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Auckland Holiday Guide
Auckland is the city of lovers and therefore the MÄori name of this city is “TÄmaki Makaurauâ€. It is a geologically blessed town which has fixed its modernism on a rocky coastline of two harbors. The city is positioned on a narrow isthmus disrupted by volcanic tunnels and enclosed by bountiful farmland. Auckland is often known as the “City of Sails” because of attractive west coast surf beaches, gleaming Hauraki Gulf with its numerous islands along with Waitemata Harbor yacht tour.
It is also known as the “City of Extinct Volcanoes” as the city is built on the Auckland Volcanic Field consisting of 48 volcanoes. There are dense zones of rain-forest, wineries, thermal springs, and wildlife reserves, which makes it one of the world’s top cities for the distinction of life and livability.
Get acquainted with Auckland
Auckland is the biggest cosmopolitan area in bothPolynesia and New Zealand and is situated in the northern half of the North Island, on a narrow isthmus of land that connects the Northland peninsula to the rest of the North Island. Auckland region is the amalgamation of four cities that is Manukau in the south, North Shore in the north, Waitakere in the west and Auckland City itself.
Los Angeles and Auckland have mutual urban planning pattern and they are sister cities. The town and suburbs stretch over a huge urban region, edged to the east and west by two greatharbors i.e. Waitemata and Manukau along with the Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea, coming closer to form a new island. Takapuna, about a 15-minute drive from downtown, is acknowledged for its white-sand beach, retail and culinary scenes.
The Central Business District, or CBD, and the inner-city suburbs are locked down with significant High Street, Vulcan Lane and Britomart. They overflow with boutiques, open-air cafes and restaurants while Inner-city Ponsonby is akin to New York City’s West Village, with a long-winded suburban neighborhood heaving with Victorian-era houses