Nice Auckland hotel near cruise terminal?

[sandbag7]

We will be exiting our HAL cruise on a Sunday am in February next year and given the travel vagaries will need a one night hotel stay before starting our return home. My thought was to plant our luggage at a convenient but nice hotel and try to do an island tour to Waiheke or Tiritri Matangi island. Does anyone have a recommendation for that? We will have an early am flight the next day to Sydney if that makes a difference. Thanks.

[GUT2407]

We will be exiting our HAL cruise on a Sunday am in February next year and given the travel vagaries will need a one night hotel stay before starting our return home. My thought was to plant our luggage at a convenient but nice hotel and try to do an island tour to Waiheke or Tiritri Matangi island. Does anyone have a recommendation for that? We will have an early am flight the next day to Sydney if that makes a difference. Thanks.

 

 

Rydges is handy and not bad.

[sandbag7]

Thanks Mr. Gut I will check that one out; do you have an opinion on pre-cruise options for Sydney? Our cruise departs from the White Bay Terminal.

[GUT2407]

If it's White Bay, I'd pick somewhere central to the city and either get a taxi or the ferry to White Bay. (Not much at White Bay).

 

We have a soft spot for The Grace, (York Street in the city) or The Old Holiday Inn the Rocks.

 

For longer stays Meriton Appartments are hard to beat with a laundry and kitchenette to make life a little better.

 

The other one at Auckland is the Mercure, (couldn't think of the name a minute ago).

[GUT2407]

Should have said Travelodge isn't too bad and a bit cheaper, plus there are a few of them.

[sandbag7]

Thanks for the leads good sir.

[kuldalai]

I second RYDGES close by in heart of City . Good in house restaurant .

If you want to stay at AKL Airport then Auckland Airport Novotel is right at International terminal, and offers excellent advance purchase on line deals .via their website .

[sandbag7]

Thanks Kuldalai; will probably stay closer in for ease of baggage drop off and tour pick up.

[Thecat123]

try to do an island tour to Waiheke or Tiritri Matangi island. .

Have you Googled these islands as they are miles different in maybe what you want to do for the day on the island?

 

https://www.fullers.co.nz/destinations/tiritiri-matangi-island/?gclid=CMmd3cirp9MCFYIsvQod6BgL0g

https://www.waiheke.co.nz/

Edited April 15, 2017 by Thecat123

[MrYellowDuck]

The Stamford Plaza in Auckland is good and handy for the wharf.

 

The Amora Hotel in Sydney is good and fairly handy for where a tourist will go in and around the CBD. The Travelodge was not a Hotel I enjoyed staying at; personal I'd not stay there again. The only issue with the Amora is that the food is not fantastic but frankly there are so many restaurants nearby that this doesn't matter.

 

The Shangri-La is my favourite Sydney hotel and the buffet breakfast is the best I've had anywhere.

 

The Intercontinental in Sydney is good too and so is their food.

[GUT2407]

The Stamford Plaza in Auckland is good and handy for the wharf.

 

The Amora Hotel in Sydney is good and fairly handy for where a tourist will go in and around the CBD. The Travelodge was not a Hotel I enjoyed staying at; personal I'd not stay there again. The only issue with the Amora is that the food is not fantastic but frankly there are so many restaurants nearby that this doesn't matter.

 

The Shangri-La is my favourite Sydney hotel and the buffet breakfast is the best I've had anywhere.

 

The Intercontinental in Sydney is good too and so is their food.

 

 

I included Travelodge because it's a cheaper alternative.

[beezer248]

The Hilton Auckland is wonderful and very convenient to the ferry and cruise port.

 

 

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[Kiwi Kruzer]

Another couple to check out for Auckland..

both are walk to the wharf,

 

*Hotel Grand Chancellor Auckland City

-1 block back

 

*Mercure Auckland

-great location

[cruiseaholic78]

We stayed in the tower part of the Heritage hotel and enjoyed it, it is quite near the port and the bars and restaurants. They also have a beautiful roof top swimming pool great for cooling down and relaxing after walking around.

We also took the ferry to Waiheke with hop on/off bus included and stopped at a beautiful winery for wine tasting and lunch.

Rosalyn

[sandbag7]

Have you Googled these islands as they are miles different in maybe what you want to do for the day on the island?

 

https://www.fullers.co.nz/destinations/tiritiri-matangi-island/?gclid=CMmd3cirp9MCFYIsvQod6BgL0g

https://www.waiheke.co.nz/

Yes, I have researched them, thanks; they are certainly different but both sound interesting; given our (to us) lengthy cruise plus Sydney precruise we fear we will be up for only one day before heading home so it will be one of these two :)

[sandbag7]

The Stamford Plaza in Auckland is good and handy for the wharf.

 

The Amora Hotel in Sydney is good and fairly handy for where a tourist will go in and around the CBD. The Travelodge was not a Hotel I enjoyed staying at; personal I'd not stay there again. The only issue with the Amora is that the food is not fantastic but frankly there are so many restaurants nearby that this doesn't matter.

 

The Shangri-La is my favourite Sydney hotel and the buffet breakfast is the best I've had anywhere.

 

The Intercontinental in Sydney is good too and so is their food.

One of my favorite breakfasts was at the Shangri-La at New Delhi : just a delightful mix of food including very good Indian dishes all looked over by a very funny framed Aunt Jemima poster! Always looking for a good breakfast:p

[sandbag7]

We stayed in the tower part of the Heritage hotel and enjoyed it, it is quite near the port and the bars and restaurants. They also have a beautiful roof top swimming pool great for cooling down and relaxing after walking around.

We also took the ferry to Waiheke with hop on/off bus included and stopped at a beautiful winery for wine tasting and lunch.

Rosalyn

I've seen a few wine tours advertised which include a seemingly lovely lunch; they seem a little pricey and we are not in our drinking prime (though based on several wine tours and tastings on our last cruise I have much more capacity than most) but I'm leaning towards that to get to several attractive wineries on the Island.

Edited April 16, 2017 by sandbag7
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[sandbag7]

The Hilton Auckland is wonderful and very convenient to the ferry and cruise port.

 

 

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Wonderful sounds good; I'll be checking these as soon as we confirm our flights; it just occurred to me that we likely will have an early next day flight and will miss breakfast ( and we almost always look for dinner at an independent restaurant) so our flight schedule may well dictate our hotel stay.

[sandbag7]

Another couple to check out for Auckland..

both are walk to the wharf,

 

*Hotel Grand Chancellor Auckland City

-1 block back

 

*Mercure Auckland

-great location

Thanks Kiwi Kruzer.

[jspqld]

the Stamford in Auckland is a nice hotel just up the street from the port. It has a nice indoor pool up on the higher floors as well.

[MicCanberra]

The Stamford Plaza in Auckland is good and handy for the wharf.

 

I will second this as being a nice hotel very handy and sometimes has some good specials.