| upgraded quarters add patios or balconies; some include whirlpool baths and bay views. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 10:00 am. detached 2-story, 2-bedroom apartments offer washers/dryers and off-street parking. room service is available. amenities include a heated outdoor pool, a tennis court and a children's playground. a minute's walk from buffalo beach, this relaxed resort is a 7-minute walk from mercury bay museum and 9 minutes' walk from the lost spring spa and thermal pools. simple apartments come with wi-fi, flat-screen tvs and kitchenettes, plus separate living rooms
Auckland Airport 2 hr 39
New Chums Beach (37 min)
Remote, picturesque 0.6-mi.-long beach in a bay accessed via rugged headland & forest. Lonely Bay (36 min) The Waterworks (39 min)
Quirky place with water-powered inventions, a playground & a swimming hole, plus an organic cafe. Shakespeare Cliff Lookout (36 min) Mercury Bay Art Escape, Coromandel Peninsula (9 min) Whitianga Mountainbike Park (7 min) Mercury Bay (36 min) Bread & Butter Gallery (5 min)
Art museum and art Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve (37 min)
Beach, snorkeling, and kayaking Whiti Farm Park (13 min)
Park and zoo Banana Boat water activities Whitianga (3 min) Mercury Bay Museum (7 min)
Charming displays on the history of fishing & other regional industries, plus a gift shop. Coromandel Peninsula (18 min)
Stunning beaches, dense forest & some of the last wild populations of the Kiwi bird. Otama Beach and Reserve (24 min) | 
