Auckland - Surrounding of the Kingfishers Oasis Holiday Home

	Auckland, the "City of Sails", has a lot to offer! 45 minutes by car, the buzzing Centre of this multi-cutural city may well be discovered on foot. Busy Queen Street und parallel to it quiet High Street with its Cafés und Galeries, the Dock area with its rough charme and "freaky" Victoria Park Market, Auckland City Art Gallery and the sky-scraping SkyTower (328 m) - all this and a lot more you will come across on the area of one square kilometer..

Parnell, Ponsonby, and Devonport on the other side of the harbour are old suburbs, now incorporated in the city, that have been carefully restaurated to their ancient state, now provide room for restaurants and pubs, boutiques and ats and crafts shops. Good to take a stroll!

	A bit off the centre you will find outstreched residential areas, one small house next to another. The building-sins of many other cities have been avoided here and you imagine beeing in a 1,2 million village enjoy the meticulouslyfantasievoll renovated colonial-style cottages or villas. Auckland is situated on 48 small volcanos, which provide you with spectacular views over the city.

Museums und Parks, the Zoological Garden and Kelly Tarltons Underwater World, californian beach- n surf atmosphere in Mission Bay, Open-Air-Concerts like "Opera in the Park" oder "Symphony under the Stars", ferry-trips over to Waiheke Island or to the imposing volcano island of Rangitoto, towering over the entrance of the harbour - in Auckland you can spend days and days discovering...
Links:	Discover Auckland - The official Auckland Homepage Lonely-Planet Travel Guide Auckland Jasons New Zealand Travel Channel Online-Maps ofAuckland Kelly Tarltons Underwater World Auckland Museum Victoria Park Market Auckland City Art Gallery Museum of Transport & Technology

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