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Our favourite rooms: It's hard to have favourites with just three pavilions of such knockout quality. But if you insist, head over to Hideaway for even more pampered privacy. Attached to the main house, Treetops has upstairs-downstairs options, and a bathroom each for Mr & Mrs Smith, including a freestanding bath. All pavilions feature separate dressing rooms, combustion log fireplaces and king-size beds; decor is a soothing mix of natural and patterned fabrics, recycled timbers, super-luxe furnishings, and local art and artefacts.
Packing tips: Penknife for whittling fallen angophora branches; jazz classics sheet music to play on the white mini-grand in the cocktail bar mezzanine.
Also: Pretty Beach is also the name of the rather swish new CABO 38 Express sports cruiser available for charter throughout your stay. Cruise round to blissful beaches and charming coves where you can snorkel, swim, fish or just enjoy your very own Stefano Manfredi picnic hamper. Does life get much better than this?

Pretty Beach House hotel, Central Coast, Australia

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Smith card offer: A signed copy of chef Stefano Manfredi's cook book Cook for all Seasons

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Pretty Beach House

Central Coast, Australia[view map]

Style: Luxe rustic
Setting: Hilltop bush, gentle water views

Surrounded by ancient angophoras and with views through silver-green eucalypts to Brisbane Waters, Pretty Beach House is a super-sophisticated private guesthouse in a magical setting, just 100 kilometres north of Sydney. Throw in all-inclusive hospitality, food from the nearby kitchen of Stefano Manfredi, and walks on the Central Coast's Bouddi Peninsula and you'll never want to leave.

Need to know

Rooms: Three one-bedroom pavilions in the grounds of the main house.
Rates: AU$1,700–AU$2,750 with tax and all meals, afternoon tea, snacks and drinks (including premium wines and champagnes) thrown in, as well as guided bushwalks.
Check-out: 12pm, but later if possible by prior arrangement. Earliest check-in, 2pm, also flexible.
Facilities: Round-the-clock service, WiFi, CD/DVD library. In rooms: preloaded i-Pod and dock, flatscreen TVs and DVD players, free WiFi, Li' Tya toiletries, en suite bathrooms with double sinks, spacious shower with underfloor heating and views out to decks.
Poolside: A communal outdoor iinfinity pool overlooks Brisbane Waters; all pavilions have private decks, day beds and heated plunge pools.
Also: Don't miss the daybed perched high up out of sight on the edge of the property. Smoking is allowed outside only.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: Meals can be served à deux or communally in the atrium-style dining and lounge area in the main house, or in your room, on your private deck, or indeed anywhere in the seven and a half-acre grounds. Vintage leather chairs, fine Belgian linen, chic Riedel glassware and a huge original Arthur Boyd await you in the main dining area. Chef Stefano Manfredi's menu is classic Modern Italian – fresh, seasonal, elegant, hearty. Expect local crayfish with garlic mayonnaise, veal shank with faro, traditional bacon from butcher Pino Tomini-Foresti and bread baked daily at the property. Kid-friendly dishes can be whipped up too.
Dress code: Well-pressed linens, outsize resin jewelry and designer clogs.
Top table: Eating on the timber deck by the infinity pool puts you at the heart of the property with dress circle views.
Last orders: Food is served all day 'casalinga' style, with a more formal evening dinner available, but staff will always try and accommodate the needs and whims of guests if earlier or later grazing is required.
Room service: Fresh fruit, biscotti, cakes, tarts and antipasti can be brought to your room 24-hours a day.
Hotel bar: An intimate cocktail bar sits tucked away on a mezzanine level off the main living area, replete with white mini grand piano if you fancy tickling the ivories. There's also a great wine cellar for quaffing the old stuff. The bar is only open to guests, so has an exclusive feel, with chef Manfredi even choosing the mood music on the iPod playing in the background. Don't miss the signature Aperitif cocktail, with campari, gin, fresh lime and cranberry juice served straight up martini style or as a long drink over ice.

Also worth knowing

Children: Children under 12 are only permitted with exclusive use of all three pavilions by a single group. Free baby cots and extra beds for older children can be provided, and babysitting with a local nanny can be arranged with 24-hours notice at extra cost.

Smith Members offer

A signed copy of chef Stefano Manfredi's cook book Cook for all Seasons

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