Accommodation Near the Margaret River Wine Region
Holiday accommodation in the Margaret River Wine Region is among some of the World's Best Wine Holiday travel destinations for quality wine and stunning coastline. Famous winnery estates such as Vasse Felix and Voyager are a short drive from beachfront accommodation such as at "Beach House Dunsborough" in the Margaret River Wine Region.
A visit to this delightful region 3 hours south of Perth reveals beautiful beaches and countryside, with the famous Caves Road running down the coast through vineyards from beachfront Dunsborough and Yallingup, to the inland town of Margaret River 30 kilometres south.
Photos of Margaret River wine region forest and Margaret
River wine region vineyards
For a good meal in Dunsborough, at the start of the Margaret River wine region, try Italian restaurant Assisi or the quirky Food Farmacy in Dunsborough. Some of the best food with a great ocean view is at the classic Bunkers Beach Cafe near Dunsborough on the beautiful Bunker Bay beach. It's open for great breakfasts and delicious lunches overlooking this stunning beach, as well as tapas on some evenings.
Photos from Bunkers Beach Cafe near Dunsborough accommodation and at right Goanna Gallery near Dunsborough
THINGS TO DO NEAR DUNSBOROUGH
In Dunsborough, Simmo’s Ice Creamery on Commonage Road is a favourite with kids and grown-ups alike with delicious ice cream flavours including apple pie and rich chocolate.
You’ll find some of the world’s best olive oil here at pretty outlets including Petra in Dunsborough and Eagle Bay Olives at nearby Eagle Bay. Petra is a delightful little place to visit and serves delicious lunches to go with a variety of olive oils.
The Margaret River Chocolate Company is also a favourite tourist attraction here in the Margaret River wine region with free tasting, half way between Dunsborough and Margaret River on Harman’s Mill Road. Right next door is the Margaret River Providore, serving sumptuous fresh food and wines modelled on the grand country houses of Europe.
The nearby the Margaret River Dairy Company welcomes 600,000 visitors a year to taste its award-winning cheese and yoghurts, made in the region.
If it’s coffee you’re after, the Yallingup Roasting Company in Dunsborough is always popular, or Yahava Koffeeworks closer to Margaret River.
The new Palmer's Winery cellar door in Dunsborough has a stunning interior with food to match.
Photo of Busselton Jetty and Chick on a Stick
The bigger town of Busselton, only 20 minutes from Dunsborough, boasts the world-famous Busselton Jetty, extending almost 2km out over Geographe Bay. It’s the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere and the walk out and back will take you an hour on this heritage-listed pier.
While you're here in the Margaret River region's wine and beach paradise, go to Yallingup Wood Fired Bread just out of town, a local institution with the best bread and fruit bread you'll ever taste. You'll find it on Biddles Road, near the famous Caves Road which links Dunsborough to Margaret River, with the many well-known wineries on the way. As you head south towards the heavily-treed Margaret River region, you find a serious concentration of vineyards. The best four in the Margaret River wine region for that combination of good wine, food and scenery are Voyager Estate, Watershed, Brookland Valley, Vass Felix and Leeuwin Estate where they have the famous summer concerts.
Driving leisurely down Caves Road you'll find cellar doors every few kilometres, including Driftwood and the beautiful new Laurance Winery, with its golden "Lady of the Lake", otherwise known to locals as "chick on a stick."
Other wineries you'll find near Margaret River on or near Caves Road include Pierro, Gralyn, Cullens and Evans and Tate with its award-winning wines. If you don't want to drive, "Cape Executive Holiday Apartments" in Dunsborough can organise fun winery tours for you, including Gannaway's Wine Tours, Cape to Cape Wine Tours and Bushtucker Wine Tours.
Keep driving south towards Margaret River and you'll find more wineries with seriously good red wines that are among the world's best. The dominant varietals here are cabernet sauvignon, shiraz and even merlot.
Photo Watershed Winery Margaret River and
photo of Voyager Estate cellar door.
If you're a lover of white wines, Margaret River chardonnay is also world famous and there aren't many rieslings better than Leeuwin Estate's Art Series riesling.
Two of the finest dining experiences in the Margaret River wine region are at Knee Deep Winery between Dunsborough and Margaret River or the renowned Must Wine Bar in the main street of Margaret River.
Knee Deep Winery is a new player and has already won awards for its wines. The dining experience at its cellar door overlooking the vines is superb, with a degustation menu offered by New Zealand chef Brad Hornby - 3 courses, 5 courses or 7 courses of remarkable fresh local Margaret River food.
If you want the best in coastal accommodation in the Margaret River wine region, dunsboroughaccommodation.net offers the closest holiday house rental to the beach in all of the Margaret River region. It's only minutes to world-famous Yallingup beach and Meelup Beach.
The beauty of Dunsborough is that it is on the opposite side of the finger of coast to Yallingup, so no matter which way the wind is blowing, you have a sheltered beach to luxuriate at.
Try Yallingup Beach or Smiths Beach in the morning before the sea breeze comes in, or in the afternoon, drive across the cape a few kilometres to Bunker Bay, where there's a beautiful sheltered beach. Also worth a look are Eagle Bay's pretty beaches and the delightful nearby beach at Point Piquet, which could be in the Caribbean. If you want the comfort of restaurants and bars, stay at "Beach House Dunsborough", the closest beachfront holiday house rental accommodation in all of the Margaret River wine region. Here you're on the beach with a big grassy area, seclusion and only a quick 5 minute walk into Dunsborough town with its pretty shops and cafes. The Margaret River wine region is a wonderful place just named in the world's best, top 10 destinations; loved greatly by Western Australians and being rapidly discovered by the rest of the world.