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City Walk
City Centre Ramble
START
ST KEVIN'S ARCADE, KARANGAHAPE RD
FINISH
WYNYARD QUARTER
LENGTH
4.5KM; AROUND THREE HOURS
Start among the secondhand boutiques of
St Kevin's Arcade
and take the
stairs down to Myers Park. Look out for the reproduction of
Michelangelo's
Moses
at the bottom of the stairs. Continue through the park, taking the stairs on
the right just before the overpass to head up to street level.
Heading down Queen St, you'll pass the
Auckland Town Hall
and
Aotea
Sq
, the civic heart of the city. On the next corner is the wonderful
Civic Theatre
(
Click here
). Turn right on Wellesley St and then left onto Lorne St. Immediately to
your right is
Khartoum Pl
, with tiling that celebrates NZ women as the first in
the world to win the vote.. Head up the stairs to the
Auckland Art Gallery
(
Click
here
).
into Princes St, where a row of
Victorian merchant's houses
faces the
University Clock Tower
. Cut around behind the clock tower to
Old Govern-
ment House
and then follow the diagonal path back to Princes St. The attractive
building on the corner of Princes St and Bowen Ave was once the city's main
synagogue
.
Head down Bowen Ave and cut through the park past the
Chancery precinct
to
High St
with its good cafes and shopping. Take a left onto
Vulcan Lane
,
lined with historic pubs. Turn right onto Queen St and follow it down to the
Britomart Train Station
, housed in the former central post office. You're now
standing on reclaimed land - the original shoreline was at Fort St. Detour to the
nearby
Britomart precinct
for good bars, restaurants, and fashion boutiques.
From the Britomart Train Station, turn left on Quay St and head to
Viaduct
Harbour
, bustling with bars and cafes, and then continue over the bridge to the re-
juvenated
Wynyard Quarter
.
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