The Studio B&B is a romantic self-contained stone cottage superbly located just below the peak of Arthurs Seat, The character-filled bluestone cottage surrounded by a pleasantly riotous garden of night-scented tobacco plants, old-fashioned roses, lavender, fruit trees and a giant buddleia.

If you're looking for self-contained accommodation on the Mornington Peninsula with a sense of style, real tranquillity and total privacy, The Studio is very hard to go past.

Step through its french doors and the fresh, sunny hideaway – decorated in cheerful shades of yellow and blue – charms instantly.

Along one side of the living room is a kitchenette piled with supplies for a healthy breakfast – a crusty country loaf, quality muesli, free range eggs, bacon and sausages from the local butcher and apples fresh from the orchard. More immediately, a bottle of well-chilled champagne awaits, and a creamy brie.

Along another wall is a bookshelf crammed with an eclectic assortment of reading matter – books on Venice and Provence and works by the serious moderns – V.S. Naipaul, John Pilger, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Graham Greene – most of the titles we've all intended to read but not found the time to so. In one corner, a staircase spirals to a sunny loft with a couch perfectly placed to catch the late afternoon sun and distant water views.

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