Great Ponsonby Arthotel, a delightful small hotel providing bed & breakfast in Auckland. Just two minutes stroll to Ponsonby's vibrant cafés, restaurants, galleries or taxi five minutes to the harbour and city centre.

Breakfasts are legendary – friendships have been forged in the dining room, crepes lingered over on the verandah.

Eleven rooms of varying size and price. All have everything you could need and New Zealand and Pacific artworks. Courtyard studios are bigger than villas. Spacious suites and penthouse are over twice as large again.

Boutique Courtyard Studios

These quirky studios are across the courtyard from the main house. They feature superbly appointed kitchenettes, and areroomy with Leather couch. Twin, queen, king beds. Originally these were workshops and bathroom/laundry and during the 1930s depression the then owner made wooden toys in the workshop to support his family. Later in the 1950s they became illegal apartments as was common throughout Ponsonby. They remained like this until we purchased the property in 1995 and renovated them into three quirky studios. The tables and chairs and clothes racks have been crafted by a Danish furniture maker living in NZ from Rimu, a native timber.

Ponsonby

Ponsonby, an urban village, is one of the earliest areas of Auckland and luckily many of the historic buildings still remain. It is also the trendiest part of town, a place where Aucklanders come to eat, drink coffee and have fun. It is very close to the city centre. So, the Great Ponsonby, set in a large, beautiful garden is in the most perfect place from which to explore Auckland.