Christchurch Hotel Reviews
We enjoyed riding the gondola to the top and walking down as well as the cruise to observe the Hector Dolphins. The Art Centre was wonderful.
We thought Christchurch to be small but pretty - a good gateway for a tour around the South Island but probably not in itself worthy of more than a couple of days looking around.
Christchurch is small and beautiful place. We want to visit there again in near future.
With vehicle all sites were easily accessible.
The tram is near the Arts Centre which makes it easy to go to the city. But it ends at 7pm. I would request for bus service. The free shutter bus does not cover the area near to YMCA, I had a difficult time to walking all the way from city carrying a bottle of 3L orange juice!
If you are visiting the city 1 day is enough. Is a beautifull city but with few things to do.
Ideally located on the edge of the center square, we could walk to most of the downtown sites. The Royal Botanical Gardens are also within a very short walk. We took a 3 hour van tour of the Christchurch sites and this gave us a good overview. Also took the shuttle to the train station for our Trans Alpine train ride over Arthur's Pass to Greymouth.
Christchurch is not worth a detour. Very dull little down. Perhaps it is better in summer.