Dunedin

Dunedin accommodation covers a stone-built city with the surf at St Clair ten minutes from the Octagon. Apartments and holiday homes near the centre put Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, the Edwardian railway station and the Vogel Street warehouses within a walk.

The Esplanade there keeps a heated saltwater pool at one end and surfers in the water most of the year. Baldwin Street’s climb is short, steep and best done once.