Guidebook for Wellington

Angela
Guidebook for Wellington

Drinks & Nightlife

Good craft beer and musical entertainment - great outdoor area with bean bags - great way to spend a hot day soaking up the atmosphere and watching life go by
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The Rogue & Vagabond
18 Garrett St
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Good craft beer and musical entertainment - great outdoor area with bean bags - great way to spend a hot day soaking up the atmosphere and watching life go by
Great place for local entertainment and beer
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Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant
39 Abel Smith St
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Great place for local entertainment and beer
Hands down the best cocktail bar in NZ
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Hawthorn Lounge
82 Tory St
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Hands down the best cocktail bar in NZ
Super Duper little beer bar
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Golding's Free Dive
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Super Duper little beer bar
great beer bar
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Little Beer Quarter
6 Edward St
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great beer bar
A cult beer bar - nothing more to say
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Hashigo Zake
25 Taranaki St
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A cult beer bar - nothing more to say
Grab a book off the shelf and a cocktail in this little hideaway of a lounge bar. Live music, snacks and sweet treats.
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The Library
53 Courtenay Pl
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Grab a book off the shelf and a cocktail in this little hideaway of a lounge bar. Live music, snacks and sweet treats.
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Tuatara Brewery
7 Sheffield St
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Fortune Favours Beer
7 Leeds St
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Food Scene

