A 76-acre bushland escape · Langdons Hill

Slow days,
golden evenings

A private rural retreat bordering Wombat State Forest — ten minutes from Daylesford, and a world away from everything else.

"Kangaroos on the lawn, a fire lit inside, and not another soul in sight."

· Sleeps 10 · 4 bedrooms· Dry sauna & spa bath· Wood-fired pizza oven· Private dam & boat

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Benvenuti a Bellavita

The 'beautiful life', on seventy-six rural acres of grazing land and native forest

Bellavita is a four-bedroom country house and self-contained studio set on a working rural block on the edge of Wombat State Forest. Warm the dry sauna, fire the pizza oven, drift out on the dam in the row boat, and watch the sun drop behind the ranges with a wine on the deck. It's the kind of quiet that resets you — and Daylesford's mineral springs, cellar doors and long lunches are only ten minutes down the road.

private acres

guests · 4 beds

4.95★

161 reviews

10 min

to Daylesford

Why Bellavita

Everything you'd want for a slow escape

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Dry stone sauna beside the ensuite bathroom at Bellavita Retreat

Sauna & spa bath

A dry stone sauna and deep spa bath to melt away the week — then step out under the amazing night sky.

Private dam with a timber jetty room and row boat

Private dam & boat

Take the rowboat out on the dam, cast a line from the jetty, or just sit at the water's edge as the light fades.

Wood-fired pizza oven and alfresco dining under the vine-covered pergola at sunset

Wood-fired evenings

Fire the outdoor pizza oven, pour a local drop, and gather under the vine-covered alfresco terrace as the sun goes down.

Eastern grey kangaroo with a joey grazing on the lawn

Wildlife at the door

Kangaroos and wallabies graze at dawn and dusk, echidnas potter through the paddocks, wedge-tailed eagles circle overhead and birdsong is your alarm clock.

Open fireplace and lounge with polished concrete floors and rural views

Fireside comfort

A crackling open fire, deep sofas and forest views through full-height glass — winter's happy place.

Freestanding outdoor bath on the studio deck with rural valley views

Bathe under the stars

A freestanding outdoor bath and hot outdoor shower, with views across grazing land and forest.

The Property

A country house and a studio, room to spread out

The main house holds two king bedrooms, a light-filled open living-dining-kitchen and a 3 king-single bed bunk room for the kids, all wrapped in sandstone paved terraces and a vine-shaded pergola. A few steps away, a fully self-contained studio adds a third king bedroom with its own kitchen, wood stove, lounge and outdoor bath — perfect for another couple or a little privacy.

· 4 bedrooms · sleeps 10
· 3 bathrooms
· Chef's kitchen & pizza oven
· Self-contained studio
· EV charger · fast Wi-Fi
· Welcome hamper on arrival

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Ten minutes from Daylesford

The heart of Victoria's spa country

Daylesford and Hepburn Springs hold the largest concentration of natural mineral springs in Australia — plus hatted restaurants, cellar doors, antique halls and forest walks. Base yourself in the quiet and dip into it all.

Spa & mineral springs

Soak at the historic Hepburn Bathhouse, taste the mineral springwater, and indulge in a pampering treatment at Australia's spa capital.

Long lunches & cellar doors

There's something for everyone from the two-hatted Lake House to Kadota, Bistro Terroir, Tuki Trout Farm, the Swiss Mountain Hotel and boutique distilleries, breweries and wineries.