Guidebook for Auckland

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Guidebook for Auckland

Parks & Nature

Views over city, walks, playground equipment
78 locals recommend
Mt Eden Station
78 locals recommend
Views over city, walks, playground equipment
I have no idea why the website won't accept the Waitakere Ranges but this is where I mean!!!! (I don't know what the Auckland Centennial Park is LOL) Total contrast to city- beautiful native bush. Check out the various parts of the Hilary Trail. There is a visitor centre where you can get info.
24 locals recommend
Waitakere Ranges
24 locals recommend
I have no idea why the website won't accept the Waitakere Ranges but this is where I mean!!!! (I don't know what the Auckland Centennial Park is LOL) Total contrast to city- beautiful native bush. Check out the various parts of the Hilary Trail. There is a visitor centre where you can get info.
Great beach. Also try Orewa (further North). East coast beaches have white sand and are pretty calm and family friendly.
101 locals recommend
Takapuna
101 locals recommend
Great beach. Also try Orewa (further North). East coast beaches have white sand and are pretty calm and family friendly.
Also Bethells and Muriwai Beaches. These beaches have black sand and wild surf- these are dangerous beaches so stay between flags- tourists are always drowning!
229 locals recommend
Piha
229 locals recommend
Also Bethells and Muriwai Beaches. These beaches have black sand and wild surf- these are dangerous beaches so stay between flags- tourists are always drowning!
Snorkelling! Don't feed the fish... this is a marine sanctuary. Take flippers and snorkel or hire them there.
58 locals recommend
Goat Island
58 locals recommend
Snorkelling! Don't feed the fish... this is a marine sanctuary. Take flippers and snorkel or hire them there.

Food Scene

Yummy bakery
Pandoro Panetteria
290 Dominion Rd
Yummy bakery
And bakery- fantastic food
23 locals recommend
Olaf's Artisan Bakery Cafe
1 Stokes Rd
23 locals recommend
And bakery- fantastic food
Great coffee and friendly service
Eden Espresso Bar
98 Mount Eden Rd
Great coffee and friendly service
Great local Fish and Chips
8 locals recommend
The Ancient Mariner
157 Mount Eden Rd
8 locals recommend
Great local Fish and Chips
Great food
6 locals recommend
Gala Cafe
23 Edwin St
6 locals recommend
Great food
Lots of restaurants. I like Jaan (authentic Turkish)
47 locals recommend
Kingsland
New North Road
47 locals recommend
Lots of restaurants. I like Jaan (authentic Turkish)
Great restaurants and cafes and little shops.
32 locals recommend
Mt Eden Village Centre
449 Mount Eden Rd
32 locals recommend
Great restaurants and cafes and little shops.

Drinks & Nightlife

Has heaps of great bars and restaurants. I like Frida and Portofino. Bus in, Uber out :-)
28 locals recommend
Viaduct Harbour
21 Viaduct Harbour Avenue
28 locals recommend
Has heaps of great bars and restaurants. I like Frida and Portofino. Bus in, Uber out :-)
Restaurants and bars, take Outer Link bus in, Uber out, this is the "place to be seen"
114 locals recommend
Ponsonby
114 locals recommend
Restaurants and bars, take Outer Link bus in, Uber out, this is the "place to be seen"
More quirky- original red light district, has LBQT bars, although less of a red light district than it once was
76 locals recommend
Karangahape Road
Karangahape Road
76 locals recommend
More quirky- original red light district, has LBQT bars, although less of a red light district than it once was
Also trendy.
359 locals recommend
Britomart
1150 Shortland St
359 locals recommend
Also trendy.

Sightseeing

Beach and view of Rangitoto (most recent volcano to erupt- iconic shape). Fish and Chips or other restaurants cafes etc.
250 locals recommend
Mission Bay
250 locals recommend
Beach and view of Rangitoto (most recent volcano to erupt- iconic shape). Fish and Chips or other restaurants cafes etc.
Fantastic new waterfront development- was old dangerous goods wharfs, now upmarket restaurants and bars, and fantastic park for kids. Check out the courtyard in the Seafood Market for live jazz on Sundays.
220 locals recommend
Wynyard Quarter
220 locals recommend
Fantastic new waterfront development- was old dangerous goods wharfs, now upmarket restaurants and bars, and fantastic park for kids. Check out the courtyard in the Seafood Market for live jazz on Sundays.
Beaches, unique community, lovely ferry trip- just be aware of ferry timetable as they aren't 24/7! There is a car ferry from East Auckland and a pedestrian ferry from the CBD.
407 locals recommend
Waiheke Island
25 Karaka Rd
407 locals recommend
Beaches, unique community, lovely ferry trip- just be aware of ferry timetable as they aren't 24/7! There is a car ferry from East Auckland and a pedestrian ferry from the CBD.

Arts & Culture

Thought provoking theatre
33 locals recommend
Q Theatre
305 Queen St
33 locals recommend
Thought provoking theatre
It's the "big museum" for Auckland
787 locals recommend
Auckland War Memorial Museum
787 locals recommend
It's the "big museum" for Auckland
Great art gallery next to Albert Park- even the building is beautiful.
606 locals recommend
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Wellesley Street East
606 locals recommend
Great art gallery next to Albert Park- even the building is beautiful.

Shopping

Interesting local bookstore
11 locals recommend
Time Out Bookstore
432 Mount Eden Rd
11 locals recommend
Interesting local bookstore
Great bookstore in CBD
7 locals recommend
Unity Books Auckland
19 High St
7 locals recommend
Great bookstore in CBD
Cheap bits and bobs- great to take kids. Better than your average $2 shop.
Geoff's Emporium
274 Dominion Rd
Cheap bits and bobs- great to take kids. Better than your average $2 shop.

Essentials

Don't know why this identified the optometrist... there are a whole bunch of shops at Eden Quarter... (shops on Dominion Rd near Valley Rd) LOL Countdown for groceries (Valley Rd) Fruit World for fruit and vege Op Shops Laundromat (cnr with View Rd)
Eden Quarter Optometrist
290 Dominion Rd
Don't know why this identified the optometrist... there are a whole bunch of shops at Eden Quarter... (shops on Dominion Rd near Valley Rd) LOL Countdown for groceries (Valley Rd) Fruit World for fruit and vege Op Shops Laundromat (cnr with View Rd)