Hotel Indigo

If one ignores having to evacuate the hotel within an hour of arriving, Hotel Indigo has been a very pleasant place to stay. Our room was spacious, the bathroom layout worked, and everything worked.

We were high enough to have a good view across the harbour. When I wanted to, I could sit watching everything from little sailboats to container ships moving around on the water. Yatchs raced one night, and ferries crossed regularly through the day.

The hotel is next to St Patricks, the Catholic cathedral, and so it appears everything is downhill. Getting out has been easy, getting back less so. We are still sore after walking down from the 19th floor on Friday morning and are still taking uphills more slowly.

The hotel restaurant serves excellent breakfasts, with a combination of buffet style cold dishes and hot dishes cooked to order. Even when it was busy, the hot food service was pretty quick.

Everywhere we have wanted to get to in the city is within walking distance or accessible by bus, so shopping and sightseeing has been easy from here.

We head off later today to Tauranga, after a very pleasant stay here in Auckland.Read more