The George, a luxury boutique and award winning hotel, is the essence of supreme comfort ... more
and is renowned for offering a personalised stay and attentive staff as well as 2 award winning restaurants. Located in the heart of Christchurch overlooking the p...
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The air-conditioned hotel is proud to offer its guests supreme comfort. Its 53 spacious ... more
rooms are designed with a stylish eye for detail, complete with luxury amenities. Impeccable service is guaranteed. The hotel has a lobby, bar, restaurant and confe...
The air-conditioned hotel is proud to offer its guests supreme comfort. Its 53 spacious ... more
rooms are designed with a stylish eye for detail, complete with luxury amenities. Impeccable service is guaranteed. The hotel has a lobby, bar, restaurant and conference facilities, as well as offering both room and laundry services. Guests arriving by car may leave their vehicle in the hotel car park.
Advantages: Wonderful view from spire, interesting decor, great central location near other sites, free Disadvantages: Quite busy
Christchurch is my favourite city in New Zealand. It is modern and happening, whilst still retaining a very refined and serene atmosphere, with its willow-banked river creeping through the city centre, benches in small gardens for people to pass time on, and lovely old buildings.
The centrepiece of Christchurch would have to be its gothic-style cathedral. It is located in the attractively cobbled Cathedral Square, which is packed with people enjoying street performers, including jugglers and the famous Wizard of Christchurch, an official living monument who is a site in himself, preaching on all kinds of topics from a step ladder, tourists playing giant chess, marketstalls, baton twirlers, choirs, sculptures, cafes and bars. And there is no better place to watch all this going on that from the top of the cathedral spire.
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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 ...
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 ...
