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If you don't have your own transport, and want to get to Port Arthur from Hobart on a
regular bus
, you'll have to stay overnight. Tassie Link run just one afternoon service on weekdays only, stopping en route at Eaglehawk Neck and other places on the Tasman and Forestier peninsulas. However, there are plenty of
bus tours
that take in some of the Tasman Peninsula sights along the way. Tiger Line offer a good one-day "Convict Capers" tour (ask for tour 17B; daily except Sat 9am; $50; tel 03/6272 6611), and Experience Tasmania has a similar trip (ask for tour 3; Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun; $50; tel 03/6234 3336).
There are various places to stay on the outskirts of Port Arthur. The Port Arthur Motor Inn , on Remarkable Cave Road (tel 03/6250 2101, fax 6250 2417; $90-115), is just off the site, overlooking the ruined church; it's a pleasant place, with a bar open to the public - the only place nearby to drink - and reasonable counter meals. Just across the road is the Roseview Youth Hostel on Champ Street (tel 03/6250 2311; booking essential Jan & Feb; rooms $50-70, dorms under $20). The spacious Port Arthur Villas (tel 03/6250 2239, fax 6250 2589; $70-115), just across Remarkable Cave Road from the site, has the amenities of a motel and kitchens in the units.
Within the Port Arthur Historic Site, you can
eat
at the
Port Arthur Cafe
(daily 9am-5pm), or for a la carte at
Felons Restaurant
, both in the visitors centre. Otherwise there's the
Frances Langford Tea Rooms
in the restored 1930s policemen's quarters, and the
Museum Tea Rooms
. Other useful information
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