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A weekend with a bit of everything, plus two other ways to spend your time.

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Ridge to sea

Our starting point for a first weekend: vineyard lunches, a coastal walk and Point Nepean, with a different base each night.

3 days · Red Hill & Merricks · Couples · 6 stops across 3 days

Day 1: Red Hill → Merricks North · Day 2: Red Hill → Cape Schanck → Sorrento · Day 3: Point Nepean

Book both stays and your lunches. Check the Hill & Ridge organiser for the current market date and weather before including that stop.

Plan transport between stops, and check the route for your dates before booking.

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6 stops across 3 days. Yours to adjust in My Trip.

A grassy path between vine rows leads to the glass-fronted restaurant and umbrellas at Montalto, beneath tall pine trees

Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove, Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula. Photo: Two Palms Australia, courtesy of Visit Victoria

At a glance6 stops
  1. Day 1

    Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove → Jackalope Hotel

  2. Day 2

    Polperro → Cape Schanck Boardwalk → Hotel Sorrento

  3. Day 3

    Point Nepean Fort Walk

Book both stays and your lunches. Check the Hill & Ridge organiser for the current market date and weather before including that stop.

Another way to spend it

Flinders and the Cape

A shorter escape with one village base, two coastal walks and time set aside for the meals.

2 days · Flinders & the Ocean Coast · Couples · 5 stops across 2 days

Day 1: Flinders → Cape Schanck → Flinders · Day 2: Cape Schanck → Merricks

Check the stay and restaurant service times first, then fit the walks around your reservations.

Plan transport between stops, and check the route for your dates before booking.

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5 stops across 2 days. Yours to adjust in My Trip.

Aerial view of green cliffs dropping to a rocky shore, with the Cape Schanck lighthouse and cottages on the headland

Cape Schanck, Mornington Peninsula. Photo: Courtesy of Visit Victoria

At a glance5 stops
  1. Day 1

    Quarters at Flinders Hotel → Cape Schanck Boardwalk → Moke Dining

  2. Day 2

    Bushrangers Bay Walk → Pt. Leo Estate

Check the stay and restaurant service times first, then fit the walks around your reservations.

Another way to spend it

The family day out

One gondola ride, one lunch and a bay beach. The final coffee stop can go if the children have had enough.

One day · Red Hill & Merricks · Family · 4 stops in one day

Day 1: Red Hill → Mount Martha → Mornington

Check Eagle tickets, lunch service and the final cafe opening time for your chosen day.

Plan transport between stops, and check the route for your dates before booking.

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4 stops across one day. Yours to adjust in My Trip.

A family looks out from inside an Arthurs Seat Eagle gondola over the bayside suburbs and Port Phillip below

Arthurs Seat Eagle Gondola Ride, Mornington Peninsula. Photo: Courtesy of Visit Victoria

At a glance4 stops
  1. Day 1

    Arthurs Seat Eagle → Red Hill Brewery → Mount Martha Beach → Commonfolk Coffee

Check Eagle tickets, lunch service and the final cafe opening time for your chosen day.

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Days in order, with the stops already chosen. Check transport between stops and booking requirements, then make it yours.

Ridge to sea

Our starting point for a first weekend: vineyard lunches, a coastal walk and Point Nepean, with a different base each night.

Day 1: Red Hill → Merricks North · Day 2: Red Hill → Cape Schanck → Sorrento · Day 3: Point Nepean

Book both stays and your lunches. Check the Hill & Ridge organiser for the current market date and weather before including that stop.

3 days · Red Hill & Merricks · Couples · 6 stops

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Flinders and the Cape

A shorter escape with one village base, two coastal walks and time set aside for the meals.

Day 1: Flinders → Cape Schanck → Flinders · Day 2: Cape Schanck → Merricks

Check the stay and restaurant service times first, then fit the walks around your reservations.

2 days · Flinders & the Ocean Coast · Couples · 5 stops

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The family day out

One gondola ride, one lunch and a bay beach. The final coffee stop can go if the children have had enough.

Day 1: Red Hill → Mount Martha → Mornington

Check Eagle tickets, lunch service and the final cafe opening time for your chosen day.

One day · Red Hill & Merricks · Family · 4 stops

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Sorrento, off season

Use Sorrento as your base for the back beach and Point Nepean. The second dinner is a drive out to Pt. Leo.

Day 1: Sorrento · Day 2: Sorrento → Point Nepean → Merricks · Day 3: Sorrento

Book the stay and both dinners. Allow for the Pt. Leo return drive and check park access before setting out.

3 days · Sorrento & Portsea · Couples · 8 stops

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The wellness weekend

Two nights in the same place, a thermal session and a gallery on the way home. Keep the coastal walk optional.

Day 1: Merricks → Red Hill · Day 2: Fingal → Merricks → Cape Schanck → Red Hill · Day 3: Mornington

Book the stay and thermal session first, then check meal service times and cancellation terms.

3 days · Red Hill & Merricks · Couples · 7 stops

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The golf weekend

One round at St Andrews Beach, with vineyard meals and an optional coastal walk for the rest of the group.

Day 1: Merricks North · Day 2: Fingal → Red Hill · Day 3: Mornington → Main Ridge

Check tee-time availability and book the stay and group meals before committing to the weekend.

3 days · Red Hill & Merricks · Group · 6 stops

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Planning guides

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Advice for choosing your own stops, a place to stay, or a bigger occasion. These are reading guides, rather than day-by-day itineraries.

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Planning guide

Plan a wedding weekend

The Peninsula wedding weekend only works when the event, the guest base, the food, and the next-day recovery all belong to the same idea.

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The market Saturday

Mornington, Hill & Ridge, Balnarring and Somers: check each organiser's current calendar, then build a Peninsula weekend around a confirmed market.

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Planning guide

The producer trail

Past the cellar doors and the long lunches, the Peninsula has a quieter and more interesting layer: the people who grow, churn,...

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