Situated in southern Tasmania, Australia, Port Arthur is a village on the scenic Tasman Peninsula. This village is home to one of Australia’s most significant heritage sites and favourite tourist destinations, the UNESCO-listed Port Arthur Historic Site, a former 19th-century penal settlement which is now an open-air museum. Visitors can enjoy a fascinating walking tour around the site among 30 buildings, ruins and restored period homes set on 40 hectares of landscaped grounds. Other highlights include a thrilling ghost tour, dolphin and whale spotting on a Tasman Island Cruise, and the Stewarts Bay State Reserve. Visit the NRMA Port Arthur Holiday Park or discover the Coal Mines Historic site. Don’t miss a visit to the Isle of the Dead and Point Puer Boys Prison, the first reformatory in the British Empire built exclusively for juvenile male convicts.