Best pizza in town
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Scopa
141 Cuba Street
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Best pizza in town
Great local entertainment - great food - great atmosphere - go next door for a great cocktail at eh Havana Bar
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Havana Bar
34 Wigan St
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Great local entertainment - great food - great atmosphere - go next door for a great cocktail at eh Havana Bar
Seriously good food
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Logan Brown Restaurant
192 Cuba St
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Seriously good food
Great food
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Floriditas
161 Cuba St
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Great food
My personal go to for dinner
Duke Carvell's Swan Lane Emporium
3 Swan Ln
My personal go to for dinner
Best Breakfast
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Fidel's Cafe
234 Cuba St
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Best Breakfast
Great little cafe for tea and cakes
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Martha's Pantry
276 Cuba St
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Great little cafe for tea and cakes
Best cubano sandwich and freshly baked breads in the city!
Cafe Lala
Best cubano sandwich and freshly baked breads in the city!
Good cheap mexican food ( don't ask for nachos!)
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Mexico Wellington
41 Dixon St
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Good cheap mexican food ( don't ask for nachos!)
Great for breakfast, lunch and dinner - classy little place
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Capitol Restaurant
10 Kent Terrace
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Great for breakfast, lunch and dinner - classy little place
Fantastic eatery - great food and wine list - sit at the bar and watch the chefs at work
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Charley Noble
1 Post Office Square
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Fantastic eatery - great food and wine list - sit at the bar and watch the chefs at work
good food
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Ombra
199 Cuba St
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good food
If your a meat lover - this place is for you -
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El Matador
196 Cuba St
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If your a meat lover - this place is for you -
Asian fusion with a 70's decor
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Chow Tory
45 Tory St
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Asian fusion with a 70's decor
Great little cafe for breakfast, brunch, lunch We are regulars
19 locals raden deze aan
Nikau Cafe
101 Wakefield St
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Great little cafe for breakfast, brunch, lunch We are regulars
Great for breakfast right through to lunch. Wonderful food and a delightful courtyard out back!
38 locals raden deze aan
Olive Restaurant
170-172 Cuba St
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Great for breakfast right through to lunch. Wonderful food and a delightful courtyard out back!
Good Indian!
Great India Restaurant
141 Manners St
Good Indian!
kitch little interior. Food influences from New Orleans, Cajun. Creole plus Mexican snack food - perfect if your hopping over the road to catch a movie at the embassy
29 locals raden deze aan
Sweet Mother's Kitchen
5 Courtenay Pl
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kitch little interior. Food influences from New Orleans, Cajun. Creole plus Mexican snack food - perfect if your hopping over the road to catch a movie at the embassy
Great for breakfast/lunch
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Prefab
14 Jessie St
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Great for breakfast/lunch
Right next door - perfect for breakfast,lunch and dinner
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The Bresolin
278 Willis St
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Right next door - perfect for breakfast,lunch and dinner
Great for breakfast & lunch
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Aro Cafe
90 Aro St
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Great for breakfast & lunch
Right round the corner - cute stlittle movie theatre with sofas to snuggle up and watch a movie. 2 mins from ours
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Light House Cuba
29 Wigan St
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Right round the corner - cute stlittle movie theatre with sofas to snuggle up and watch a movie. 2 mins from ours
Grab some excellent fish and chips and head round to Oriental Bay for the ultimate kiwi experience of fish and chips, or chups as we say, on the beach!
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Mt Vic Chippery
5 Majoribanks St
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Grab some excellent fish and chips and head round to Oriental Bay for the ultimate kiwi experience of fish and chips, or chups as we say, on the beach!
Cheap and Cherry Malaysian
Roti Chenai Cafe
120 Victoria St
Cheap and Cherry Malaysian
Lovely - more fine dining place
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Boulcott Street Bistro Restaurant
99 Boulcott St
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Lovely - more fine dining place
If you have a car I would suggest driving down Owhiro Rd and driving round the coastline - head to Gypsy Kitchen for spectacular deli food lunch from one of the best foodests in the land!
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Gipsy Kitchen
37 Glamis Ave
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If you have a car I would suggest driving down Owhiro Rd and driving round the coastline - head to Gypsy Kitchen for spectacular deli food lunch from one of the best foodests in the land!
If you have a car I would suggest driving down Owhiro Rd and driving round the coastline - head to Chocolate Fish for the best seafood sandwiches - whitebait, paua, scallop! A typical NZ dish! BBQ
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Chocolate Fish Cafe
100 Shelly Bay Rd
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If you have a car I would suggest driving down Owhiro Rd and driving round the coastline - head to Chocolate Fish for the best seafood sandwiches - whitebait, paua, scallop! A typical NZ dish! BBQ
Great little suburban place for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Great little place!
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The Larder
133 Darlington Rd
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Great little suburban place for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Great little place!
If you have a car I would suggest driving down Owhiro Rd and driving round the coastline - head to Maranui for spectacular breakfast/lunch.
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Maranui Cafe
7A Lyall Parade
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If you have a car I would suggest driving down Owhiro Rd and driving round the coastline - head to Maranui for spectacular breakfast/lunch.
Good Dinner - nice atmosphere
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Matterhorn
106 Cuba St
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Good Dinner - nice atmosphere
yum - our very own chocolate factory
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Wellington Chocolate Factory
5 Eva St
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yum - our very own chocolate factory
nice little cafe - enjoy the book store while you wait for your coffee
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Milk Crate
35 Ghuznee St
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nice little cafe - enjoy the book store while you wait for your coffee
Good Cambodian food - you must try the stuffed chicken wings - amazing!
Siem Reap Restaurant
99 Dixon St
Good Cambodian food - you must try the stuffed chicken wings - amazing!
Great Asian Fusion Food - Cool Atmosphere - Not Cheap Asian
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Dragonfly
70 Courtenay Pl
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Great Asian Fusion Food - Cool Atmosphere - Not Cheap Asian
Cool Bar out back with heated concrete seat - slick design - good ascon food for diners
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Ancestral
33 Courtenay Place
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Cool Bar out back with heated concrete seat - slick design - good ascon food for diners
Fresh asian cuisine (although you must try the blue cheese wontons with berry coulis) Modern/70's inspired interior - vegan/vege/gf/df friendly. Great food - 2 for 1 Mondays (may have a wait time)
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Chow Tory
45 Tory St
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Fresh asian cuisine (although you must try the blue cheese wontons with berry coulis) Modern/70's inspired interior - vegan/vege/gf/df friendly. Great food - 2 for 1 Mondays (may have a wait time)
Little bakery right beside us with breads and pastries
Le Moulin Bakery
248 Willis St
Little bakery right beside us with breads and pastries
seriously good dumplings
House of Dumplings
117 Taranaki St
seriously good dumplings
seriously good coffee
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Memphis Belle Coffee House
38 Dixon St
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seriously good coffee
best coffee in wellington ( just my opinion though man)
Lamason Brew Bar
best coffee in wellington ( just my opinion though man)
for serious coffee drinkers -great bakery too
Red Rabbit Coffee
96 Faraday St
for serious coffee drinkers -great bakery too
good coffee
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Customs by Coffee Supreme
39 Ghuznee St
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good coffee
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HUSK
62 Ghuznee St
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Burger Liquor
129 Willis St
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Great Seafood!
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Whitebait
1 Clyde Quay Wharf
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Great Seafood!
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Five Boroughs
245 Cuba St
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Loretta
181 Cuba St
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great local coffee
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Raglan Roast Coffee
40 Abel Smith St
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great local coffee
Great for lunch, dinner and drinks. An impressive amount of east meets west sharing plates, with a brilliant amount of local beer and sodas. The house made Gua bao are delicious
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Mr Go's
3 Taranaki St
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Great for lunch, dinner and drinks. An impressive amount of east meets west sharing plates, with a brilliant amount of local beer and sodas. The house made Gua bao are delicious
Great for coffee, bread and sweet things!
Starta Bread Kitchen & Shop
175 Victoria St
Great for coffee, bread and sweet things!
Nice little brewery
Black Dog Brewery Co
216 Cuba St
Nice little brewery
Caroline
1 Manners St
Great new food hall with options for everyone Bao Boy - great asian steamed buns Tommy Millions NY slice style pizza Aroha - plant based food Cake Society - devine sweet things Italian Japanese Greek Mexican grill
Press Hall
80A Willis St
Great new food hall with options for everyone Bao Boy - great asian steamed buns Tommy Millions NY slice style pizza Aroha - plant based food Cake Society - devine sweet things Italian Japanese Greek Mexican grill
great coffee & tacos - dog friendly
Machete Coffee & Tacos
9 Boulcott St
great coffee & tacos - dog friendly
A homely ostera style of dining, delicious Italian.
20 locals raden deze aan
Cicio Cacio Osteria
167 Riddiford St
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A homely ostera style of dining, delicious Italian.
Delicious local cafe
40 locals raden deze aan
Gipsy Kitchen
37 Glamis Ave
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Delicious local cafe
Great Brewery and bar food
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Heyday Beer Co
264a Cuba St
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Great Brewery and bar food

