Harbourside Lodge

Harbourside Lodge is now Harbourside Nelson, and this spring the place has had a lot more than a new sign. The outside has a new paint scheme. Inside, the rooms have a brighter look, with new lighting and soft furnishings. Breakfast has been rebuilt around Nelson growers and makers. There’s now secure bike storage with charging for guests exploring Nelson’s trails. Harbourside faces the morning. The sun comes up behind the hills, the water goes still, and the loudest thing around are the skippers going to their boats. By evening the light has swung round, the hills opposite catch the last of it, and on a good night the sky above them turns a glorious pink. Whakatū, the Māori name for Nelson, is often translated as ‘standing place’ or ‘shelter for canoes’. The geological marvel of the Boulder Bank made this harbour a natural haven long before the first European ships arrived, and early accounts describe fish and produce being traded here. Boats still shelter here, right outside our door. That long history of food coming and going across the wharf is part of why our breakfast table is filled with some of the best of what Nelson grows and makes. It also sits behind the two…

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