Hi Stephanie
We really enjoyed the christchurch bike tour and Jacky was a great guide. She really tailored her presentations for us as locals and the Australians on board too. I learned quite a bit. At all times we felt safe with her guidance through the dodgier areas where the roading and traffic flow wasn't as smoothe as it once was.
I will recommend this activity to anyone - visitors to Chch and locals. Well done you for keeping the business going through thick and thin...
Ps - I learnt about the tours after reading the Escape artice in The Press. It has also increased my reading of Escape too.
Keep up the great work!
Helen, Barbara and Ken
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There is plenty to do this January in Christchurch. We have compiled a list of events and activities and hope that they are helpful when planning your trip to the city!
The Breeze Lazy Sundays - 9 Jan till 13 Mar
Where: Bontanic Gardens
Cost: Free event
Enjoy relaxing with a picnic and soaking up some great local musical talent.
The Inagural New Zealand Sandcastle Competition - 21/22 Jan Where: New Brighton Beach
Cost: Free
Head to the beach and check out some amazing sandcastle creations.
Christchurch Farmers' Market - Re-opens 9th Jan (every Saturday)
Where: Riccarton House
Cost: Free (bring money for buying local delights though!)
Set in the stunning grounds of Riccarton
House, the Farmers' Market runs each Saturday morning from 9am to noon. Christchurch Bike Tours run two-hour tours to the market each week for $40 per person which includes a bike, helmet and guide. For more information click here...
World Buskers Festival - 19 till 29 Jan Where: North Hagley Park & New Brighton
Cost: Some performances are free, others require tickets
Christchurch's hugely ppopular buskers' festival has a laugh ready for everyone!
Touring Exhibition - Off the Wall: WearableArt Close Up - till 18 Mar
Where: Canterbury Museum
Cost: Free
This exhibition showcases a selection of the very best garments from the WOW® historic collection. A collection of these garments will also be accompanied by a significant New Zealand artist's painting, including Bill Hammond, Grahame Sydney and Timo Ranneli, adding another level of story telling within each piece.
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Christchurch & Canterbury Tourism have set up a new website to let visitors to the region know what's on and what's open - such as restaurants, shops, activities and bars. This is a great way to plan your stay in Christchurch!
Visit http://popupcity.co.nz/
The blog show's you just how Christchurch city – the third largest in New Zealand with some 380,000 inhabitants – is recovering from what the experts all agree was a unique set of circumstances never before witnessed world-wide in the form of a series of high magnitude earthquakes between September 2010 and June 2011.
If you would like to see what activities there are to do in Christchurch visit, http://popupcity.co.nz/movin%e2%80%99-a ... ristchurch
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Taste Events Co are running a week of Christmas Markets from Monday 19th December to Friday 23rd December at Riccarton House. Running daily from 4pm – 7pm there will be a combination of the Christchurch Farmers Market and the Sunday Artisan Market.
The market will include a selection of Arts and crafts stalls, Christmas goodies, local music, the Stella Artois Garden Bar, Christmas carols and much more.
The Riccarton House Bistro will also be serving food during the markets. The markets are a great opportunity to buy fresh produce for your Christmas dinner, find the perfect gift or simply relax and enjoy the stunning grounds of Riccarton House and Bush.
If you would like to visit the markets via bicycle, check out http://www.chchbiketours.co.nz/framesbeer.html to see what Christchurch Bike Tours has to offer.
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Christchurch's i-SITE Visitor Centre has reopened in a specially-designed portable building on Rolleston Avenue, next to Canterbury Museum.
It's an easy walk to attractions such as Christchurch Bike Tours , Punting on the Avon, the Canterbury Museum, Caterpillar Tours at the Botanic Gardens and the North Hagley Park Events Village which is going to be home to some great events over the summer, including the World Buskers Festival in January.
The new i-SITE Visitor Centre is a one-stop shop for visitors and locals looking for travel advice. It also offers ticketing for many key Christchurch tourism activities, including Christchurch Bike Tours , various accommodation and transport for the Canterbury region and the whole of New Zealand.
For more informaton, visit http://www.christchurchnz.com/plan-your ... entre.aspx
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