Forget Sydney and Melbourne, South Australia is the place where travelers can really forget!
TOP 10, the only place in Australia to be on the list, was previously named the 2017 Lonely Planet worth going to.
Only two hotels in Australia have been selected in the latest list of World Top 100 hotels, and they are both in South Australia!
The 47th Southern Ocean Lodge (on kangaroo island)
& The Louise (53rd in Barossa Valley)
They won the Travel Leisure Award and were named the most prestigious hotel in the world!
This is not the first time that Southern Ocean Lodge has made the TOP 100.2012, and its third, Travel Leisure praised its "modern design and green ideas" Southern Ocean Lodge boss said it was excited that hotels could once again become the envy of the world's tourist destination.
Address: Hanson Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223
Tel: 61 2 9918 4355
Web site: southernoceanlodge.com.au
The Louise has lavender farms and wineries, and a restaurant named for it.
The hotel is described as "located in the Vineyard-covered Barrosa Valley in South Australia, a low-lying stone hotel with fine wines, fresh fruits and vegetables at a nearby farmer's market, or a picnic breakfast with the kangaroos."
Address: Corner Seppeltsfield and Stonewell Roads, Marananga, Barossa Valley, South Australia 5352
Tel: 61 8 8562 2722
Web site: http://www.thelouise.com.au