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( 06-758 0228, 0800 804 204;
www.beltroad.co.nz
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2 Belt Rd; campsites from $20, cabins $70-140; )
This environmentally attuned, pohutukawa-covered holiday park sits atop a bluff over-
looking the increasingly interesting Breakwater Bay area, about a 10-minute walk from
town. The half-dozen best cabins have million-dollar views. 'Recycle - that's what Kiwis
do!', says the manager.
Egmont Eco Lodge
( 06-753 5720;
www.yha.co.nz
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12 Clawton St; dm/d from $29/75; )
An immaculate YHA in a
glade with chirping birds and a chuckling creek (with eels!). Mixed dorms in the main
lodge; smaller pinewood cabins down below (sleeping four). It's a hike uphill from town,
but the prospect of free nightly Egmont cake will put a spring in your step.
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New Plymouth Top 10 Holiday Park
( 06-758 2566, 0800 758 256;
www.nptop10.co.nz
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29 Princes St; campsites/cabins from $20/80, units $95-180;
)
Sequestered in Fitzroy, 3.5km east of town and a seven-minute walk to the beach,
this quaint, family-run Top 10 feels a bit like a school camp, with a dinky little row of
units, life-sized chess set, trampoline, laundry and spacious kitchen.
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Fitzroy Beach Motel
( 06-757 2925;
www.fitzroybeachmotel.co.nz
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25 Beach St; 1-/2-bedroom units from $155/190; )
This quiet,
old-time motel (just 160m from Fitzroy Beach) has been thoroughly redeemed with a ma-
jor overhaul and extension. Highlights include quality carpets, double glazing, lovely
bathrooms, LCD TVs and an absence of poky studio-style units (all one- or two-bed-
room). Free bikes too. Winner!
Dawson Motel
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( 06-758 1177;
www.thedawsonmotel.co.nz
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16 Dawson St; d from $150, 1-/2-bedroom units from $180/210; )
Just a couple of years old, the corporate Dawson is a sharp-looking, two-storey number -
all white, red and black inside - with sea and mountain views from the top-floor rooms.
The location is primo: a five-minute walk into town and 50m to the Coastal Walkway.
BK's Egmont Motor Lodge
( 0800 115 033, 06-758 5216;
www.egmontmotorlodge.co.nz
; 115 Coronation Ave; d $130-200; )
Oppos-
ite the racecourse, low-slung BK's has ground-floor units and oceans of parking. Rooms
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