We used this excellent hotel on two occasions at either end of our journey around South island.
Staying at the recently refurbished Elms Hotel on Papanui Road (their claim that "Nothing is too much trouble" we certainly found to be true!) was a pleasure.
Reception staff offered a warm welcome, and a great willingness to assist us in finalising and resolving problems with our travel arrangements.Free secure storage was kindly provided for two exceedingly large pieces of luggage that we did not require for our 10 days moving around South Island.
The hotel is very handily placed more or less midway between the international airport and the centre of Christchurch itself. The airport to hotel transfer by a member of the hotel staff was prompt and efficient.Further the hotel lies on 3 main bus routes offering a frequent service -a very swift and cheap -into central Christchurch.
Our room was extremely comfortable, quiet,well designed with the little extras that matter ( coffee making to name but one!),clean and immaculately presented.And Heaven, the Sunday night film on TV was 'Lord of the Rings- Two Towers'.
The coffee shop ("Coffee Room")was extremely popular, serving excellent lattes and cappuchinos, plus a fine selection of scrumptious fresh diet -threatening cakes and pasteries.
The restaurant offered a very full and varied menu.The food that we chose was uniformly excellent.In the evening it was possible to enjoy a leisurely meal, in very pleasant surroundings,with a view out to one side onto illuminated gardens.Breakfast time in the restaurant was, if anything,at times a little hectic however.
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Welcome to Ciao. A good first review...but may just benefit from a little more info, such as price. I would love to visit New Zealand one day.
torr 01.06.2006 13:33
Welcome to Ciao. Fair enough first review, but more info would make it better - for example, the cost. The South Island is magnificent, isn't it? Duncan
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