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Magical Marlborough Sounds
2 nights Marlborough Sounds, Picton from $349.00 per person based on double occupancy
Discover the real magic of the Marlborough Sounds with a stay at The Portage Resort Hotel.
INCLUSIONS
- 2 nights Portage Resort Hotel
- Discover Portage Mussel Cruise
- Roundtrip transfers Picton ferry terminal-Portage Resort
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The Portage Resort Hotel is a contemporary, relaxing New Zealand resort situated on a wide quiet bay. Rooms are spread throughout the gardens with a range of views, particularly of the spectacular Kenepuru Sound.
The Resort is just 10 minutes from Picton by boat and 1.25 hours by sealed road.
Dining at The Portage is sustaining for modern lifestyles and reflects the best of the Marlborough and the Sounds’ produce while complementing outstanding Marlborough wine.
The Portage Resort Hotel is in New Zealand’s largest wine producing region. Famous for its long hot summer days, cool nights and excellent soil, Marlborough produces stunning wines sought after by enthusiasts the world over.
The wine list reflects the excellent qualities of Marlborough’s wine making tradition by featuring wines we consider to be representative of the best produced in the region. In addition to these fine examples we have showcased a selection of wines from around New Zealand and Australia. In producing this list we have included a wide variety of winemaking styles in order to enhance enjoyment for differing palates and preferences.
Journey on a mussel cruise & tasting operated by a long-term Sounds family, with local knowledge and passion, who add expertise to Kenepuru Sounds cruising. The Sound’s display very spectacular scenery with much of the area still remote an uninhabited.
The Discover Portage Mussel Cruise explores Kenepuru Sound and provides a glimpse of life in the Sounds and the sampling of local greenshell mussels matched with Marlborough’s Sauvignon Blanc. Guests are picked up for the Mussel Cruise from the wharf on Portage Bay, just in front of the hotel.
On the cruise the boat stops by mussel farms, always choosing somewhere quiet to stop. Greenshell is the trademarked name for the large succulent mussels only grown in the cool and clean waters of the Marlborough Sounds. These are exported internationally and may be on the menus of top restaurants world wide.