Aro Valley

Worth seeing in and around Aro Valley

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

   The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa, it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery.

   1.8 km · national museum of New Zealand · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Victoria University of Wellington

   Victoria University of Wellington is a public research university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by an act of the New Zealand Parliament, and was originally a constituent college of the University of New Zealand until the dissolution of that institution in 1961.

   800 m · public university in New Zealand · Wikipedia
3. 03
   National Library of New Zealand

   The National Library of New Zealand is New Zealand's national library, headquartered in Wellington on the corner of Aitken and Molesworth Streets, close to other national government buildings such as the New Zealand Parliament Buildings and the Court of Appeal. Under the National Library of New Zealand Act 2003, the library's purpose is to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations." The Act also enumerates other duties for the library, including collecting, preserving and protecting New Zealand's documentary heritage, supporting other libraries in New Zealand, and collaborating with peer institutions abroad.

   2.4 km · national library · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Wellington Zoo

   Wellington Zoo is a 13-hectare zoo on a hilly site in the green belt of Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington Zoo opened in 1906 and is the oldest public zoo in New Zealand.

   3.7 km · zoo in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sacred Heart Cathedral

   The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and of Saint Mary His Mother, better known as Sacred Heart Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral church on Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand. It is the parish church of the Thorndon Catholic parish and the seat of the Archbishop of Wellington.

   2.3 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Basin Reserve

   The Basin Reserve, commonly referred to as the Basin and also known as the Cello Basin Reserve for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand. It is used for test matches, and is the main home ground of the Wellington Firebirds first-class team.

   1.8 km · sports ground in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Mary of the Angels

   St Mary of the Angels is a Catholic church on the corner of Boulcott Street and O'Reily Avenue in Wellington, New Zealand. It is the parish church for Wellington Central and one of the major churches of the city.

   1.2 km · Catholic church in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Wellington Botanic Garden

   Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā is a botanical garden close to central Wellington in New Zealand. It covers 25 ha of land in a valley between Thorndon and Kelburn, with Glenmore Street as a boundary along the valley floor.

   1.3 km · public botanical garden · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Futuna Chapel

   Futuna Chapel is a building in Wellington, New Zealand designed by the architect John Scott. Built by the brothers of the Society of Mary, the chapel is named after the Pacific Island of Futuna on which the missionary Peter Chanel, to whom the project is dedicated, was martyred in 1841.

   2.3 km · heritage church building in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Wellington Museum

    Wellington Museum is a museum on Queens Wharf in Wellington, New Zealand. It occupies the 1892 Bond Store, a historic building on Jervois Quay on the waterfront of Wellington Harbour.

    1.7 km · museum in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia

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Getting to Aro Valley

Airports

Wellington (WLG), 5 km

Stations

Wellington Railway Station, 2.4 km

• Christchurch → Aro Valley

  304 km · quickest by air, 3h 54m · NZ$140–210
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  494 km · quickest by air, 4h 37m · NZ$180–270
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