Arts & Culture

NZ's national museum
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Te Papa Museum station
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NZ's national museum
One of the great galleries in Wellington
Peter McLeavey Gallery
147 Cuba St
One of the great galleries in Wellington
Wellingtons beautiful cinema for seeing movies
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BATS Theatre
1 Kent Terrace
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Wellingtons beautiful cinema for seeing movies
Little alley 1 minute walk away - you will find Vivo - real authentic mexican food, second hand bookstores and a night market on http://www.wellingtonnightmarket.co.nz/about-night-market/
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Left Bank
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Little alley 1 minute walk away - you will find Vivo - real authentic mexican food, second hand bookstores and a night market on http://www.wellingtonnightmarket.co.nz/about-night-market/
Housed in a heritage building dating back from 1892 you will find interesting things from a time machine to an elephants saddle.
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Wellington Müzesi
3 Jervois Quay
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Housed in a heritage building dating back from 1892 you will find interesting things from a time machine to an elephants saddle.
Featuring contemporary art from NZ and from around the world. Great city gallery to visit.
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City Gallery Wellington
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Featuring contemporary art from NZ and from around the world. Great city gallery to visit.

Essentials

Supermarket for all things foodie plus a great place to stock up on bulk foods if your going tramping
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Moore Wilson's
College Street
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Supermarket for all things foodie plus a great place to stock up on bulk foods if your going tramping
Grocery store
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New World Wellington City
279 Wakefield St
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Grocery store
Grocery Store
New World Railway Metro
2 Bunny St
Grocery Store
Organic Grocery Store - has a great number of organic health products too
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Commonsense Wellington City
147 Tory St
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Organic Grocery Store - has a great number of organic health products too
Grocery Store
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New World Willis Street Metro
70 Willis St
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Grocery Store

Shopping

Craft Beer
10 locals raden deze aan
Crafters
211 Victoria St
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Craft Beer
Fantastic store for records, tapes and cds
Slow Boat Records
183 Cuba St
Fantastic store for records, tapes and cds
Great selection of Vinyl Tapes and Cds
Rough Peel Music
173 Cuba St
Great selection of Vinyl Tapes and Cds
great book store
Unity Books
57 Willis St
great book store

Sightseeing

Sanctuary to view bird life.Catch a bus or walk.Nice walk past the university or you can take a walk up a track(through bush) from Aro Valley, back of our place - takes about 1 hour 20 for the tramp.
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Zealandia
53 Waiapu Road
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Sanctuary to view bird life.Catch a bus or walk.Nice walk past the university or you can take a walk up a track(through bush) from Aro Valley, back of our place - takes about 1 hour 20 for the tramp.
Catch the cable car ( 10 minute walk form our house) On lambton Quay and ride up for a beautiful view of the city and make your way to the gardens
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Wellington Botanic Garden
101 Glenmore St
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Catch the cable car ( 10 minute walk form our house) On lambton Quay and ride up for a beautiful view of the city and make your way to the gardens
Great 360 of this cool little capital. Takes 45 mins to walk up from our place through the reserve that circles our city - or drive!
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Lookout Road
Lookout Road
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Great 360 of this cool little capital. Takes 45 mins to walk up from our place through the reserve that circles our city - or drive!

Everything Else

Best Hot Yoga in Welley - heated room ( not as hot as Bikram) Wooden floors and lovely music. Hot, PV and Yin with over 30 classes a week! There are yoga matts in your room so feel free to use!
6 locals raden deze aan
Hot Yoga Wellington (Wakefield St)
250G Wakefield St
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Best Hot Yoga in Welley - heated room ( not as hot as Bikram) Wooden floors and lovely music. Hot, PV and Yin with over 30 classes a week! There are yoga matts in your room so feel free to use!
If you like Bikram
Yoga for the People
133-139 Tory St
If you like Bikram
Great Astanga studio -
Te Aro Astanga Yoga
116 Cuba St
Great Astanga studio -
Great Health club with pool, spa, sauna and steam room. Cardio rooms with free wifi.
Habit Majestic
100 Willis St
Great Health club with pool, spa, sauna and steam room. Cardio rooms with free wifi.
Wellingtons public pool - sit in the spa and look over the harbour!
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Freyberg Pool & Fitness Centre
139 Oriental Parade
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Wellingtons public pool - sit in the spa and look over the harbour!