City Life Hotel Auckland

... our mid life crisis , didn't really fancy a porsche, and hair colour - pah. Starting in South America then US, Europe, India, Nepal , South East Asia then finishing in China. Hostels all the way except for the odd flash hotel that the wife insisted on.

... heard more northern England accents here than anywhere and took comfort from this, being so far from home and all! The city of sails: Auckland. Our home for 4 months. An easily navigable and layed-back place. ACB hostel...grubbier than anywhere in the ...

... to make the best of it and taken in some sights and done what I can to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. I did some of the normal touristy things and started with the Auckland Museum.  The museum was pretty big, but I spent ...

... of day it is. Bags - YES! We had all three and I was liking this country already. A long taxi ride to the Auckland city centre hotel was through very tidy and green city suburbs. We were, however, driving on the left hand side of the road, as in ...

... , and went to the thermal baths where we went down a waterslide.  I forgot how much fun that could be! Enjoy the city life in Auckland:  Mike spoiled me and got a nice hotel room and then walked through the downtown and had a lovely seafood ...

... having just lost another hour of sight-seeing time! We go to the harbour front and investigate ferries to the various islands dotted around Auckland. The island we fancied has a decent walk and we are a bit short on time to do it justice so we decide to ...

... of the eco friendly stuff they do.   And rightfully so.  There is a list two pages long in the hotel info book.   They have even received some recognition for their efforts.  Some of my favorites are the biodegradable ...

... that restaurants started to open and I got a real meal. So I don't know if I can give a fair view of Auckland as no city is itself on Christmas. I started the day out on almost empty streets touring the parks and exteriors of museums. I even ...

... , and then some more rain again, all within an hour. But we don't mind as we haven't come here for a tan!  Auckland city: We got the stomach lurching lift to the top of The Sky Tower, the tallest structure in the Southern ...

... , followed by wine, fruit, cheese board and meat platter.  After a quick stop back at the hotel, I'm met by folk from the University of Auckland and it's off to the Habourside Seafood Bar and Grill, one of Auckland's  premier seafood restaurants ...

... had three distinct "vibes" as you moved from the wharf inland.  First, I focused on the marina district.  Auckland is known as the "city of sails" and the marina is packed with restaurants and bars filled with the yacht crowd and the wannabe ...

... appropriate that we had to get up at the crack of dawn to catch a bus. This time we would be heading to Auckland with the Inter City Bus company. I would liken Inter City to the National Express back in the UK, as the journey was no frills but got the ...

... under the Vikings, under the Mediaeval Kings and Queens, under the industrialists, under the Blitz. It has its own beauty. Auckland has history, of course - Maori occupation of the area dates back 800 years - but modern settlement didn’t occur ...

Life is beautiful. Auckland is a very nice town. I'm staying at the Scenic Airedale, in a luxury suite for a good deal (even got a bottle of wine with it!). Slept for 9 hours, much better then in the plain coming over via Seoul. But I shouldn't ...

... parks and away from urban traffic it was hard to believe that this was so close to the heart of a major city. To end my stay in Auckland, I headed to the Wine Cellar, a bar just around the corner from where I was staying. With the guidebook describing ...

... the repairs for Britzy's damage.  They called a taxi for us and we made our way to our hotel, The Quadrant Hotel, near the University of Auckland.  We were told the taxi was a flat $30 charge, but the driver tried to charge us the metered ...

We finally made it to the "Super City" as they like to refer to it in Auckland. The rest of the country think this is a bit of a joke as the truth is Auckland is actually quite small when compared to the cities across Europe, Asia and the Americas. This ...

... . We get a result as we get a free taxi ride back to Auckland courtesy of our rental place, and to our hotel 'Sky City' at the base of Auckland's famous Sky Tower - at 328 metres it's the Southern Hemisphere's tallest tower! With 24 hour casino, bars, ...

... greeted by friendly custom officials.  Usually that is not the case but we are in friendly New Zealand after all. The Chatham Hotel in Auckland is now our home base for the next couple of days.  Wow what a hotel.  We were all shocked at ...

... just down the road but I was tired after the trip so didn’t appreciate it too much at the time. My return to Auckland also coincided with Pasifika, an annual event which is a celebration of the various cultures of the Pacific Island. With no real ...

... , hot....  We were picked up by IEP and took a trip up Mount Eden which overlooks Auckland.  Apparently Auckland is the 4th largest city in terms of its size in square miles but thats cos everybody is so spread out.  No terraced houses ...