Day 1: Immerse yourself in Wellington
Whilst walking across town, stop and enjoy the variety of stores, cafés, restaurants and bars.
Coffee is serious business in Wellington. You can’t leave this boutique city until you have sampled the local café culture.
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Start your day with an espresso hit. Check out iconic Wellington cafés such as Mojo or Caffe L’Affare which roast their own coffee beans on-site.
Experience the wide array of shopping Wellington has to offer. With hundreds of stores packed into two kilometres, it’s a shopaholic’s paradise. Visit designer fashions on Lambton and Willis Street or boutiques and funky stores in the creative Cuba quarter.
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Discover Wellington designers Starfish, Mandatory and Andrea Moore or internationally acclaimed New Zealand designers including Kate Sylvester, Karen Walker and Zambesi.
Wellington is home to more than 300 cafés, bars and restaurants, and it rivals the world’s top culinary destinations for flavour and variety.
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Dine out at restaurants such as Vivo Wine Bar, Logan Brown, Matterhorn or Chow.
