Swan House

A lovely bnb in a beautiful garden setting. We had a a take away dinner from the local Chinese with some excellent local wine. We ate under the umbrella on the deck and decided it was better than going out to a restaurant. In the morning we rode the bikes into town for our morning coffee. A wonderful stop over in Martinborough

This is a gorgeous boutique B&B. The unit is self contained with a bistro table and chairs for breakfast, comfortable lounge furniture and an excellent bed with lovely linen. The wall art was interesting, lovely large colourful modern pieces of work. In the fridge were bottles of water, some snacks and the breakfast items which comprised packaged fruit salad, some cereals, milk and two small cartons of yoghurt. Not my ideal breakfast but … Tea and coffee were also provided. On the small coffee table was a jar of sweeties (lollies), hard to resist that’s for sure. The bathroom was well appointed, a walk-in shower with all shower and hair products provided including some other personal products in the vanity unit drawer. It was a large room, in fact the larger of the two units both of which faced a reasonably sized decked seating area and the small garden. Martinborough is gorgeous, only an hour ish from Wellington. It’s a small town with an interestingly laid out centre, I’m told in the pattern of the Union Jack! It’s in a wine region, aren’t all the interesting places, and seems to be unaffected by high modern developments therefore retaining its old traditional charm. So, all in all, it was a great visit, I wished we had been able to stay longer..