Guidebook for Wellington
Food Scene
El Matador, a vibrant and rustic Buenos Aires style eatery and bar, offers quality cuisine and beverages with a Latin twist.
12 locals recommend
El Matador
196 Cuba StEl Matador, a vibrant and rustic Buenos Aires style eatery and bar, offers quality cuisine and beverages with a Latin twist.
Drinks & Nightlife
Five Boroughs is a New York style diner located in Mount Victoria. Think Sloppy Joe's, pickles and Buttermilk Fried Chicken!
19 locals recommend
Five Boroughs
245 Cuba StFive Boroughs is a New York style diner located in Mount Victoria. Think Sloppy Joe's, pickles and Buttermilk Fried Chicken!
Arts & Culture
Explore the national museum, Te Papa, where innovative displays tell the stories of New Zealand. From Māori culture to cutting-edge new exhibitions, there's plenty to keep you entertained. Make sure to see the Colossal Squid - its eyes are the size of soccer balls!
65 locals recommend
Te Papa Tongarewa
Explore the national museum, Te Papa, where innovative displays tell the stories of New Zealand. From Māori culture to cutting-edge new exhibitions, there's plenty to keep you entertained. Make sure to see the Colossal Squid - its eyes are the size of soccer balls!
Wellington Museum
3 Jervois QuayParks & Nature
ZEALANDIA is the world’s first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary, with an extraordinary 500-year vision to restore a Wellington valley’s forest and freshwater ecosystems as closely as possible to their pre-human state. The 225 hectare ecosanctuary is a groundbreaking conservation project that has reintroduced 18 species of native wildlife back into the area, 6 of which were previously absent from mainland New Zealand for over 100 years.
255 locals recommend
ZEALANDIA Ecosanctuary
53 Waiapu RoadZEALANDIA is the world’s first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary, with an extraordinary 500-year vision to restore a Wellington valley’s forest and freshwater ecosystems as closely as possible to their pre-human state. The 225 hectare ecosanctuary is a groundbreaking conservation project that has reintroduced 18 species of native wildlife back into the area, 6 of which were previously absent from mainland New Zealand for over 100 years.
Essentials
New World Newlands
Bracken Road