Lake House

Mineral springs are plentiful around Lake House's hometown - and at the Salus Day Spa of this bucolic getaway, you're enjoying their restorative waters in a tree-house tub. On the shores of picturesque Lake Daylesford, its 33 rooms and suites tucked into six acres of gardens, the hotel is built to give you space and seclusion.

That's especially true of the Waterfront Suites, which guests enter via a bridge spanning a fern gully. These generous lodgings have balconies overlooking the lake and lagoon, and their amenities include a bar, dual showers, and dual spa baths. Like the hotel's other rooms and suites, they're close to walking trails that lead around the lake and into nearby Wombat State Forest.

Relaxation is all well and good, but Lake House offers culinary pleasures too. After getting your fill of country air, sample fine regional cuisine on the restaurant terrace. Staff will also be happy to serve you by the lake, in the 10,000-bottle Cellar Room, or on the Lagoon Deck.