Wine tasting was set for the afternoon. We left from the I-site (local tourism office) and visited a number of wineries and the stunning Te Mata peak. The Te Mata Peak was the absolute highlight of the day, the 360 degree views from the top are marvelous, and with the best weather possible you could see extremely far.
Mission Estate was the last winery we visited and the oldest of New Zealand. After having visited 4 wineries and having sampled a large number of different types of wine it was nice but there was not one particular wine which i really liked.
Apparantly according to experts the Hawksbay wines are really good however the tourguide also said that even though a wine has won a price YOU have to like it. There was no wine which did it for me.
In order to cope with the wine I visited a Turkish restaurant for a nice meal. And to be honest it is really recommendable yesterday i enjoyed a falafel durum and today I ordered the Lamb and Chicken Iskender which is a really nice full course meal.To sum up Napier was definatelly a good stop on route to Wellington.
Can you imagine a lot of the art deco ornaments wwere hidden for years and years behind iron wave plates (golfplaten) in the town of Napier?
ReplyDeleteIt was a normal NZ city with no huge appeal for tourists. When someone found this ornaments behind these hidings, they start investigate their own history. Since then, building owners receive a incentive from the city council if the restore their building in the original style. But they can not choose their own color scheme any more, because the proposal has to be approved by the city architect.
For now Stefan, this as most east as you will travel, because i believe you don't go any further to the east cape.
In Napier you are part of the first 1 % of the world population to say goodmorning to the new rising sun each day. Not many places left to visit closer to the international date border (datumgrens).
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