Highlights
- Small group tour from Napier (max 12 passengers)
- 6 hour sightseeing, wine & food tasting tour
- Chocolate, Manuka honey & wine tasting
- Interesting commentary from local guide
Description
Discover the top Napier attractions on A Grand Day Out full day experience with Tour Napier. The Art Deco City is renowned for its beautiful architecture but is also home to premium wines, spectacular views, beekeeping and sculpture gardens. Explore everything this Hawke’s Bay city has to offer onboard a Mercedes Benz minivan with your friendly local guide.
Throughout your full day sightseeing experience with Tour Napier, you will visit some of the best Art Deco architecture in the city. In 1931, a major earthquake in Hawke’s Bay destroyed most of Napier, which led to its reconstruction in the Art Deco style. Take photos of stylish Art Deco homes and buildings in the Napier city centre, Marewa suburb and the fishing village of Ahuriri. Learn the historical significance behind Ahuriri and the famous National Tobacco Co building. The Grand Day Out tour will also stop to admire panoramic views over Hawke’s Bay and Napier’s working port at Bluff Hill Lookout.
After a morning of sightseeing on your Tour Napier trip, it’s time to indulge in some wine tasting. Hawke’s Bay is known as the birthplace of New Zealand wine and is subsequently the country’s oldest wine region. Sample different wines at Mission Estate, the oldest working winery in New Zealand, together with your Tour Napier guide. And what pairs perfectly with wine? Chocolate! The next stop of your full day Napier tour is Silky Oak Chocolate Co for tastings, before settling in for lunch at the Birdwoods Gallery (own cost).
Spend a little time wandering through the art gallery, sweet shop and sculpture garden at Birdwoods Gallery, which also offers local beers and wines as refreshments. After lunch, the final stop of your Grand Day Out with Tour Napier is the Arataki Honey Visitor Centre, via a sightseeing detour up Te Mata Peak. Learn about New Zealand’s manuka honey, have a taste and watch the bees at work to finish the tour.
Trip Includes
- 6 hour wine tasting & sightseeing tour in Napier
- Live commentary by local guide
- Comfortable Mercedes Benz minivan
- Small group tour of the Art Deco Capital of the World
- Wine tasting at Mission Estate - the oldest winery in New Zealand
- Chocolate sampling at Silky Oak Chocolate Co
- Viewing points at Bluff Hill Lookout & Te Mata Peak
- See the famous National Tobacco Co building in Ahuriri
- Honey sampling at Arataki Honey Visitor Centre
- Stop for lunch (own cost) at Birdwoods Gallery
Duration
Departures
- 8:30am & 9:00am
- Pick up from central Napier accommodation or meet at National Aquarium of New Zealand (Marine Parade, Napier)
- Operates Monday to Saturday all year
Other Information
- Minimum age of 8 years old
- Child rates apply (8-16yrs)
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Food & drink outside of tastings is not included
- Please bring a hat, sunglasses, light clothing, comfortable shoes, a camera & spending money
- Minimum numbers required for tour to go ahead
*** This activity is not available to book online. Please contact us for alternative options ***
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