Harvest Home Country House Hotel
Avenel
1-9 Bank Street, Avenel Vic. 3664
Ph: 03 5796 2339
Fax: 03 5796 2179
Owner/Chef: Suzi McKay
Style: Gastronomic getaway
Room rates per couple:
from $110 to $230
Bed & full breakfast
Special dinner, bed & breakfast packages available
Conference, wedding and
special event facilities
Friendly dogs welcome
AE CHQ MC VI
Member: Slow Food
Harvest Home at Avenel must come close to being the most complete country food, wine, and bed and breakfast experience possible. In one package you have a colonial-style corner hotel converted into accommodation, a variety of dining options from a casual cafe to poolside alfresco or the Victorian grandeur of a degustation menu in the dining room. And there is a vast wine cellar to complement the food.
It's all just a short hop along the Hume freeway from Melbourne. Owner Suzi McKay's passion for good food, much of it organically grown in Harvest Home's own gardens, shines through in the cuisine on offer – not to mention the awards won. She specialises in sourcing great meat and cooking it to bring out the flavours, so do book an accommodation and dinner package for the experience.
Choose from one of the hotel's rooms and enjoy a spa ensuite, or there are self-contained cottages for even more privacy. Events are often held in the gardens, such as a twice-monthly organic produce market, and the area is renowned for its focus on slow food, wine and outdoor activities.
Harvest Home also makes a great base for wine exploring and tasting - it's only 45 minutes to the middle of the Yarra Valley wineries, and 10 minutes from the Nagambie Lakes and Strathbogie wine regions.
Location: 110km or 70 minutes north of Melbourne (up the Hume Highway). Melway 910 N4. HEMA RA 48 F3.
Facilities: 12 spa ensuite rooms (other rooms available) plus two two-bedroom self-contained cottages. Seven dining areas with seating for more than 200. Extensive gardens and swimming pool. Full breakfast served. Visit this property's website
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