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Christchurch Slideshow
Top Hotels in Christchurch
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Crowne Plaza Hotel Christchurch
159 reviews -
Heritage Christchurch
194 reviews
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Holiday Inn City Centre Christchurch
122 reviews
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Rydges Christchurch
171 reviews
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Novotel Christchurch Cathedral Square
190 reviews -
Rendezvous Hotel Christchurch
49 reviews
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Sudima Hotel Christchurch Airport
213 reviews -
Oaks iStay on Cashel Christchurch
75 reviews
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All Seasons Christchurch Cashel St
49 reviews
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Ibis Christchurch
212 reviews
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Chateau on the Park Hotel Christchurch
210 reviews
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Copthorne Durham Street Christchurch
41 reviews
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Copthorne Hotel Commodore Christchurch Airport
328 reviews
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Latimer Hotel Christchurch
55 reviews
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Holiday Inn On Avon Christchurch
84 reviews
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Elms Hotel Christchurch
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Heartland Hotel Cotswold Christchurch
49 reviews
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Pavilions Hotel Christchurch
92 reviews
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All Seasons Christchurch
116 reviews
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Quest Christchurch
48 reviews
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Flag Hotel Camelot Cathedral Square Christchurch
53 reviews
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Bealey's Christchurch
18 reviews -
Parkview on Hagley Christchurch
32 reviews
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Bealey's Hotel Christchurch
17 reviews
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Scenic Suites Christchurch
15 reviews
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The George Christchurch
201 reviews
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Hotel Off The Square Christchurch
87 reviews
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Copthorne Christchurch Central
86 reviews
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Clarion Collection Chateau Blanc Suites Christchurch
37 reviews
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Sumner Beach Apartments Christchurch
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Cashel Apartments Christchurch
6 reviews
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Dorset House Backpackers Christchurch
37 reviews
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The Ashley Hotel Christchurch
28 reviews
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The Classic Villa Christchurch
95 reviews
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Argyle on the Park Christchurch
68 reviews
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Ashleigh Court Motel Christchurch
136 reviews
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Belmont Motor Inn Christchurch
1 review
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Blythcliffe Christchurch
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Burford Manor Christchurch
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Colonial Inn Motel Christchurch
2 reviews
Christchurch
Travel Blogs from Christchurch, New Zealand
Tramping up Pudding Hill
This is a top pick! Thanks to our great planning we spent our second day in the van driving back into Christchurch so that we could pick up some food! That done we headed in the direction of Mt Cook. The beauty of NZ for driving compared to Australia is that everything is ...
Stunning views of Aoraki
This is a top pick! ... . I had the luxury of 3 days surrounded by such awesome scenery, and I was itching to do some walking while you could see New Zealand's highest mountain in all its glory. We arrived at the YHA at midday and it seemed like a lovely place, with spacious ...
A whale's tail
This is a top pick! The summer holidays had arrived. With a spring in my step I boarded the Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Christchurch. I gazed out of the plane window at the velvety blue sea, the warm and shining arc of Golden Bay, the long tongue of ...
Dusky Dolphins
This is a top pick! ... , so after a scenic 2 hour drive, we stopped at Hanmer Springs. Thankfully Stu had forgotten to bring his 'trunks' to New Zealand, so he'd bought some altogether more fashionable swim shorts the previous day. We paid just $10 each and proceeded to have ...
Around the South
This is a top pick! ... tree", how could I not stop? I saved two trees myself. It's interesting that in Australia the possum is endangered while in New Zealand they're trying to wipe them out completely. The possum is extremely harmful for the native forest and I wouldn't ...
Walking up Mt John
This is a top pick! ... front, so we got a great view of the 5000 sheep who were in the middle of the road, near Lake Pukaki. Jens was going to Christchurch, whereas I was just travelling an hour up the road to Lake Tekapo. On arrival, we said goodbye and I made my way to the ...
Back to New Zealand!
This is a top pick! ... back pack and the locals! I had an hour to kill so I spent the last of my change on sweets, converted my notes back to New Zealand Dollars, and read a free magazine I'd picked up on the way out of the hostel. Not only did this magazine have an article on ...
A very Kiwi Christmas
This is a top pick! ... started, which provided motivation to get back to the mussels. The next day we explored the city a little more. Christchurch has a very English feel, with stone buildings, a Victorian Gothic cathedral, quaint little bridges over the River Avon, and ...
Hanmer Springs
This is a top pick! The drive to Hanmer was fantastic. Middle Earth is really quite stunning. The rolling hills gave way to the snowy mountains and Oscar's first drive was wonderful. The heater was used to its full potential that night and we woke up to be frozen in. We ...
Finishing work...prematurely!
This is a top pick! ... leave a day early. No problem. I have a lot of stuff to sort out before Melbourne anyway, so the extra day in Christchurch will be useful. I certainly don't want to spend much money there, but I can organise accommodation, transport and activities for my ...
Christchurch
This is a top pick! ... the All Blacks. Before this dream was comprehensively shattered, we had spent the previous night at Lyttleton winter festival (Christchurch's harbour). Live music, fireworks, lights and food stalls galore, it was a great evening although our body clocks ...
