Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Packard Promenade
( 06-835 0022;
www.packardpromenades.co.nz
;
tours up to 4 people from $150)
Offers deco and wine
tours in a sassy 1939 Packard Six vintage car.
GUIDED TOUR
Festivals & Events
Art Deco Weekend
(
www.artdeconapier.com
)
In the third week of February, Napier and Hastings cohost the sensa-
tional Art Deco Weekend. Around 200 events fill the week (dinners, picnics, dances, balls,
bands, Gatsby-esque fancy dress), many of which are free. Bertie, Napier's art-deco am-
bassador, is omnipresent.
CULTURE
Sleeping
Napier YHA
MAP
HOSTEL
$
GOOGLE MAP
( 06-835 7039;
www.yha.co.nz
;
277 Marine Pde; dm/s/d from $26/45/69; )
Napier's friendly YHA
is housed in a lovely old timber beachfront villa with a seemingly endless ramble of
rooms. There's a fabulous overhanging reading nook and a sunny rear courtyard. Staff can
help with bookings and local info. A solid choice.
Criterion Art Deco Backpackers
( 06-835 2059;
www.criterionartdeco.co.nz
;
48 Emerson St; dm/d/f from $26/85/120; )
New owners
are spending a lot of money sprucing up this 1st-floor, ruby-red downtown hostel - Napi-
er's best Spanish Mission specimen - which has a beaut little balcony over Emerson St
and an amazing old fireplace in the lounge area. A super-charming hostel on the way back
up.
HOSTEL
$
Kennedy Park Resort
MAP
HOLIDAY PARK
$
GOOGLE MAP
( 06-843 9126, 0800 457 275;
www.kennedypark.co.nz
;
1 Storkey St; sites from $46, cabins & units $61-227;
)
Less a camping ground and more an entire suburb of holidaymakers, this complex
is top dog on the Napier camping scene. It's the closest camping ground to town (2.5km
