Hotel De Brett
Supremely hip, this lavishly refurbished historic hotel has been zooshed up with stripy carpets and clev...
Across New Zealand, you can bed down in historic guesthouses, facility-laden hotels, uniform motel units, beautifully situated campsites, and hostels that range in character from clean-living to tirelessly party-prone.
Accommodation listings are in order of authorial preference, based on our assessment of atmosphere, cleanliness, facilities, location and bang for your buck.
If you’re travelling during peak tourist seasons, book your bed well in advance. Accommodation is most in demand (and at its priciest) during the summer holidays from Christmas to late January, at Easter and during winter in snowy resort towns like Queenstown.
Visitor information centres provide reams of local accommodation information, often in the form of folders detailing facilities and up-to-date prices; many can also make bookings on your behalf.
For online listings, visit Automobile Association and Jasons.
Supremely hip, this lavishly refurbished historic hotel has been zooshed up with stripy carpets and clev...
A snazzy renovation has transformed this atmospheric 1861 kauri inn into an elegant boutique hotel with ...
A canary-yellow, beach-bumming hostel with a sea-view verandah, just a short way from Pancake Rocks...
North of the city up Northeast Valley, this pair of homes atop a (steep) hill share an organic garden an...
Hell-bent on constantly improving and expanding their fabulous hyper-hostel, hosts Ann and Dion (Anndion...
Can’t find a bed in Waitomo? This snappily designed motel at the Waitomo end of Te Kuiti is a brilliant ...
This giant five-star joint is set right in the heart of town...
The Princes Gate is a well-loved and warmly welcoming 19th-century dame with 54 different rooms, such as...
The art-deco Masonic is arguably the heart of town, its accommodation, restaurants and bars taking up mo...
For a spot of 19th-century luxury, the plush rooms and swanky guests’ areas in this grand old refurbishe...
There's nothing particularly colonial-looking about it but this well-maintained motel has tidy units of ...
The Beechtree, and its sister motel Miro next door, offer classy rooms at reasonable rates...
Luxurious serviced apartments in the city centre, ranging from studios to three-bedroom arrangements, so...
It looks unapologetically like a Tudor castle from outside, but inside it’s more like an intimate hotel...
The zillion-dollar refit is as charmless as a blancmange, but you can’t argue with the location and pric...
This blocky high-rise near the harbour bridge has a slick, contemporary lobby − all retro white vinyl an...
A megabuck refurb has restored this 1970s resort to glory, from its sunken bar and reputable restaurant,...
What a difference a few dollars make...
Wall-to-wall campervans here, while other accommodation ranges from cabins to motel units...
When you're on a winning formula you may as well stick to it, which is clearly what the mandarins at the...
The friendly Vic has seen a lot of competitors come and go, maintaining its foothold in the market with ...
Formerly known as ‘Museum Hotel de Wheels’ (to make way for Te Papa, it was rolled here from its origina...
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