Milton Park, Bowral: History, accommodation and spa
The Milton Park Country House Hotel in Bowral let you stay in a woodland-surrounded mansion. This Southern Highlands hotel is famous for its restaurant, spa and elegant indoor pool.
Milton Park, Bowral, is the sort of grand country house hotel more associated with Britain. In the heart of the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, the Milton Park Country House Hotel and Spa is all about grandeur in glorious surroundings.
For a start, the hotel is the centrepiece of a private, secluded woodland estate. Milton Park was built by the Hordern family, which made a fortune in the retail and pastoral industries. Mary Hordern designed the formal gardens, which are amongst the best gardens in Australia.
Horderns Restaurant at Milton Park, Bowral
The main building at Milton Park, Bowral, is the turn-of-the-century mansion. This is home to Horderns Restaurant, and its famously-large wine list. Horderns Restaurant is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, although you’ll eat breakfast in the conservatory.
If it’s just a drink you’re after, the Polo Bar maintains a sense of fine elegance. It’s next to the billiard room.
5 great Southern Highlands experiences to boost your visit
- Personalised private Southern Highlands wine and attractions tours – tailored to your tastes.
- Tutored wine-tasting and canapes experience.
- Beekeeping experience – learn how honey is made.
- Guided wine-tasting at the Mill – with tasting notes procided.
- Behind the scenes tour of a sustainable winery in Berrima.
Milton Park Country House Hotel accommodation
The Milton Park Country House Hotel has 41 deluxe rooms and six suites. Most of these suites come with spa baths and open fireplaces. All the rooms overlook either the pine forest or the Milton Park gardens. Décor is defiantly unmodern, with antique furnishings and a French provincial style.
Perhaps the main drawcard of Milton House, however, is the indoor pool and spa facilities. The pool is inside the gloriously elegant French Bath House. And the spa is rated as one of the best in Australia.
For more information and booking, visit the hotel website. Alternative Bowral accommodation is available at the Berida Hotel.
More New South Wales travel
Go fishing, birdwatching or swimming at Yarramundi Reserve on the Grose River
Go walking in the Macquarie Pass National Park on the drive from Bowral to Wollongong.
Try stand-up paddleboarding on Lake Illawarra near Wollongong.
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