THE PLACE
God bless New Zealand. In an act of divine, if delayed, intervention, the trans-Tasman bubble has inflated and we can all feel a little less cloistered. I ve reserved three nights at The Convent Hotel, a 22-room boutique hotel in inner-city Auckland, on the first day of quarantine-free flights from Australia where, as it transpires, I m the first Australian guest since its opening late last year.
THE LOCATION
The Convent is a visual highlight on what is an otherwise prosaic section of the Great North Road which runs through Grey Lynn, an emerging trendy inner-city suburb of New Zealand s largest city. It s not far from the much more posh and established Ponsonby with its lively, restaurant and cafe-filled main street. The small and less remarkable Grey Lynn shopping centre is short walk away with central Auckland an easy Uber or bus ride (take a mask) away.
Anthony Dennis11:07, May 11 2021
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This review from Anthony Dennis of Australia s traveller.com.au. God bless New Zealand. In an act of divine, if delayed, intervention, the trans-Tasman bubble has inflated and we can all feel a little less cloistered. I ve reserved three nights at The Convent Hotel, a 22-room boutique hotel in inner-city Auckland, on the first day of quarantine-free flights from Australia where, as it transpires, I m the first Australian guest since its opening late last year. The location The Convent is a visual highlight on what is an otherwise prosaic section of the Great North Road which runs through Grey Lynn, an emerging trendy inner-city suburb of New Zealand s largest city. It s not far from the much more posh and established Ponsonby with its lively, restaurant and cafe-filled main street. The small and less remarkable Grey Lynn shopping centre is short walk away with central Auckland an easy Uber or bus ride (take a mask) away.