Where to stay in Auckland?

[JJG]

Can anyone recommend a place to stay in Auckland for a couple of nights in August.
There are 4 of us (2 adults and 2 kids) and I need it to be within walking/short taxi ride of main attractions.

Cheers
Jonathan.

[clarabell]

Were staying at the City Life hotel.
Havent been there yet so cant personally recommend it, but my travel agents sister has stayed there and loved it, and they do a really good price on a family room too!

http://www.citylife.nz-hotels.com

[JJG]

It seems like a popular choice.
Decisions, decisions.

[Smiler]

Hi JJG

If you want a guest house instead of a hotel, try Moana Vista in Herne Bay. Warm welcome, very,very clean, modern but is still a lovely old villa. We stayed 2 nights at the beginning of feb and then 2 more just before we returned to the UK. It's near the water, a bus ride from the CBD and 5 mins walk from the shops and cafes at Ponsonby. You can have the whole top floor to yourselves.

www.moanavista.co.nz.

I'm sorry I can't remember what we paid exactly but it was worth every cent.

Hope this helps

Deborah

[Jodie]

If you can leave it til a week or 2 before you get here, you can have a look on www.wotif.com - they have great last minute deals on hotels all over NZ, and we booked a hotel last week for our weekend trip to Auckland from Welly, and paid $120 for a 1 bedroom "executive suite" :eek with spa pool, full kitchen, sky TV, balcony, heating (yay!), underground parking, swimmming pool (bit too cold to use it at the mo tho!) etc in a hotel on the North Shore - what a bargain! OK it was a short drive into the CBD, but there were plenty of places to choose from including self contained apartments in the CBD for a very good price (about $100 I think right in the centre).

Hope this helps!

Jodie

[JJG]

Thanks Jodie,
Will leave it to last couple of weeks I think.

Jonathan.