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Tauranga Slideshow
Top Hotels in Tauranga
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The Sebel Trinity Wharf Tauranga
133 reviews -
Hotel Armitage Tauranga
34 reviews -
Hotel On Devonport Tauranga
103 reviews -
Bethlehem Motor Inn and Conference Venue Tauranga
15 reviews
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Summit Motor Lodge Tauranga
26 reviews
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Kingsview Resort & Towers Tauranga
20 reviews
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Flag Inn Donhur Motor Inn Tauranga
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Puerta del Sol Tauranga
1 review
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Thornton Lodge Tauranga
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Pacific Coast Backpackers Lodge Tauranga
4 reviews
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Ocean Sands Motel Tauranga
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Sunhaven Motel Tauranga
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Redwood Motel Tauranga
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City Suites Tauranga
22 reviews
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Ridge Country Retreat Tauranga
4 reviews
Tauranga
Travel Blogs from Tauranga, New Zealand
Rest Day in Tauranga
This is a top pick! We decided we needed a rest day after all our driving and hiking, so we took the short drive to Tauranga, which is the principle city of the Bay of Plenty with the huge population of 58,500 people. We quickly found a motel on the strand and set up camp ...
Long Live the 60's
This is a top pick! ... your first name." Ellen helped. We went into a major grocery store yesterday to buy a bottle of wine. While Ellen sought a fine New Zealand Shiraz I wandered about until I stumbled upon the bread section. It was as large as any we have in Canada, but ...
Tauranga - Beach Life
This is a top pick! ... street, but soon we were on our way back to the beach. It was a somewhat overcast day, but we have discovered that here in New Zealand the sun does not necessarily need to be blazing to burn you. We stopped off briefly to pick up a few cold beers and ...
Be-utiful beach......
This is a top pick! Day 314 ; We traveled ooo about 1km this morning before we stopped for the day, we spent the whole day at the beach relaxing, sleeping and getting burned, sorry I mean tan! The beach was so beautiful with big rocks coming out of the sea right on the ...
Green Grass, Yellow Sulphur
We had a two-hour drive to Tauranga where we had a business lunch and dinner planned with the company we were visiting Monday. The countryside of NZ this time of year is incredibly lush, with rich green grass everywhere, and very hilly and varied ...
Wedding Day
... on in the trip. The wedding day itself was comfortably mild and overcast but the next day at the barbeque Tauranga turns on the heat I'm in New Zealand for, nearly 30 degrees and those of us who travelled from London to the wedding could barely move. ...
Tauranga Day 1
... ; Everyone at the hostel was nice (as always) there were several girls from Germany, a guy from Spain, and a lot of people from New Zealand who were visiting while on their holiday. Later that night, I headed out by myself to the nearest pub to have a ...
Bypass!
We then left Rotorua with the intentions of going to Waihi Beach, via Tauranga... but when we arrived at these places, the weather put a dampener of things and we kept on driving to ...
Week three
... us graciously into their home...and provided me with internet access. tomorrow we will see Andrew Lorrey again. He is giving Buzz some new Zealand wood to take home for carving. We head south tomorrow and plan to be in Feilding on Saturday. We had ...
Bay of Plenty
With my brother arriving in New Zealand, it was time to hit the road again after a month being static. First stop was Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. The weather was glorious for us here, you could not have known it was winter at at all. We had a couple ...
Tauranga - not much to do in such a busy old place
Have been in Tauranga for 2 days now and its such a busy place that I haven't really done much...been writing all these blogs and sorting out my pictures mainly seeing as I have my laptop back now! Today I actually went back to the mount as it was such a ...
Hot lakes, rainy coasts, and poor planning
... for the next three days… we drove up along the coast, stopped at some random places, and would up in our final destination (Tauranga) far too late. We ended up at some expensive hostel, which was the only one still open, so we had no ...
Day 5 - Tauranga
... for some yummy local fish & chips We then went looking for some thermal springs & boiling mud pools We decided to head back to Tauranga as it started to rain On our way back we stopped at Kiwi 360 - a huge Kiwi fruit farm Tomorrow we will be ...
Tauranga Day 2
... of the time that he is in New Zealand. He met them (Paul, Christa, and their 4 kids) on his last trip to New Zealand. The Belcaster's are originally from Chicago who are friends with Greg (who was the guy whom we know from college) and they ...
Off to Work We Go
... was amusing. One of the most amusing people we met was a young guy from Japan that was quite out of his element in New Zealand. We went in his car everyday to the orchard and on several occasions he drove into trees and fences trying to navigate up ...
Tauranga / Mt. Manganeui
Note to self: Mt. Manganeui is tiny, a tourist trap, and not worth staying at. Note to self 2: Driving these winding roads is ...
Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty - Tuaranga, Mount Maunganui & Whakatane After 2 nights at Cooks Beach we headed south towards the Bay of Plenty, known for its beautiful beaches and great surf! Tuaranga is the main town in the area and we stayed here for 2 nights in a ...
Tauranga
... the visit so I drove for another three hours until we reached Tauranga in the dark. Apparently, this is the fastest growing town in New Zealand and you can see why. It had a good feel to it, with lots of nice cafes and bars overlooking the harbour, if ...
Day 9
... day, some of which today were from Australia who own a bed and breakfast, a travel agent from Brazil, and another couple from New Zealand. Looking forward to arriving in Rarotonga tomorrow, a small island that we hear you can bike around in a matter ...
Opotiki - Tauranga
Hi All Well i left Opotiki after saying good bye to the aunties and Glynn and Katie and took the Intercity Coach to Tauranga. The journey took you through to Roturua to change over buses which was a little annoying as I only had a few hours to do ...
Stayed at Mt Maunganui, near Tauranga
Really cool little holiday town where we stayed for one night, a really cool hillside ...
Tauranga / Mt Manganui
... with the interview ending on a very positive note... Into the car and off we went..... Quick drive and we arrived in Tauranga checkd into roselands motel and went in search of a cold beer and lunch....! This town is quite large, ...
Just The Duck's Nuts and a bathtub full of plants
Stayed in Touranga just for the night but couldn't resist any hostel which promised to be Just The Duck's Nuts! A free washing machine made my day and soon we were cleaner and less hungry than before - thanks Ali for amazing caving-style ...
Loooonng Walk
So we are over a week into the trip now and we've decided a few things about New Zealand: (1) They have the curviest, and skinniest roads ever...primary highways turn into one lane(for a two way road) and you just have to hope no one is coming too fast, ...
Ross...a hill...family behind us...reverse...fear!
Next stop, hot water beach and Cathedral Cove. Hot water beach didn't really live up to it's name as you're supposed to dig a hole on the beach and relax in a hot pool. Our attempt was more like lukewarm water and we decided not to hang ...
Tauranga- Breeding Ground for Eco Terrorists
... city, maybe a nice big city, with interesting shops, but still a big city. I see the first homeless person I've seen in New Zealand. I head up a strip of shops all pressed together, no space and find: Loft 109- more gutter punk than I wanna be ...
