Standing on the waterfront is the iconic Port Germein Pier Hotel.

Built in 1878 by Samuel Miller and called the Miller Hotel from 1879 -1887. The hotel has had several other names including the Continental.

(Samuel Miller is reputed to have been the first European man to find a route through the Pt Germein gorge with his wife the first European woman to pass through).

As one of two original pubs in Port Germein the Pier provided an important meeting place for wharfies, sailors, local farmers, residents and committees. Closing as a hotel in 1933. The following years saw it run as flats, a beach house then several cafés.

Reputedly haunted, it is claimed that a seaman was murdered there during a pub brawl and that the cellar was used as a morgue.

There is also a story of a woman who regularly came and watched from the balcony waiting for her sailor son to return from voyages, until the time he didn’t return, being lost at sea. Broken-hearted she is said to still walk the upstairs corridor and sits on the balcony waiting for his return. Keep an eye on the balcony as you pass by, you might just catch a glimpse of her.