Dorset House
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Well, I arrived in the backpackers a few hours ago after a delayed flight from Melbourne and several hours of dossing about only to find that the staff had left an envelope with my key inside – perfect. Opened the door to my room and was pleasantly surprised by the fact that I have a double bed. This backpackers is small, homely, neat, compact - and for the price, most definitely worth it. Also, my room, though not huge, is absolutely perfect for me - the area the Backpackers is in is a quiet area but yet still close enough to the city to have a choice of party or relaxing. Am going to recommend Dorset House Backpackers to my friends when I get back to Australia and even spread the word further than the Southern Hemisphere… I have travelled a lot, have paid good hard earned money for some awful places and Dorset House Backpackers is not one of them - its a pleasure to stay here - I keep thinking my mum will knock on the door offering me a cup of tea.
Dinkle 27-04-2010
 
Qualmark 4 Star Backpacker
Budget Backpacker Hostels
New Zealand Environmental Care Code
New Zealand Tourism Online
100% New Zealand owned and operated
Christchurch, New Zealand


In The House

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Dorset House is Reviewed by Simonseeks.com Travel Blog - September 2010.

Dorset House has recently been reviewed by Simonseeks.com in their online travel blog "Travelling Around New Zealand" . Simonseeks is a UK based travel company that has a wide range of travel destination guides and blogs available, written by journalists, celebrities and travellers. They also have functions to enable you to  search by destination, price and holiday type, and then book flights, car hire and travel from their site. Dorset House is very pleased to have been included in their latest NZ travel blog - thanks team.  If you are looking to earn some extra cash and have always wanted to be a travel writer, you can  write about your NZ Holiday and earn some money depending on how many people follow your recommendations. 

Qualmark 'Enviro-Bronze' Award Received

Dorset House is thrilled to have achieved the Qualmark Enviro-Bronze Award this month. This reflects our work across a range of environmental initiatives, including energy efficiency in electricity, gas and water usage, community donations and recycling initiatives. We aim to continually improve within the bounds of our lovely old house, and welcome any guest suggestions. 

Qualmark Enviro-Bronze

Qualmark Enviro-Bronze

A visit!

In March we received some special visitors - Margie and Patience, some of the granddaughters of the Way family who built Dorset House in 1870 (then known as 'Remuera'). They were kind enough to share some stories with us of their family's memories of life at Remuera in the late 19th century, (then at 112 Park Terrace, before part of the garden was sold). They were also kind enough to offer us some wonderful historic photos of the family at Remuera - so much has changed and yet this grand old lady is still recognisable. We were given some tea cups from the house's original tea set - lovely delicate items that were part of the mrorning tea ritual. As part of the house's history, we will eventually put  these on display. We will be framing the historic photos and information and putting these up around the hostel in the next few weeks. Thanks to Margie and Patience and we hope you enjoyed having a look around the lovely old home that your grandfather built - please do come back and see us anytime.