Portobello
Worth seeing in and around Portobello
2 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.
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Getting to Portobello
- Airports
- Queenstown (ZQN), 175 km
- Stations
- Otago Harbour, 3.7 km
- Queenstown → PortobelloTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Christchurch → Portobello302 km · quickest by road, 6h 46m · NZ$55–70
- Wellington → Portobello606 km · quickest by road, 17h 6m · NZ$115–155
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Portobello
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Portobello. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can also use the Port to Port ferry service to ride along Otago Peninsula from Dunedin, cross the harbour and return via Port Chalmers.
- Get inThere is also the option of taking the bus to Port Chalmers and after exploring the town taking the ferry across to Portobello and from there take a bus back to Dunedin.
- Get inDuring the season there is ferry and water taxi services operated by Port to Port which can take you between Portobello, Port Chalmers, Carey's Bay and Quarantine Island.
From Wikivoyage: Port Chalmers, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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