City Life Auckland Apartment
By traveltripz on Sep 11, 2007 in Auckland, New Zealand
It was a bit tricky manouvering around the streets to find the entrance to the hotel. Although it fronts onto Queen St (the main street), the place to park is in a side street that is not really easy to reach because of the one way streets etc. However, eventually we found the right turnoffs after going around the block a few times.
The reception area is welcoming and the staff are extremely helpful and friendly. It was a pleasure to just hop out of the car and leave it in the capable hands of the valet.
The apartment was comfortable and it was great having cooking and washing facilities. Usually we have to wash our clothes in the bath, and as we only had a shower this would have been a little inconvenient.
The bed was comfortable and the air conditioning worked well. Unlike some places we have stayed at in the past.
The City Life Auckland is a in a great location as it is handy to everything including transport and attractions. Just a couple of blocks away in Wellesly St you can catch a free bus that takes you around the inner city loop and you can hop on or off at any of the stops, there is also another bus that you can buy a pass for and that goes to the outer city attractions, this is also a hop on hop off bus.
Down the other end of town are the ferries and hydrofoils that go out to the islands in the Hauraki Gulf such as Rangitoto and Waiheke Island - where I lived from the age of 10 to 16 years of age. An idylic life for a young girl, growing up on an island with great sandy beaches and fantastic surf.
The only drawback was that I suffered from sea sickness so trips to Auckland 11 miles away were not pleasant. And in those days the trip took an hour and a half in and old steam driven ferry not like the quick trip it is today in a sleek hydrofoil.
So for ease of access to all these facilities and attractions such as the Sky Tower, the City Life Auckland is an ideal place to stay.
