Daylesford & Hepburn Springs
Slow weekends in spa country
Twelve suites, two garden villas
About 90 minutes from Melbourne
Welcome to
Merrow House
A small hotel in the hills between Daylesford and Hepburn Springs: twelve suites, two garden villas, a dining room that cooks whatever the district is doing that week, and a walled garden with a heated plunge pool. Come for two nights. Stay for three.
Book with us
Book direct,
stay better
Booking sites charge hotels a commission, and it ends up in the price you pay. Book with us and you skip it. We put the difference back into your stay:
- Our lowest rate, every night of the year
- Free cancellation up to seven days before you arrive
- Pay when you stay: no card or deposit to hold the room
- A glass bottle to fill at the mineral spring pumps
- Late checkout whenever the house allows
Stay
The suites
and villas
Illustrative “from” rates per night, Sunday to Thursday, in AUD including GST.
The Long Room
Dinner from
the coals
Forty seats, one set menu that changes with the week, and a hearth at one end of the room. Most of what we cook comes from the walled garden or from farms within an hour of the house.
Breakfast runs until eleven on purpose. Dinner is Thursday to Monday.
The menu and the room
Around the house
Springs, forest
and a Sunday market
- Walks · About 10 minutes by carLake Daylesford and the Tipperary trackA lake walk that can turn into a proper half-day through the forest.
- Town · About 10 minutes by carDaylesford Sunday MarketProduce, plants, bric-a-brac and coffee at the old railway station, every Sunday.
- Further afield · About 15 minutes by carLavandula Swiss Italian FarmLavender fields and old stone buildings at Shepherds Flat.
Real places nearby, described as they are. Merrow House is fictional and has no relationship with any of them.
Plan a stay
Find your
weekend
Two-night minimum when your stay includes a Saturday; three over long weekends. Pay when you stay.