Blenheim

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Travel and vacation in Blenheim, New Zealand

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What to see and do in Blenheim ?

Nestled in the heart of Marlborough Wine Country and enjoying one of New Zealand’s sunniest climates, Blenheim is an ideal base for exploring the local wine and food culture. Leisure activities range from swimming with dolphins in the Marlborough Sounds to watching whales in Kaikoura, or from walks through the bush and along the rugged coastline, and scenic boat cruising, fishing, water-skiing and kayaking. Famous for the relaxed lifestyle and the flourishing gourmet food industry in Marlborough, staying in Blenheim is simply wine and food heaven. Bike around the vineyards or catch a tour.

Choose accommodation in Blenheim, or around Blenheim and find a pleasing selection of places to stay, including charming luxury hotels specialising in character accommodation suited to Blenheim landscapes, climate and culture, as well as family orientated and budget accommodation. In Blenheim you can stay close to cafes, restaurants, bars, shops, artisan food outlets and golf courses. There are more than 20 wineries within driving distance of the town, and most of them welcome visitors for sampling sessions and cellar door sales. A wide range of hotels throughout the region provides access to many adventure and tourism attractions.

Blenheim driving wine tours, boutique food producer tours or a combination of food, wine, art and garden tours are very popular, or take a fully guided wine tour by bike. The scenery is stunning, the wine outstanding, the riding gentle, the food delicious and the guide informative.

Blenheim is the focal point for the Marlborough wine growing region. A number of wineries are located on the towns edges, with many more just a short drive away. It is New Zealand’s largest winemaking region with around 65 wineries and 290 grape growers and over 4000 hectares planted in grapes, mainly Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer.

Marlborough is blessed with a plethora of culinary delights, such as the biggest green lipped mussels you’ve ever seen and enormous crayfish and oysters harvested fresh from the clear water bays. The Blenheim Farmer’s Market is a gastronomic maze filled with all sorts of delicious treats, a great way to start any Sunday. You could spend days and days visiting beautiful vineyards with endless tasting options.

Blenheim’s ‘big attraction’ has always been its wineries, but the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre has blown the wine out of the water. The Centre is wonderful family fun housing a captivating collection of original and replica Great War aircraft, brought to life with a series of dioramas depicting dramatic wartime scenes such as the death of Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron. Memorabilia and photographic displays deepen the experience. Attractions also include New Zealand’s largest high-country station – complete with cob cottages and magical vistas galore!

Discover enchanting restaurants nestled among the vineyards. Fresh and sophisticated seasonal food, with a European edge and stellar wine lists. Intimate evening dining is an option and some restaurants boasts stylish timber-and-stone architecture with pleasant riverside locations. This promise is backed up by consistent fare along the lines of macadamia muesli, aged feta and chorizo salad, local mussels and salmon, and super-fine Euro-sweets: truffles, sorbet and pastries.

The more adventurous can cycle from beech forests to beaches and discover wines, wilderness, and wildlife. Blenheim and nearby Marlborough are also renowned for the idyllic Marlborough Sounds, sunken valleys which create a network of tranquil clear waterways amidst regenerating and virgin native forests. The Sounds are home to treasured bird and sea life terns, shags, herons, blue penguins, dolphins, seals, and native forest birds, all easily viewed by private boat or charter tour. The renowned 71km Queen Charlotte Track, a three day walk, curls around these coves and inlets and along skyline ridges between the breath-taking Kenepuru and Queen Charlotte Sounds.