Holiday homes & rentals in the Blue Mountains

Australia's Blue Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage region, places at the top of many bucket lists. Its thick eucalyptus canopy emits a fine mist of oil that creates this mountain range’s trademark haze. Holiday cottages here offer easy access to sandstone formations, Aboriginal engravings, and bushwalks.

Culinary institutions

In the charming suburb of Leura, Silk's Brasserie is a longstanding institution. The brasserie serves up modern Australian fare in semi-formal ambience. Warm your cockles at Vesta, a wood-fired bakery that has been around for over a century. The bistro serves homemade charcuterie and local wine to its enthusiastic patrons.

Mountains and valleys

The number-one sight to see in the Blue Mountains is the Three Sisters. Legend has it that a sorcerer transformed three sisters into stone to protect them, but died before he could turn them back. The 500-meter trail to their summit provides some peerless panoramas.

Gaze out over Blue Mountains National Park, a vast expanse of world-class wilderness. There are over 140km of walking trails to explore in the park, so have your hiking gear handy. While its terrain shifts between dense woodland and craggy escarpments, its diversity of wildlife and brilliant vistas are consistent.

Ancient rock art and accessible caves

The limestone Jenolan Caves are one of the most accessible and extensive in the entire world. Named Binoomea, meaning 'dark places', by the Gundungurra tribe, the remarkable caverns are over 400 million years old.

If you’re seeking even more outdoor adventure, visit the Wollemi National Park. It is the state's largest forest, at about 5,000 square kilometres. The rare Wollemi pine tree is sequestered in this wilderness, as is a huge gallery of Aboriginal rock art.

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