Hilton Auckland

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Hilton Auckland

Style: Modern Design

Atmosphere: Lively

165 Rooms

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We know what you're thinking, and you're right — a Hilton hotel had better be something special to be included in our listings. You're right, of course, and we are happy to say that this particular Hilton hotel is indeed something a bit out of the ordinary.

First, the profile: the Auckland Hilton resembles nothing so much as a giant cruise ship, a long and low white structure out at the end of Prince's Wharf, surrounded by the waters of Waitemata Harbor. The illusion is particularly striking as cruise ships pull up to dock alongside the hotel, and the meeting rooms fill up with passengers arriving and departing.

Guest rooms are crisp, modern and sophisticated, with clean lines and sleek minimal furniture. All the modern amenities are present, including high-speed internet access and exquisitely functional bathrooms. Views tend toward the dramatic, with full-length windows and private terraces opening onto the bay, and in the corner rooms, two full walls of glass.

So it's a chain hotel with a boutique feel, the letterhead on the desks the only clue that these stylish rooms bear the Hilton name. The restaurant, the appropriately named White, serves the finest of local seafood with yet another dramatic view of the bay, and many of the rest of Auckland's bars and restaurants are within easy reach. Despite what the travel magazines would have you believe, New Zealand isn't all lodge living and Hobbit landscapes — Auckland is a vibrant modern city this is a chic and modern city hotel.