Sky City Grand Auckland

... airline going on to Chile). We picked up the car at the airport and drove to our hotel - the Sky City Grand - right under the Sky City Tower. We wandered around a little before finding a Turkish restaurant near the ...

... some of that delicious home produce Mike drove us back into the city where we were able to check into our hotel, The Sky City Grand, which is right opposite the Sky City Tower.  An impressive looking place!  Amanda wished she wasn't shuffling in ...

Hey Everyone- We arrived in Auckland just a few hours ago and have settled into the Sky City Grand hotel downtown, next to the Sky Tower.  The Superbowl is being played today, we are watching it in the room at the moment. Yesterday we completed our ...

... a few awards.  Needless to say we weren't disappointed. Not wanting to change our current traveling habits we then headed to Sky City casino, had a good win and hit the sack at about 2am.   Next morning we got up and finally cooked something ...

... we were hoping for a bit more of an adrenaline rush. We went to dinner at Dine by Peter Gordon at the Grand Sky City and enjoyed a degustation. I believe we had about 8 courses accompanied by specially selected wines that compliment the dish you are ...

... probably mainly aimed at children, Kim and I unashamedly still had a great time!   The afternoon was spent wandering the grand Auckland museum, although all parties were starting to feel a little weary from a frantic few days of sight-seeing. ...

... really neat.  We arrived in Auckland after dark (surprise…that seemed the norm for us) and checked in to Sky City Grand.  The people there were really nice.  First we accidentally went into the sky city parking garage (mistake) we ...

... it did turn up eventually as when someone went to look they found it was still sitting outside on the trolley! Back at the Sky City Grand for our second visit we were soon settled into our room.  For the evening we had booked a table in ...

... the knuckle biting associated with a too-tight international connection. Julie's travel wizardry got us a great room in the center of Auckland, and check in at 6 AM. We had a nice day wandering the city. We got to watch the crew of an enormous ...

... sack. After the best night's sleep in weeks and a free hostel breakfast we did a DIY Lonely Planet walking tour of Auckland City; Through St. Kevin's arcade to Myer Park (which has a slightly out-of-place looking giant replica of Michaeangelo's ...

... second and last day in Auckland was done. The days go by so quickly. Still trying to catch up on sleep too. Day Three:  Auckland to Thames - Up again for a breakfast of rice krispies and bread & peanut butter. Pack. Down to Queen Street to get a ...

... nz/?t=44 I had a chance to add a new city tower to my tall buildings/structures collection, going up the Auckland Sky Tower to enjoy the city sights from high above street level. The Sky Tower is the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

... is no danger of falling and the influx of people falling from the Sky Jump passed the window has to make it more adrenaline filled than any other tower. We're off on our travels tomorrow, so it's goodbye to Auckland, hello to Rotorua. Watch this ...

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 ...

Dec 4th continued... From the Waipoua Forest, it was a long and uneventful drive back south. We passed through Auckland again, seeing the skyline of skyscrapers as we passed over the bridge, and accidentally detoured into the center of the city for a ...

... sent it all home for a whopping $63. In the morning we had a quick bite before taking a riverside stroll, then headed in to Auckland. After checking in, we had some Wendy's for lunch- a treat for Melissa and Colin! Then.. that was it. The week was ...

Auckland est le plus grand port de plaisance de l'hémisphère sud. J'ai donc commencé la matinée par une marche autour de viaduc harbour, connu pour être la base de Team New-Zealand (vainqueur à plusieur reprises de l'America's Cup°. Puis direction ...

After our 12hr flight from Tokyo (via Sydney), we arrived in Auckland to warmth and blue skies. Wonderful! We just had a small hiccup at Tokyo checkin, when we had to speak to NZ immigration on the phone because we had no outward flight booked. We then ...

... Auckland’s many gorgeous parks that rests atop an ancient volcano. There I learned that below the bustling city of Auckland lies a volcanic field; a dormant geothermal zone that’s resulted in numerous vents and cones peppering the ...