Flockhill views over Lake Pearson and the way to Arthur's Pass. Photo / Supplied
Flockhill views over Lake Pearson and the way to Arthur's Pass. Photo / Supplied
New accommodation and a $18,000-per-night luxury lodge appear to have Aotearoa firmly in the wishlists of international travellers.
In their annual round up destinations the editors of T+L can’t wait to go, the American travel publication has highlighted the wealth of places newly opened up to foreign travellers.
From the Bhutanese hiking trails to Japan’s slowly-then-all-at-once approach to reopening - travellers are spoilt for choice in planning long postponed trips.
To deal with the additional choices the editors broke their hot list into categories.
New Zealand was highlighted as a pick for the “Look at the Future” category. One for planning ahead, it joined six other long-haul destinations on the horizon for international travel bookers. That might also be to allow visitors to save-up their holiday funds, as their picks were on the higher-end of luxury.
Freshly opened up to international travellers since April, New Zealand was an obvious inclusion.
Features editor Peter Terzian, said Air New Zealand’s 17 hour flight from JFK to Auckland is definitely worth it.
The Hotel Britomart's lobby. Photo / Sam Hartnett
The US travel writer headed straight for Aotearoa’s choice of new, high-end luxury accommodation - many of which opened while borders were still closed..
He recommended the Hotel Britomart as a block of 99 brick and timber lined rooms “exuding Zen calm” in downtown Auckland. The “luxurious modern guest pavilion” of Mawhiti Waiheke was also a pick on the perennial, vineyard-covered island.
However the third pick - dubbed a “showstopper” in the Southern Alps - was the new $18000-a-night Flock Hill lodge in Canterbury. The sheep station in Arthurs Pass is one of the most discussed luxury properties in New Zealand at the moment.
The new Flockhill homestead offers views over Lake Pearson and Arthur's Pass valley. Photo / Supplied
The whole 50 compiled by Paul Brady and Maya Kachroo-Levine who broke it down into seven categories:
Culture
Alexandria, Virginia
Cairo and the Nile
“City,” Nevada
Havana, Cuba
Tangier, Morocco
The glorious Big Mosque in the heart of the medina of Tangier in the Kingdom of Morocco in Africa. Photo / 123RF
