New Zealand's largest and most cosmopolitan city

The City of Sails is New Zealand's largest and most cosmopolitan city. So along with the soaring skyscrapers and the trendy nightclubs on Karangahape Road (aka "K'Road"), you get laid-back beaches and the blue-green waters of the island-studded Hauraki Gulf. You'll also experience a mesh of cultures: Asians, Europeans, and indigenous Maori people. The latter make up a significant part of the population and gift Auckland with their beautiful language, festivals, and customs. Auckland is a great place to taste several different worlds. You have the relaxed beauty of a Polynesian vacation and the up-tempo excitement of a big city with its requisite fine restaurants (try the mussels and oysters!) and shopping. You even have the intriguing cultural residue of a medieval land that once clashed with British invaders.

The City of Sails is New Zealand's largest and most cosmopolitan city. So along with the soaring skyscrapers and the trendy nightclubs on Karangahape Road (aka "K'Road"), you get laid-back beaches and the blue-green waters of the island-studded Hauraki Gulf. You'll also experience a mesh of cultures: Asians, Europeans, and indigenous Maori people. The latter make up a significant part of the population and gift Auckland with their beautiful language, festivals, and customs. Auckland is a great place to taste several different worlds. You have the relaxed beauty of a Polynesian vacation and the up-tempo excitement of a big city with its requisite fine restaurants (try the mussels and oysters!) and shopping. You even have the intriguing cultural residue of a medieval land that once clashed with British invaders.