08/02/2018
Have you heard about The Vintage Room, the accommodation in Rotorua, New Zealand, that everyone is talking about? The Vintage Room is located on a peaceful property with rolling hills and country vistas, and is in a private wing with garden views, antique furniture and granny’s tea trolley with delectable home baking on vintage plates. The spacious room includes a vintage-style bathroom and super king brass bed with Egyptian cotton sheets, sumptuous quilts and cushions.
Mouth-watering breakfasts are served in the inviting country kitchen and each morning guests will be served home-made yoghurt, muesli, star anise poached fruit and one of host Marianne’s hot dishes, which may include a savoury breakfast tart, scrambled eggs with smoked salmon and capers or pancakes with bacon and warm syrup. There is also the opportunity for guests to collect freshly laid eggs from the hen-house for breakfast.
Children will love the old leather suitcases, filled with toys, and the trampoline, bikes, table tennis, swings and life-sized football goal outdoors in the meadows. Interaction with, and feeding of, the alpacas, bunnies and sheep is encouraged, but beware: being chased by cute, hungry hens and ducks is also a daily occurrence on the property and hand feeding is unavoidable!
The outdoor Scandinavian sauna with private changing room is ready for use and our experienced masseur and host, René, will eradicate any aches and pains with his affordable Swedish, sport, hot stone and deep tissue massages.
Our guests from Finland departed yesterday and this is what they said: ‘The Vintage Room is so charming and really exquisite, so clean and relaxing! We loved the place from the first moment we walked in the animal garden and the animals came running, greeting us! Kids were giggling with joy! Then we met you and you have both been so warm and welcoming hosts, truly lovely couple. The Vintage Room is immaculate, the breakfasts are super yummy, feeding of the animals is so much fun. Big, warm thank you. We loved this adorable house.’
Miia, Tuomas, Julius, Elna (Finland)