Hope and Anchor Tavern, Hobart, Tasmania Established in 1807, the Hope and Anchor Tavern is technically Australia's oldest continuously licensed pub.
The Surveyor General Inn – Australia's Oldest Continuously Licensed Inn.
The White Horse Tavern is a National Historic Landmark being America's oldest restaurant, having served guests since 1673. The White Horse Tavern was originally constructed as a two-story, two-room residence for Francis Brinley. It was acquired by William Mayes, Sr. and converted to a tavern.
The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
The Windsor is the oldest hotel in Australia, its Renaissance Revival facade making it a major Melbourne landmark, still proudly standing opposite the Gold Rush-era Parliament House and Treasury.
When and where were Australia's first pubs? The first legal pubs were established in 1796 in Sydney and Parramatta. However, illicit places to drink booze, known as “sly-grogs”, were established as soon as boats hit Australian shores in 1788.
Located near the rugged Flinders Ranges, Prairie Hotel is one of Australia's most iconic pubs.
Established: 900 A.D.
Sean's Bar, located on the banks of River Shannon in Athlone, Ireland, has served up drinks for nearly as long as people have gathered together to enjoy them. Along with claiming to be the oldest pub in Ireland, Sean's Bar could be the oldest operating pub on the planet.
Sean's Bar, which dates back to the Middle Ages! Also listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the historicity of the building that houses it, Sean's Bar has been recognised as the oldest bar in the world. It is located in Athlon, a small town on the banks of the Shannon River, in the centre of Ireland.
More reliably documented is the Penzance Motel at Eaglehawk Neck in Tasmania, which is often described as Australia's first true motel.
The Porch House, Stow on the Wold, The Cotswolds.
Authenticated by the Guinness Book of Records as England's oldest inn, it is certified as dating from 947 AD. Look out for the 16th century stone fireplace in the dining room; it is inscribed with symbols identified as 'witch marks', to protect against evil.
Cleethorpes, England
The Signal box takes the prize for smallest pub in the world, measuring just 2.4 by 2.4 meters. Needless to say, it's a tight squeeze, fitting only six patrons in at a time. The landlord, Alan Cowood, loves a good pint of Guinness and will happily drink one with you when you drop in for a visit.
It is probable that taverns appeared in the United States almost as soon as the first Dutch settlers arrived. Boston's first tavern, Cole's, opened its doors in 1634.
Memorialized by frequent patron Ernest Hemingway in his book The Sun Also Rises, Madrid's Botín—open since 1725—holds the Guinness World Record for oldest restaurant.
But now Parachilna in far north South Australia is home to the state's most remote brewery. The Prairie Hotel is attracting a new crowd.
ALH Group is Australia's leading pub operator. Endeavour is Australia's leading liquor retailer. Its operations include Dan Murphy's and BWS.
ELEVATE Sydney 2023 kicks off on January 3, featuring Australia's longest bar, stretching 127 metres along the Cahill Expressway.
Queen Victoria spent ten days in residence at Palé Hall in 1889. So enchanted was she by the house and grounds that she changed her itinerary in order to extend her visit.
According to the Guinness World Records, the oldest hotel in the world is Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan. This ryokan—a traditional Japanese inn—has been owned by a whopping 52 generations of the same family.
Under state rules, supported housing in motel rooms is capped at 28 days per 12-month period, and when that number of nights is exhausted people often end up in cars, tents, couch surfing, or on the streets. Families are then assessed by their accommodation provider every two or three days.
Stalybridge has two known entries in the Guinness Book of Records for 1995 - the pubs with the longest and shortest names in the United Kingdom! The longest named is: "The Old Thirteenth Cheshire Astley Volunteer Rifleman Corps Inn", on Astley Street, and the shortest is: The "Q" Inn, on Market Street!
SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Twickenham is now the world's biggest pub! Watching England from the stands has become unpleasant... people are more interested in drinking than the rugby.
The history of pubs can be traced to taverns in Roman Britain, and through Anglo-Saxon alehouses, but it was not until the early 19th century that pubs, as they are today, first began to appear.
The Marisco Tavern is Lundy's only pub and as such has to be all things to all people. It's the pub that never shuts, although alcohol is only served during permitted hours, and is the only building on the Island to have lighting after the generators shut down for the night.
Officially the oldest pub in Melbourne, The Duke has been standing on this spot since 1850, and serving beers since 1853.
Nindigilly Pub is Queensland's oldest hotel located in its original condition and position on the banks of the Moonie River. The license was issued in 1864 after operating as shearer's accommodation for the Nindigully Station.