Fodor's Essential New Zealand (Full-color Travel Guide Book 1)
Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. <br /><br />New Zealand's sweeping vistas have captured the imagination of travelers around the world. Visitors flock here to sample world-class wines, snap up young designers' wares, and tour "Middle-earth." <i>Fodor's Essential New Zealand</i>, in full color, helps visitors make the most of their time, whether they choose to stay on the North or South Island or island-hop through the country.<br /><br />This travel guide includes:<br />· Dozens of full-color maps<br />· Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks<br />· Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what’s off the beaten path<br />· Major sights such as Abel Tasman National Park, Aoraki/Mt. Cook, Bay of Islands, The Coromandel, Hawke's Bay, Otago Peninsula, Queenstown and  Waitomo Caves<br />· Coverage of Auckland; Northland and the Bay of Islands; The Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty; East Coast and the Volcanic Zone; North Island's West Coast; Wellington and the Wairarapa; Upper South Island and the West Coast; Christchurch and Canterbury; The Southern Alps and Fiordland; Otago, Invercargill, and Stewart Island