Kaikoura Part 1
This is a top pick! Kaikoura We left Christchurch at 8am and had a long drive to Kaikoura arriving early afternoon. A combination of the Pacific Ocean, deep trenches and underwater canyons up to 3 KM in depth that are only a few Km's away from the shore and a marine ...
Just Landed
This is a top pick! ... day will nearly have it's own entry (have to build up those dots on the map) As you know we left Australia on Friday for New Zealand. The flight into New Zealand was unbelievable! There were so many mountain ranges, rivers and we even flew over Fox ...
East coast South Island and whale watching
This is a top pick! Our time in NZ is nearly at an end. Here are some photos of our time on the east coast of South Island (and a few professional ones from Whale Watch Kaikoura). As ever, blog write up to follow. ...
Whale Watching in Kaikoura
This is a top pick! Another day and with it brought the anticipation of seeing whales! Now as we are well and truly running out of diverse descriptive words to emphasise what we are seeing...... we are just going to list a whole load here and you can assign them yourself; ...
Stargazing at Mt John Observatory
This is a top pick! ... nebula and the Jupiter with its rings and moons. The evening was a different experience to most that are received in New Zealand and for a country so revered in it’s exhilarating adventures; something with a bit of intelligence was much ...
The South Island -The end of brilliant New Zealand
This is a top pick! ... (green stone), but we didn't find any! So after two nights in Barrytown, we moved onto Franz Joseph, situated in New Zealand's Southern Alps, where there is a Glacier that descends deep into the lush rainforest of Westland National Park. The Franz Josef ...
Kaikoura Part 2
This is a top pick! ... plane in the hanger (by pushing it there) and I was given my certificate and driven back to town. I really want to do this again. My new path in life to be a pilot. I had a great day to day again a lot of firsts. Tomorrow I head back to the North Island ...
Kaikoura Whale Watching
This is a top pick! In July we headed down to Kaikoura for a weekend away and to get out on the whale watching boat. We caught the Bluebridge ferry from Wellington to Picton at the very sociable hour of 3am and tried to convince ourselves that the humming and vibrating of ...
Relaxation
This is a top pick! Quick bus ride up to Christchurch in the morning from "tranquil" Tekapo to meet with some family friends. I planned to stay two nights in Christchurch and get some R & R in since I've been traveling around NZ fairly quickly. Haven't gotten too lucky ...
Organising...and a little bit of socialising!
This is a top pick! I stayed in a different hostel on this visit to Christchurch, as I wasn't overly impressed with Foley Towers last time. The Old Countryhouse was a bit further away from the city centre, but it was a spotless place...and I had a dorm to myself for the ...
Oscar!
This is a top pick! ... of this whole campervan rental process, getting Oscar was a breeze. The same model as Sophie and Basil, Oscar has some extra New Zealand features; insulated curtains, a heater and snow chains. To take the flash-packing dream one step further, this time we ...
Christchurch
This is a top pick! ... over and they'd now landed a lovely house in a lovely town. We started off by going to a pub to watch England vs. New Zealand at rugby. Rob made his loyalties very clear with some very overdramatic celebrations, met with much silence in the rest of ...
A sunny day under Mt Cook
This is a top pick! "Thank you" “Thank you” “Thank you” “Thank you” “Thank you” “Thank you” “Thank you very much” “Thank you” This is the response we received when after the tour guide had ...
Mt Cook
This is a top pick! In my quiet backpacker in lake Tekapo three Israelies that I knew had just arrived. They looked all worn out and tired , barely standing on their feet. Then I was informed that they had just descended the famous Mt. Cook. They said that they came with ...
Kaikoura
This is a top pick! Another amazing film set drive over to Kaikoura. Arriving into the town we headed to the seal colony stopping first at a BBQ stall to get some sea food chowder and garlic muscles. We pulled up at the seal colony right on the sea front, surrounded by ...
Penguins and Leprechauns in Christchurch
This is a top pick! ... the end they even got dressed up like the Village People and did a song and dance to "in the Navy" so funny. I liked Christchurch; it's very quaint. My biggest find there was the Antarctic shop-full of penguin stuff. When I walked in my eyes were in ...
Archbishop Averill?
This is a top pick! ... for a Scenic Circles Hotel in Franz Josef. Don't think I really want that isolation. Now, I wasn't planning on updating in Christchurch again, but I was walking around today and I decided I'd check out the Cathedral. As I'm walking, I find carved ...
Introducing Harold
This is a top pick! ... to $250. So, keys in hand we took Harold off to get some fuel. Harold drinks diesel. The price of diesel in New Zealand is $1.24, approximately 62 pence per litre. Great huh?! We then stopped at the supermarket to get some groceries…something that ...
Akaroa, South Island
This is a top pick! Akaroa is located on the Banks Peninsula and is themed like a small village in France. Those who found it were French. It is really picturesque with restaurants all the way along the waterfront and palm trees on the beaches. The main thing to do ...