CHRISTCHURCH TRAVEL GUIDE
If you're wondering what to do in Christchurch, ask yourself this: Where else in the world can you travel two hours from an international airport and find yourself experiencing activities like skiing at a world-class alpine resort, playing golf at an award winning international course, experience unique wildlife encounters or visit internationally acclaimed wineries and gardens?
If you're planning a trip to this charming, vibrant and newly modernised city on New Zealand's South Island, check out our detailed Christchurch guides below.
WHY CHRISTCHURCH?
Christchurch offers plenty to see and do both within the confines of the quirky city itself and in numerous areas easily reachable just outside its outskirts. But why visit Christchurch over any other NZ destination? Find out in detail here.
Top Things to Do
Planning a visit to Christchurch for the first time? Be sure to check out our list of the top things to do in the city and its surrounds here.
Itineraries
If you're looking to get the best out of your visit to Christchurch, we provide comprehensive itineraries for stays of 2, 3, 4 and 5 days.
When to Visit
While Christchurch is great to visit any time of year, here we take a look at when many consider is the best overall time to travel in detail here.
Best Restaurants
Christchurch is an NZ city that takes its dining seriously, with numerous high quality cafes and restaurants. Here are our picks for the best.
Where to Stay
Whether you're looking to stay near the Christchurch CBD or in one of the surrounding areas, we take a look at the top hotels here.
In Pictures
A newly redeveloped "pop-up" district, amazing mountainous surrounds and much more - view our Christchurch image gallery here.
While parts of Christchurch’s central city still remain cordoned off, the city has undergone an enormous facelift in the last few years while the existing iconic attractions remain largely unaffected by the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 offering plenty of things to see and do while visiting the Garden City. Christchurch is not only the gateway to New Zealand's popular South Island and its many attractive regions such as the nearby Akaroa Harbour (famed for its friendly dolphin inhabitants which are the smallest in the world – the Hector's dolphins), but has become well-known in itself for its exciting and ingenious redevelopment and there are certainly plenty of interesting and inspiring things to do for tourists visiting this vibrant garden city that contains a number of its own attractions and makes for more than a worthwhile visit.
A resilient and energetic city that has overcome adversity to rebuild and rebrand itself as one of the world's true up-and-coming destinations - that's Christchurch in a nutshell.
If you're looking to travel to this great part of New Zealand and wanting to find more information on Christchurch including Top Things to Do, best restaurants, accommodation and more, navigate through our detailed guide pages in the navigation menu above and you'll be sure to find exactly what you're looking for!
