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Whanganui River
Top 10 Holiday Park
HOLIDAY PARK $
( 06-343 8402, 0800 272 664;
www.wrivertop10.co.nz
; 460 Somme Pde; campsites/cabins/
units from $21/72/135; )
This tidy Top 10 park sits on the Whanganui's west bank
6km north of Dublin Bridge. Facilities (including pool, games room and jumping pillow)
are prodigious. Kayak hire also available: the owners shuttle you upriver then you paddle
back to camp. The budget cabins by the river have big-dollar views. Self-catering or din-
ing in town is your best bet foodwise. Horizons (
Click here
)
buses go past here.
Aotea Motor Lodge
MOTEL $$$
( 06-345 0303;
www.aoteamotorlodge.co.nz
;
390 Victoria Ave; d from $150, 1-bedroom ste from
$190; )
It gladdens the heart to see a job done well, and the owners of one of Whan-
ganui's newest motels have done just that. On the upper reaches of Victoria Ave, this
flashy, two-storey motel features roomy suites, lavish linen, leather chairs, dark timbers
and plenty of marble and stone - classy stuff.
Kembali B&B
B&B $$$
( 06-347 1727;
www.bnb.co.nz/kembali.html
;
26 Taranaki St, St Johns Hill; s/d incl breakfast from
$110/125)
Up on leafy St Johns Hill on the way to Taranaki, this home-spun B&B has two
private upstairs guest rooms sleeping four, available on an exclusive-use basis. It's a sed-
ate place overlooking some wetlands, all achirp with tuis, pukekos and native whistling
frogs.
151 on London Motel
MOTEL $$$
( 0800 151 566, 06-345 8668;
www.151onlondon.co.nz
; 151 London St; d $115-160, apt
$200-280; )
This five-year-old, snappy-looking spaceship of a motel wins plenty of
fans with its architectural angles, quality carpets and linen, natty lime/silver/black colour
scheme and big TVs. At the top of the price tree are some excellent upstairs/downstairs
apartment-style units sleeping six: about as ritzy as Whanganui accommodation gets.
Siena Motor Lodge
MOTEL $$$
( 06-345 9009, 0800 888 802;
www.siena.co.nz
; 335 Victoria Ave; d $130-160; )
Aiming for
Tuscany but hitting Taranaki, the compact rooms here are four-star and spotless. Busi-
