Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.cobblestonesmuseum.org.nz
;
169 Main St; adult/child/family $5/2/10; 10am-4.30pm)
Greytown was
the country's first planned inland town: intact Victorian architectural specimens line the
main street. Sporting a spruce new information centre, this darling museum is an enclave
of period buildings and various historic objects, dotted around pretty grounds inviting a
lie-down on a picnic blanket.
Schoc Chocolates
(
www.chocolatetherapy.com
;
177 Main St)
No picnic? No worries. Visit Schoc in its 1920s cottage
beside Cobblestones Village Museum. Sublime flavours, worth every single penny of 12
bucks a tablet. Truffles, rocky road and peanut brittle, too. Free tastings.
CHOCOLATIERIE
Stonehenge Aotearoa
( 06-377 1600;
www.stonehenge-aotearoa.co.nz
;
tours adult/child $16/13; 10am-4pm Wed-Sun, tours 11am Sat
& Sun & by appointment)
About 10km from Greytown, this full-scale adaptation of the UK's
Stonehenge is oriented for its southern-hemisphere location on a grassy knoll overlooking
the Wairarapa Plain. Its mission: to bring the night sky to life, even in daylight. The pre-
tour talk and audiovisual presentation are excellent, and the henge itself a pretty surreal
sight. Self-guided 'Stone Trek' tours are also available for adult/child $8/4.
MONUMENT
Sleeping & Eating
Greytown Campground
( 027 449 4980, 06-304 9387;
www.greytowncampground.co.nz
;
Kuratawhiti St; sites per person $14, cabins $40)
A basic camping option with equally basic facilities inluding two handkerchief-sized cab-
ins, scenically spread through Soldiers Memorial Park, 500m from town.
CAMPSITE
$
Greytown Hotel
( 06-304 9138;
www.greytownhotel.co.nz
;
33 Main St; s/d with shared bathroom $50/80; )
A serious con-
tender for 'oldest hotel in New Zealand', the Top Pub (as it's known) is looking tidy for
her age. Upstairs rooms are small and basic but comfortable, with no-frills furnishings and
shared bathrooms. Downstairs is a modern dining room, alongside an ol' faithful lounge-
bar (meals $14 to $34) and popular garden-courtyard.
HOTEL
$
Oak Estate Motor Lodge
MOTEL
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