Arrow Private Hotel

Queenstown & Wanaka


Five understated but luxurious suites feature at this modern property on Arrowtown's outskirts. Accommodation is chic and contemporary with huge picture windows showcasing the surrounding countryside. The suites are framed around an old stone cottage that has an open fire, armchairs and a selection of spirits and local wines. The Queenstown Trail goes right by the door.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Queenstown & Wanaka attractions

1. Arrowtown Chinese Settlement

0.27 MILES

Strung along the creek, near the site of Arrowtown's first gold find, is NZ’s best example of an early Chinese settlement. Interpretive signs explain the…

2. Lakes District Museum & Gallery

0.49 MILES

Exhibits cover the gold-rush era and the early days of Chinese settlement around Arrowtown. Kids are kept engaged by the likes of an 'Odd One Out' game…

3. St Patrick's Catholic Church

0.52 MILES

Apart from its impressive Star of David–shaped rose window, this 1874 stone Gothic Revival church, built from local schist rock, wouldn't be worth noting…

4. Arrowtown Gaol

0.63 MILES

With gold rushes came lawlessness. Arrowtown's prisoners were originally manacled to logs, but in 1876 this schist jail, now surrounded by homes, was…

5. Chard Farm

5.8 MILES

The most picturesque of the Gibbston wineries, Chard Farm's rustic cellar door is reached by a precipitous 2km road overlooking the Kawarau Bridge Bungy…

6. Gibbston Valley

6.79 MILES

The area's oldest commercial winery (established in the early 1980s) offers tours of the winery ($35) and NZ's largest wine cave ($20). It also has a…

7. Pisa Conservation Area

7.94 MILES

Covering much of the Pisa Range, this conservation reserve has several walking trails through the tussock grass. To get the full show, the 19km tramp to…

8. Peregrine

8.45 MILES

Peregrine by name, peregrine by design…the award-winning construction of the cellar door, shaped a bit like a falcon's wing in flight, looks particularly…