This is a beautiful little place in an ideal location just a short stroll from the airport. If you'd rather not hire a car for your Queenstown visit this is the perfect place. We walked to the Hilton each morning and took the water taxi over to Queenstown which was a lovely way to get back and to. A weekly return journey pass was $99 each.
We did the Shotover jet and the luge at the gondola which were both great fun. Would highly recommended booking lunch at the top of the gondola. The food was excellent value with lots of variety and the views were spectacular.
We decided against going for a Ferberger as the queues were crazy but if you really want to try it I'd recommend phoning your order in for collection which means you can go straight to the front to collect. You can take your food onto Perky's floating bar on the marina and watch the world go by. As an alternative, if you'd rather sit in and eat, World bar did excellent burgers. If you're looking for something higher end we had a very nice meal at Bunker with a well matched wine flight.
If you're heading out for a picnic the New World supermarket has a fantastic deli serving beautiful sandwiches and salads really cheaply. We had huge lamb salads on rosemary and rock salt ciabattas for only $6.50 each. It's also a good opportunity to meet the resident cat, Izzy, who the supermarket adopted!
On our last day we hired a car and went over to Glenorchy for the spectacular scenery. We stumbled upon Paradise Secret Garden on the way back which was absolutely amazing and worth the drive out in itself. Go car hire were very good value and right around the corner from the cottage.
The cottage was well equipped with very high quality furnishings, fittings and linens. It was also lovely to arrive to fresh milk in the fridge and a lovely bar of local chocolate.
Linda is a lovely host. She lives next door and although completely unobtrusive was really responsive to all our queries.
You will not be disappointed with this little gem.