This luxury Blue Mountains resort is set on 7000 acres of stunning landscape and was voted Australia's Top Hotel in the 2016 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards. Complete with private swimming pools, the luxurious villas offer spectacular views over the valley. There's a serenity about the Wolgan Valley that leaves you almost shocked by the comparison with the smoke stacks of the landscape not far away near Lithgow and in other industrial scars of the Blue Mountains.

No, all you see down here are wallaroos, wombats, loads of big wombats, so unhurried that they munch on the grass during the day between villas. This is something of a gentle wildlife haven, with no vehicles other than a fleet of golf buggies owned by the resort and a few four-wheel-drive vehicles, in which we are transferred from the secure car park out by the gates.

Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley offers stylish air conditioned rooms with pool views, as well as outdoor tennis courts, a Jacuzzi and a sauna. There is also free private parking on site for guests travelling with a car. Wireless internet is conveniently available for free, please speak to the front desk for details.

Each stylish villa includes a fireplace, verandah and a lounge room with flatscreen TV and IPod Docking Station. They all have a mini bar, a refrigerator and a CD player.

Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley features a restaurant and a bar where guests can unwind at the end of the day with dinner and a drink. Breakfast is available each morning and can be savoured in the comfort of the rooms.