Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Activities
Catering to riders on the Otago Central Rail Trail year-round, both of the following busi-
nesses have large depots on Middlemarch's main street and provide bike rental and logist-
ical support, including shuttles, bag transfers and an accommodation booking service.
They also have depots in Clyde, at the other end of the trail.
Cycle Surgery
(
BICYCLE RENTAL
03-464 3630; www.cyclesurgery.co.nz ; Swansea St; rental per day $35;
depot mid-Sep-mid-May)
Trail Journeys
(
BICYCLE RENTAL
03-464 3213; www.trailjourneys.co.nz ; Swansea St; rental per day $40;
depot Sep-Apr)
Sleeping & Eating
Otago Central Hotel
( 03-444 4800; www.hydehotel.co.nz ; SH87, Hyde; with/without bathroom s $100/80, d $170/130; ) Most of
the tidy rooms in this cool old hotel, 27km along the trail from Middlemarch, have private
bathrooms but only some are en suite. It's no longer a working pub and the licensed cafe
on the sunny terrace shuts at 4pm, leaving the set dinner the only meal option for many
miles around.
HOTEL $$
CAFE $
Kissing Gate Cafe
(2 Swansea St; mains $7-18; 8.30am-4pm) Sit out under the fruit trees in the pretty garden of this
cute little wooden cottage and tuck into a cooked breakfast, meatloaf, frittata or some
home baking. Nana-chic at its best.
Quench
( 03-464 3070; 31 Snow Ave; brunch $6-16, dinner $21-29; 8am-9pm Sun-Thu, to 11.30pm Fri & Sat Sep-Apr,
to 4pm May-Aug) Opposite the railway station, Quench lives up to its name with cooked
breakfasts, pies and the Rail Burger (recommended if you're beginning the Rail Trail),
and ice-cold Speight's on tap ( definitely recommended if you've just finished the trail).
CAFE, BAR $$
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