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HOME AT FIRST's
QUEENSTOWN INN
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QUEENSTOWN,
SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND |
A peaceful, stylish refuge
overlooking Queenstown, five minutes walk
from the lively center of New Zealand's adventure activity capital. |
A multi-day stop at
Queenstown
ranks high on most
Home At
First
custom-designed, independent, fly-drive itineraries through New Zealand.
And why not? Queenstown is the vibrant center of the South Pacific
island nation’s most dynamic outdoor lifestyle region. Queenstown
attracts athletic, adrenaline-hooked
young adults, and fashionable, active, upscale professionals to
experience the many pleasures and challenges of this most visually
stimulating and physically testing of New Zealand regions. |
Visitors risking overstimulation by Queenstown’s attractions need a
tranquil refuge.
Home At
First’s
Queenstown Inn provides comfortable lodgings, a delightful breakfast in
the dining room that features panoramic views of the Queenstown and
turquoise Lake Wakatipu, and a lively evening wine & canapés social hour
in the lounge. All this comes with numerous personal touches of a
dedicated staff: activities booking service, laundry service, and
luggage storage.
Located in a quiet
residential section just five walking minutes from the fast-beating
heart of the town, |

Queenstown's glorious
setting on spectacular
Lake Wakatipu at the edge of the Southern
Alps ensures sensational scenery and an
outstanding selection of outdoor activities.
Photo
of Lake Wakatipu © HOME AT FIRST |
Queenstown Inn promises extraordinary |
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access to the action
from a convenient, convivial, and comfortable
base where guests recharge their batteries
after tackling many of New Zealand’s most active days in some of its
most remarkable scenery. |

Quality Standard Accommodations &
Luxury Suites at
the Queenstown Inn.
Shown above is a portion of the upper
luxury suite at Queenstown Inn.
Photo
© HOME AT FIRST |
THE ACCOMMODATIONS
QUALITY STANDARD ROOMS &
OPTIONAL LUXURY SUITES:
Queenstown Inn is the right place to be
for all the right reasons. Its 8 standard rooms (each non-smoking with full bath, TV, and
hair dryer) are comfortable and stylish. Its luxury suites (an extra cost upgrade) offer
lots of space, kitchens with bar, fireplaces, patio or balcony, and other
amenities. Standard rooms are great for individuals and couples. The luxury
suites are ideal for families and multiple couples traveling together.
All rooms are equipped with wireless internet connections. |
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Spacious accommodations
with tasteful décor ensure your comfort at Queenstown Inn.
SHOWN ABOVE IS A STANDARD SUITE WITH QUEEN BED.
Photo
© HOME AT FIRST |
COMMON SOCIAL ROOMS WITH A VIEW:
Regardless of room accommodation, all guests have use of the common facilities: lounge,
laundry, and breakfast room. The breakfast menu offers several delightful choices each
day each one made to order and delicious. The 6PM happy hour in the lounge gives you
a chance to meet other guests from around the world, and sample some of New Zealands
finest wines served with bite-sized canapés. The inn provides off-street private parking, and, for those departing the
inn for multi-day trips like the great walks or overnight cruises on the fiords,
the Queenstown Inn provides
free luggage storage. |

A delightful breakfast
menu and
internationally flavored happy
hour add
to the positive
Queenstown Inn experience.
Shown above are the breakfast
dining area and the guest lounge.
Photo © HOME
AT FIRST |

Louise Kiely, hostess
at Queenstown Inn. |
OUTSTANDING
HOSTING: Louise Kiely and her staff may the best reason of all to
stay at Queenstown Inn. A former tennis champion and runway model, Louise Kiely has become
a world-class hostess. She learned the business at skier Jean Claude Killys guest
house in the French Alps, then in London, in Scotland, in Sydney, and in Auckland before
settling down in New Zealands outdoor action center, Queenstown. She carefully
selects staff who take sincere interest in making guests comfortable and seeing to the
success of their visit.
HIGHLY RATED: Queenstown Inn is
annually rated one of
Home
At First's top New Zealand
lodgings by guest
review. |
THE SETTING:
Several guest rooms as well as the breakfast room and the guest lounge
at Queenstown Inn provide a view overlooking Queenstown and across an arm of turquoise Lake Wakatipu to
the neighboring mountains that surround both. The inns quiet residential
surroundings ensure a peaceful night, and the mountain/lake air promises sound sleeping.
The 5-minute walk down into central Queenstown leads to the heart of the South
Islands most vibrant and trendy restaurant/shopping/disco quarter.
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View from Queenstown
Inn of Queenstown with Lake Wakatipu, Cecil & Walker Peaks.
Photo
©
HOME AT FIRST |

Twilight over Queenstown, with Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables
mountains.
Photo NZ
Tourism |

View from Lake
Wakatipu shore at Queenstown harbor with Cecil & Walker Peaks.
Photo
©
Home At First |

Queenstown: New Zealand's
favorite jumping off place. |
THE LOCATION:
Queenstown is in the heart of the mountain and lake
playground of New Zealands
South Island.
For decades it has been a magnet for adventure tourism. Queenstown has long been the
epicenter of extreme sports. Commercial bungy jumping was invented at the nearby Kawarau
Bridge in 1988 by the extreme sports legend A. J. Hackett. Jet boating that other New
Zealand extreme export became an extreme sport with mass appeal on Queenstowns
Shotover River in 1970.
Modern, commercial
bungy jumping began right here:
the Kawarau Bridge, just outside of Queenstown.
NZ Tourism
Photo |
Why Queenstown? Great weather, for one.
Dramatic mountains, wilderness, and long, navigable lakes abound here. Shallow rivers full
of fish and the occasional gold nugget cut through narrow canyons full of danger and
challenge. The region had a Wild West attitude that locals discovered would lure tourists.
All the trendy shops and restaurants have done little to tame Queenstown the place
remains the extreme adventure capital of New Zealand, and perhaps the world. |

The Shotover Jet in
action — storming
through
its
namesake river canyon
just outside of
Queenstown.
Photo NZ
Tourism |

The steamship Earnslaw
preparing
to depart its
Queenstown mooring
for a cruise on Lake Wakatipu.
Photo
© HOME AT FIRST |
ACTIVITIES:
Louise Kiely and her staff
personally see to it that all of her guests enjoy their stay at the inn and in Queenstown.
Want a cruise on the lake? Fancy a spa at a fancy resort? Cant live without bungy
jumping? Looking for a round of golf on New Zealands most scenic course? Ask Louise.
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MORE ACTIVITIES:
Dinner recommendations? Easy. Shopping? Wine Tasting?
Hiking? Jet boating? Skiing? Climbing?
Cycling? Scenic
flights to Milford Sound? Ask Louise. No one knows more about Queenstown or is better
known in Queenstown. We submit she is the queen of the place, a one-woman Chamber of
Commerce and Tourism Bureau better, theres no bureaucracy at Queenstown Inn.
Dont fail to meet her over drinks and nibbles at happy hour. Shes buying! |

Popular candidate for
most scenic
hole in
New
Zealand golf, the 5th
hole at Queenstown
(Kelvin Heights)
Golf Club is framed by Lake
Wakatipu
and the Remarkables Mountains.
Photos
© HOME AT FIRST |
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AVAILABILITY:
For current availability
information,
call
HOME AT FIRST at
(800) 523-5842,
or contact us by e-mail at:
info@homeatfirst.com.
Pinot grapes ripening at
Queenstown's Gibbston Valley
Winery,
which invites visitors
for wine tastings and
light meals
at the world's
southernmost vineyard.
Photos
© HOME AT FIRST |
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