Wellington Top Attractions
Wellington Waterfront
Once the centre of Wellington's bustling port, the Wellington Waterfront is one of the city's most distinctive and attractive precincts, home to many bars and restaurants, galleries and museums (including the wonderful Te Papa Tongarewa, see below).
Website: www.wellingtonwaterfront.co.nz
Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand)
Wellington's star attraction, Te Papa (affectionately known as ‘Our Place'), one of the most ambitiously eclectic museums in the world, is right on the harbour, and the perfect place to learn about the country's culture, its history and its people. Don't miss it.
55 Cable Street, Waterfront
Tel: (04) 381 7000.
Website: www.tepapa.govt.nz
Wellington Botanic Garden and Cable Car
Take the cable car from Lambton Quay and spend half a day exploring over 25 hectares (62 acres) of exotic forests, native bush, colourful floral displays and gorgeous specialist gardens of Wellington Botanic Garden. There are great views of the city from the top of the hill. Gardens are open daily sunrise to sunset.
Glenmore Street
Tel: (04) 499 1400.
Website: www.wellington.govt.nz/services/gardens (botanic garden) or www.wellingtoncablecar.co.nz (cable car)
Parliament Buildings
A visit to the capital city would not be complete without a visit to New Zealand's beautifully refurbished Parliament Buildings, in the historic suburb of Thorndon. The complex is made up of three architecturally distinctive buildings: the Edwardian neoclassical Parliament House, the Victorian gothic Parliamentary Library and the striking 1970s-style Beehive building.
Corner Lambton Quay & Molesworth Streets
Tel: (04) 817 9503.
Website: www.ps.parliament.govt.nz
Wellington Zoo
The city's zoo is the oldest in the country (it opened in 1906) and is home to over 500 animals, including meerkats, red pandas, Malayan sun bears and Sumatran tigers. African, Asian and native wildlife (tuatara, kiwi, kea among them) are all well represented.
200 Daniell Street, Newtown
Tel: (04) 381 6755.
Website: www.wellingtonzoo.com
Old St Paul's
Constructed entirely of native timber in the mid-1850s, this 19th-century gothic revival church showcases stunning wooden arches and magnificent stained-glass windows. Various memorial items and displays tell the early history of Wellington. Tours by arrangement.
34 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon
Tel: (04) 473 6722.
Website: www.historicplaces.org.nz
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Once the centre of Wellington's bustling port, the Wellington Waterfront is one of the city's most distinctive and attractive precincts, home to many bars and restaurants, galleries and museums (including the wonderful Te Papa Tongarewa, see below).
Website: www.wellingtonwaterfront.co.nz
Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand)
Wellington's star attraction, Te Papa (affectionately known as ‘Our Place'), one of the most ambitiously eclectic museums in the world, is right on the harbour, and the perfect place to learn about the country's culture, its history and its people. Don't miss it.
55 Cable Street, Waterfront
Tel: (04) 381 7000.
Website: www.tepapa.govt.nz
Wellington Botanic Garden and Cable Car
Take the cable car from Lambton Quay and spend half a day exploring over 25 hectares (62 acres) of exotic forests, native bush, colourful floral displays and gorgeous specialist gardens of Wellington Botanic Garden. There are great views of the city from the top of the hill. Gardens are open daily sunrise to sunset.
Glenmore Street
Tel: (04) 499 1400.
Website: www.wellington.govt.nz/services/gardens (botanic garden) or www.wellingtoncablecar.co.nz (cable car)
Parliament Buildings
A visit to the capital city would not be complete without a visit to New Zealand's beautifully refurbished Parliament Buildings, in the historic suburb of Thorndon. The complex is made up of three architecturally distinctive buildings: the Edwardian neoclassical Parliament House, the Victorian gothic Parliamentary Library and the striking 1970s-style Beehive building.
Corner Lambton Quay & Molesworth Streets
Tel: (04) 817 9503.
Website: www.ps.parliament.govt.nz
Wellington Zoo
The city's zoo is the oldest in the country (it opened in 1906) and is home to over 500 animals, including meerkats, red pandas, Malayan sun bears and Sumatran tigers. African, Asian and native wildlife (tuatara, kiwi, kea among them) are all well represented.
200 Daniell Street, Newtown
Tel: (04) 381 6755.
Website: www.wellingtonzoo.com
Old St Paul's
Constructed entirely of native timber in the mid-1850s, this 19th-century gothic revival church showcases stunning wooden arches and magnificent stained-glass windows. Various memorial items and displays tell the early history of Wellington. Tours by arrangement.
34 Mulgrave Street, Thorndon
Tel: (04) 473 6722.
Website: www.historicplaces.org.nz
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