The Convent Boutique Hotel

"3* | 22 rooms | From €100pn It’s an unusual building to find so close to the heart of Auckland, a century-old Spanish Mission–style convent that’s been preserved, restored, and finally transformed into the playfully hip 22-room Convent Boutique Hotel. The rooms and suites lean in to their historical inspiration with names like Nun’s Repose and Mother Superior — the latter a two-bedroom apartment with a full kitchen — and their style is eclectic, full of attractively weathered surfaces and a mix of modernist and vintage furniture. They’ve even found space for a restaurant, Ada, that serves contemporary New Zealand fare with an Italian accent."