioned to manager/owner he said, you don't know what you are talking about, he's a top quality chef...the way he said it was extremely rude. Top quality??? Not in my books, and I am an Italian trained chef!!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Byron

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Very outdated and definitely not 4 star (maybe 2)

Very dated rooms in desperate need of refurbishment. Also there is no town water so the tap, shower and toilet water is dark green and not drinkable- advised of this at check in - wouldve been nice to know before booking as i wouldnt have stayed here. We were provided with ample bottled water at no charge which was appreciated but couldnt escape feeling of being dirty after a shower-- and my daughters refused to shower at all.... The restaurant service and quality is very good. Main benefit is its proximity to the port arthur historic site but realistically you could stay in Hobart and do a day trip or one night stopover max. We paid top dollar because of school holidays but next time would stay elsewhere.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Des

Water terrible for washing
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Janita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great family friendly place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Olivia

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Very cold and no drinkable water although they do provide x2 bottles each and you can refill at the local pub. The water is treated to shower in but you do not feel clean due to the discolouration.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness
Ok for a place to rest your head. Not the best not the worst.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Sreejith

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I stayed at this property for one night. The view from the room was nice, and I appreciated that. However, the cleanliness of the room was disappointing. The water quality was terrible – the tap water was brown and very untidy. While they provided drinking water, it was frustrating not being able to use clean water for basic needs like hand wash, face wash . This issue made my stay quite unpleasant and left me feeling irritated.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Graham R

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Vendetta

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hospitality at its WORST

I booked the hotel for the night of 19Dec. Unfortunately, my flight to Tasmania was delay and landed 8 hours late at 930pm. Immediately, after I landed. I called the hotel and was surprise that someone actually pick up the call. I explained to her my predicament and she was kind enough to tell me that she will arrange for an after-hours checkin. She then told me to call her back in 5 min, So I called her 5 min later and the call went unanswered. I called again another 5 min later and again the call went unanswered. In total I called her back 15 times and all no one pick up any of my call. Undeterred, I decide to drove 1.5 hours from the airport to the hotel. The hotel was closed and no one answer the door. I happened to see a light in the hotel office and someone was in there. I shouted from outside and that person suddenly switch off the light and ignore my shouting. I was totally disappointed at how someone can run a hospitality business with such poor customer service. To make matter worst, all the hotel in the area were fully booked and we (family of 4) have to spend the night sleeping in the car.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Alexa

Disliked: Staff & service
Our room was dirty with many dead bugs on the window sill. The floor in the bathroom was grubby and the floors could have done with a sweep. There was no TV according to the owner that was our fault so he sent the waitress to set it up. Insinuating that we were idiots. The restaurant table we sat at had built up grim and needed a serious scrub.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

leonie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
The room was ordinary but the view was amazing. Waking up and going to sleep with water outside bedroom window was great
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Suzanne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This property was awesome and quaint. The hotel needs a lot of repair and the water is not drinkable or I wasn’t even comfortable showering in it. There needs to be unlimited drinking water in each room-2 small bottles doesn’t cut it.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julianne

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great view from our spacious room. Food was good and staff friendly and helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We were given a chalet type room, thst could do with a face lift. Saying that it had a lovely view and had a realy comfy bed , i had a good nights sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

shirley

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
There is no door to the kitchen which allows an incredible amount of light into the room in the morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024