Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cafe Primo
CAFE $
(38 McMillan St; meals $7-18; 7.30am-4pm)
Sandwiched in and around the souvenir tea-
spoons and Buzzy Bee bookends of this secondhand shop are tasty cakes, panini and le-
gendary bacon and egg sandwiches. You'll also unearth Methven's best coffee.
Blue Pub
PUB
(
www.thebluepub.co.nz
;
Barkers Rd; mains $20-35; )
Drink at the bar crafted from a huge
slab of native timber, or tuck into robust meals in the quieter cafe. Afterwards, challenge
the locals to a game of pool or watch the rugby on the big screen.
Entertainment
Cinema Paradiso
CINEMA
( 03-302 1957;
www.cinemaparadiso.co.nz
;
Main St; adult/child $15/10)
Quirky cinema with
an arthouse skew.
Information
Medical Centre
(
03-302 8105; The Square, Main St;
8.30am-5.30pm)
Methven i-SITE
( 03-302 8955;
www.amazingspace.co.nz
;
160 Main St; 7.30am-6pm Jul-
Sep, 9am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat & Sun Oct-Jun; )
The information centre is housed in
the Heritage Centre, which also includes a cafe, art gallery (free) and the hands-on
NZ
Alpine & Agriculture Encounter
(adult/child $18/10).
Getting There & Around
ven and Christchurch Airport ($42) three to four times a week, increasing to three times
daily in the ski season.
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Mt Somers
The small settlement of Mt Somers sits on the edge of the Southern Alps, beneath the
mountain of the same name. The biggest drawcard to the area is the
Mt Somers track
(30km), a one- to two-day hike circling the mountain, linking the popular picnic spots of
