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129 Reviews A good way of seeing Christchurch is to use the classic 1960's open top bus.You have a choice of a 1 hour or a 3 hour tour.The tour comes with an excellent commentary. We found the tour quite...
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The Christchurch botanical gardens
36 Reviews Hagley Park, created in 1855, is the largest open space in Christchurch. It was named after the country estate of Lord Lyttleton and is famous for its open spaces. It is the home of the Christchurch...
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7 Reviews This is Christchurch’s and – nearly logical – the South Island’s biggest shopping mall. You have a choice of 150 shops, and especially if you are looking for shoes this is the place to go. Sometimes I...
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International Antarctic Centre
27 Reviews The Snow Storm room at the International Antarctic Centre is a well sealed safe environment with real snow. The temperature is set at -4C but at pre-determined times during the day a 'storm' occurs...
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28 Reviews - The city centre features a huge new steel sculpture, an oversized bunch of wheat, higher than the surrounding high-rise buildings. Its name is "Flour Power". (August/September 2008) The square at...
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25 Reviews - PUBLIC TRANSPORT - new Central Station since 25 Oct 2011 Bus service had become veeeery time-consuming, not just because of traffic jams but because we lost the central Bus Exchange (in the Red...
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9 Reviews Make sure you bring plenty of warm clothing in our colder months of May through September. These months tend to be wetter than usual and often include a cold southerly wind which will make the...
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22 Reviews - This impressive stately building with its classical ornamentation is located right behind Christchurch Cathedral, and opposite the Press buidling and Cathedral Junction. It was designed in 1909 (and...
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16 Reviews - If you want to start or end your NZ trip in Christchurch, or both, the most comfortable way of getting here is by chosing an airline that flies directly to Christchurch, and not via Auckland, check...
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18 Reviews Gethsemane Gardens If you would like to visit a wildly romantic garden with a Christian theme, then this is it! St. Cecilia Chapel is an enchanting little trellis structure in the heart of Gethsemane...
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1 Review and 199 Opinions We recently stayed at The Lorenzo Motor Lodge which was fab. The Lorenzo is ideally located on...
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1 Review and 56 Opinions This is a chain motel that we have stayed at in other parts of NZ. Decent rooms, and good people...
5 Reviews Look familiar? Castle Hill was the site of the battle scens in the movie 'Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe'. It is in a privately owned station on the road from Christchurch...
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8 Reviews On leaving Arthur's Pass State Highway 73 runs through Otira Gorge over the Otira Viaduct. After climbing down from the mountains you have a choice. Follow SH 73 along the Taramakau River to Kamara...
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More Cities in Canterbury
I have met many tourists who have not seen a lot more of Christchurch than the airport, not knowing that there is a lot to explore in the city itself, and that you can make fantastic day trips or...
According to Maori oral tradition early moa hunting tribes were in Canterbury about 1500 years ago. Some time after this the Waitaha people migrated from the east coast of the North Island to Pegasus...
Canterbury is a province on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The Canterbury Plains, as the province is also known, stretch from the Conway River in the north, just south of Kaikoura,...
Canterbury - Home of the Crusaders
Canterbury was our first taste of the South Island. It is the home to wonderful cities like Christchurch, Akaroa and Twizel, as well as two of the most beautiful National Parks, Arthur's Pass and...
Canterbury - one of the main regions of NZ
Canterbury is one of the most proud and patriotic regions of New Zealand. When it comes to rugby and lamb, Canterbury comes to mind! Canterbury lamb meat is exported to the other side of the world,......
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