Advantages: comfortable quiet rooms,hotel situated conveniently for access to the City CBD, and 20 minutes maximum from Auckland International Airport Disadvantages: poor timing on our part, we arrived at reception early evening just after 2 parties,quite a wait as a result
...We arrived at AucklandInternational Airport from Fiji in late afternoon.It took a while to clear immigration and customs,and ,more prolonged, to clear the checks of the NZ Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Quarantine service, as we had 2 wood based gift products purchased in Nadi.
Hire car,courtesy of EZY,was picked up from the airport information desk and airport car park.
The 3 star hotel was reached via an easy drive on good quality dual carriageway roads ( the South Western Motorway and Hugh Watt Drive) in 20 minutes, and through the Royal Oak district.
Greenlane is a pleasant leafy residential suburb of Auckland, adjacent to Cornwall park. There is a good bus service into central Auckland, and importantly the hotel is well placed for access to the Southern Motorway which we used to head south to Rotorua...
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Advantages: Clean, efficient airport with large number of facilities Disadvantages: none to mention
...The airport itself is one of the cleanest, best signed with the most number of shops and facilities I have seen in a long long time.
The airport has been undergoing expansion for several years now, with completion of parts of the project in 1997 and 2001.
When arriving at the airport as an international traveller, unless you have come from Australia then it is likely that you have been on a long haul flight and so the bright, large arrivals area is exactly what you need. The customs and immigration staff are very friendly and genuinly seem pleased to welcome you to their country.
The walk through the airport to baggage reclaim allows you to see the many shops that the airport has to offer, which is always good for planning your return flight, knowing how much time you want to allow in the departure lounges.
The airport has...
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Advantages: big city, islands, picture perfect scenery ... Disadvantages: Auckland traffic is a killer
...Auckland.
I visit Auckland a couple of times a year for various reasons and always manage to find a new side to this city on every visit.
This sprawling city is the largest in New Zealand and approx 1/3rd of the countries population live there. This makes for an interesting multi-cultural city but it is pretty much undistinguishable from most other major world cities.
The thing that does make Auckland special is its setting. The city is located on a natural harbour and is made up of lots of interesting bays and coves. Auckland is known as the City of Sails and after familiarising yourself with this city you will see why. There are hundreds of yachts moored in various harbours all over this city and on a summer weekend the harbour is awash with water craft of every description.
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