This unique and prestigious hotel, centrally located in Cathedral Square, offers the ... more
perfect platform from which to explore the many and varied attractions of New Zealand's garden city.A local landmark, this lovingly restored old government building of...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Location. The Heritage Hotel Christchurch is located in Christchurch, New Zealand, 20 ... more
kilometers from Christchurch International Airport, and one kilometer from Christchurch city center. Hotel Features. This resort hotel features an on site rest...
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Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Location. The Heritage Hotel Christchurch is located in Christchurch, New Zealand, 20 ... more
kilometers from Christchurch International Airport, and one kilometer from Christchurch city center. Hotel Features. This resort hotel features an on site rest...
Information:
Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Excellent venue, great service and good value if you get the right deal! Disadvantages: None - except distance from home!
Intro.
There are moments when one's wife should be allowed to enjoy the finer things of life, and The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort proved to be one of them.
( I am the other, and she has been very privileged to enjoy me for decades!! )
I felt it was right to take my beloved on a special package to Killenard for two reasons.
Firstly, she had just arrived at pensionable age and it seemed a good way to celebrate her 60th - ( I, as her toyboy, do have a number of years to pension age as my buddies all know ! )
Secondly, there was a staggeringly good offer on Pigsback.com - and while I would not like you to think of me as a skinflint, one should not look a gift horse in the mouth!! - (which I believe has something to do with the age of an old nag!)
So here is the steamy tale.!
1 Location.
The hotel is located in Killenard.
What ...
Advantages: Brilliant views. Disadvantages: Make sure weather is nice before you go. Expensive.
We heard that New Zealand was famous for having more sheep than people and after being in Christchurch for a couple of days, quite amazed that we hadn't seen any sheep, that was until we had a ride up the gondola.....
The gondola is a 945 mitre ride from the bottom of the port hills (very steep hill that the first settlers walked over on their arrival - i.e. had to get from the port to the flats). 500 meters above sea level. Take a trip to the crater rim of Christchurch famous extinct volcano.
At the top you have a spectacular view of Christchurch, Lyttleton and depending on the clouds... Diamond Harbour/Governers Bay, etc.
It's quite expensive to go up - $22 for an adult and $10 for school age kids (family pass - 2 adults and 3 kids $55). I do know at the centre of town they have an offer for a tram ride and gondola (tram ...
Advantages: Fun way to do a city tour Disadvantages: Rickety, don't run often, expensive, slow
The Christchurch tramway is a 2.5km long tourist tramway that loops around the city centre of Christchurch in New Zealand. Although vintage trams are used, this is not a historical remnant (the tram networked stopped being used in the 1950s), but were reinstated as a tourist attraction in 1995.
Each tram has its own quirks and features, and each driver tells you different interesting stories about the places you are going around. We thought that some of the stories may have had fictional elements added to them - the drivers were all charming and eccentric. Some of the trams are a little more rickety than others, though I found that they were comfortable enough inside for short distances. With these being vintage trams, accessibility isn't great - wheelchair access to the trams is available, though not from every station, and you get ...
