It's that magical time of the year, and the Mornington Peninsula is ready to make your holiday season special. Finding the perfect gift can be challenging, but fear not—we've unwrapped the best Christmas gifts just for you.

The Gift of Staying

This is the ultimate experience gift, staying here on the Mornington Peninsula to experience it for more than a day! 

• For the nature lover, Iluka Retreat's glamping offers a perfect outdoor escape—a great choice for couples and amazing for families.
• For those seeking a slice of luxury, a  2-night stay at InterContinental Sorrento Mornington Peninsula is being complemented by a 90-minute bathing ritual at the Aurora Bathhouse and Spa in Sorrento.  This package is being offered for a limited time!

• A voucher for a stay at Lakeside Villas, perched over Crittenden Estate's lake, is the perfect gift for those seeking relaxation. This boutique winery accommodation includes self-contained luxury and a complimentary wine tasting at the Wine Centre.
• Experience the ultimate couple's retreat at Peninsula Hot Springs with overnight glamping, dining, and bathing. The package features luxurious tents, inclusive meals, all-day bathing access, and a rejuvenating 90-minute spa treatment.
• For golfers, retreating to the clubhouse brings a new meaning to when you can stay.  With restaurants and a day spa on-site RACV Cape Schanck Resort tops the list.

The Best Stocking Fillers

Got room to fill in the stocking?  These best stocking fillers may be small, but they are amazing and could be a gift on their own.

• Elevate the holiday spirit with a gift from Red Hill Candle Co. Choose from candles, reed and car diffusers and room sprays - perfect for filling up the stocking
• Olieve and Olie, with their organic range of hand and body washes, hand creams and soaps, are the perfect gift, and those who receive it will love you for it.
• Fill the stockings with cheer with the Chief’s Son Distillery Christmas BonBon.  Choose from Single Malt Whisky or Vodka for this beautifully presented gift.  Perhaps they may just be your table bonbon this year!

The Best Gifts of Flavour

The Mornington Peninsula is renowned for the flavours that our makers and creators passionately make.  Check out these gifts that have been produced on the Mornington Peninsula.

• A bottle of wine from one of the top 100 wineries in Australia, according to wine expert James Halliday, will surely delight.  Choose from Montalto, Yabby Lake, Crittenden Estate and Paringa Estate.
• Get into the spirit with one of the popular Gin Masterclasses from Bass and Flinders Distillery.
• The restaurant, Laura at Pt Leo Estate, has the perfect experience for two if you want to gift the award-winning dining experience guaranteed to spoil the recipient.

• I don’t like chocolate, said no one ever!  Mornington Peninsula Chocolaterie & Ice-Creamery has a great range of Christmas-inspired choc gifts together with all their usual sweet treats.
• From the OG Red Hill Brewery to the new brewer on the block in Devilbend Farm Beer, a gift voucher from one of the breweries on the Beer Cider and Spirits Trail will have the recipient sampling the best craft ales on the peninsula.

The Best of Something Different

These are not your everyday run-of-the-mill gifts; they are something special and unique.

• A beautiful, bespoke, hand-blown glass piece from Gordon Studio Glassblowers, from decorative to practical, will surely be cherished.
• A night under the stars at Victoria’s last remaining Drive-In will please any movie buff.  Dromana 3 Drive-In has gift vouchers that are perfect for young and old alike!
• If an overseas trip to a remote location is their thing, check out the ‘Wines, Vines and Vistas‘ tour to French Island with Naturaliste Tours. Off the beaten track, scenic and surprising

• Sail the bay on a lunch and sail cruise with Victoria Yacht Charters.  Perfect for any adventurer who loves to get out on the water.
• Well, it's not different, but the experience of buying a plant as a gift from Verdant Dwellings will be.  These guys are the nursery experts and can help you find the perfect plant present.

The Best for Little Ones

Christmas is all about the little ones, and we have not forgotten them in all of this. 

• The Enchanted Child in Mornington has a beautiful range of gifts and clothing for the tiniest of them all.
• Release their inner child and book them a spot to be a keeper for a day at Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park  or drive a train with Mornington Tourist Railway –”Toot toot, all aboard” will be the sound you will hear when this gift is opened.
• Adventurers will cheer when you gift them a day at Enchanted Adventure.  With a new tree challenge opening this summer, there will be so much more to explore.
• A day on the water swimming with the dolphins will be an experience they will never forget.  For tweens, we recommend Moonraker and Polperro Dolphin Swims

From Hampers to Picnics and High Teas!

For those who do not need anything but love experiences.

• Green Olive at Red Hill, Montalto and St Andrews Beach Brewery offer amazing picnic experiences from picnicking on a working farm to a vineyard or brewery. Which will your recipient prefer?
• Newly on offer is Rare Hare’s private picnic by Jackalope Lake, and if you are feeling super generous, you can combine this with an overnight stay at the hotel.
  
• The tradition of enjoying a high tea has made its resurgence in recent years.  Tea Thyme at Alba Thermal Springs and Spa, combined with bathing, is the ultimate gift of relaxation.  Gin lovers can try a Gin High Tea at Zigis Bar, a part of Flinders Hotel. They always receive rave reviews.​​​​​
  

Unwrap joy this festive season on the Mornington Peninsula. Explore the diverse gifts and experiences that await you, making this holiday truly special for your loved ones.