Kathy’s hideaway was just perfect. It had everything we wanted. It was so attractively decorated and quiet and secluded but very handy to the main area of Mapua, just a stroll away. A great base for exploring the whole area beyond as well. To our great disappointment, the Golden Bear Brewery was closed on the very days we were there but we did have the famously delicious fish and chips from The Smokehouse and a lunch at The Apple Shed and hired an ebike from Kiwi Journeys and had a coffee and devine donut from Alberta’s and bought coffee beans from The Rabbit Island Coffee Roastery. Couldn’t recommend Kathy’s studio and Mapua highly enough.