Hotel review: French Bay House, Akaroa
20 Jan, 2021 10:38 PM
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French Bay House, Akaroa. Photo / Martin Haughey
Style: A historic home now converted into a sweet B&B.
Price: Rooms with en suite start from $250. Includes Wi-Fi and cooked breakfast.
Perfect for: Romance, exploring.
First impressions: French Bay House is surrounded by beautiful gardens, pretty enough that passersby will stop to take photographs. On a shady porch, take a seat in the swing chair and wait for your hosts Jacqui and Tim to arrive for a tour of the house. It dates from 1874, when it was a family home and doctor s room, and is known locally as the doctor s house . The architecture is a style known as carpenter Gothic - a technique of applying Gothic forms to wood.