Christchurch Motels - Reviews and Rates

We arrived in the city on late Thursday afternoon and checked into the Hotel So. Its a good location right in the city close to all the attractions such as Cathedral Square. The rain finally caught up with us and we did some quick sightseeing around the city. I have to say its not how I imagined. The city seems really run down and not very livel...

We arrived in Christchurch late in the afternoon and were presently surprised by the atmosphere as we drove through the city centre. It didn't take long for us to check-in to our accommodation for the night and unpack so we could begin exploring. What would have been ideal is if we were able to watch a Super 14 match between the Crusaders and a ...

Our first sight of New Zealand was always going to take some topping. There I was as relaxed and comfortable as you can be in economy, when the pilot interrupts my viewing of the decidedly mediocre Dahjeiling Limited to tell us to look out the right hand side. The only imperfection to a disheartening blanket of cloud was the black rugged peak of...

After leaving Australia I was expecting great things from New Zealand. And I was not disappointed. 24 days in the country and I've stayed in 13 different places. It's been seriously hectic as I've been up before 7am most mornings to travel to a different place and do a new activity. No, I havent thrown myself out of a perfectly good plane, but I...

Working back in Christchuch and one week rolls into the next.. unfortunatly this was a **** week. I got news from home that our family dog Swift had to be put to sleep. So needless to say its a right pain in the ass being away from home this week and am devestated that she is gone. She was nearly 12 and its her photo that has been on the front p...

Arrived in New Zealand to what felt like artic temperatures in comparison to what we've grown used to. I had actually forgotten what it felt like to wear socks. Had a day to kill in Christchurch before picking up our campervan so spent it exploring the city. Couldn't resist a very English punt down the River Avon through the botanical gardens fo...

Compared with what we'd been used to it felt really parky when we arrived in Christchurch. Wearing nowt but shorts and thongs (the Aussie name for flip-flops) we got off the plane and into the postiveley wintery 12 degree temperatures that had us shivering all the way to our digs. We dug out our few bits of warm clothing from the bottom of our p...

Yep, the winds could get worse than Auckland. The headlines today are all about the storm yesterday. The winds reached 160kph, and that's 10kph stronger than last week in Auckland, or the difference between 90 and 96mph. Nice. I thought it was a little concerning. Some poor guy was standing under a tree, which fell over and crushed him, but that...

In Christchurch I met up with Sage and Matt's friend, Kyle, from Southington- who even went to Avon Old Farms- and I never met him while we were there, but we knew each others names.....anyway Kyle and his wife Pip are expectng a child in November and since she is a Kiwi they are planning to stay in Christchurch. We had a nice time out at the be...

We went to watch the All Blacks play Australia and win. They did their "controversial" new Haka with the throat slitting action, which they've been saying represents "drawing strength into their heart and lungs" Anyway, they beat the ozzies pretty well, and we got a good view of it. We wore our new All Blacks rugby shirts. On the way in, anyone ...