When you've come to a really cool city and you really wish you had a super hip cousin who has an awesome bachelor pad or chic art apartment right in the middle of everything, that is Olly's apartment! We could not have wished for a better location to really see the city of Wellington! The night we got in, we walked just down the front walkway and straight into a Cuba street Saturday night street market with an international array of cuisine choices (My son had Samosas, I had Ethiopian injera, and my partner tried his first NZ lamb in a Malaysian curry). The next couple of days during our stay we walked easily to the seafront harbor, to the Te Papa museum, the Botanical Gardens and Cable car, and just up the Dixon stairs to the University of Victoria. Olly's place was easily accessible to all of these.
But the other great part was, even though it is right in the heart of the city, it is above the street and off of a side street from Cuba, so while you can enjoy the neighborhood din on weekend nights from the living area, as soon as you close the door to the bedroom, it is really quiet! And yes, the bed and the big down blanket make for an amazingly comfortable, warm, deep sleep! The apartment is also right over a bibliophiles' fantasy of a used bookstore with library ladders, chairs of different sizes tucked in random nooks and crannies and books everywhere! My eight-year-old son even found a battleship game to play on one of our rainy days!
Olly's place also has the extra treat amenities of a rice cooker, a hot water boiler, a stove top, and an all-in-one washer/dryer, which was incredible!
Olly was excellent at quick communication whenever we had a question too. Thank you again for a great stay!