Hotel Fitzroy

A white-fenced villa near Ponsonby, 10 rooms

Address: 43 Richmond Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021

A white-fenced villa joined to a clean-lined modern annex on Richmond Road, just down from Ponsonby Road. It has 10 rooms. Breakfast and afternoon drinks are in the rate, and reception runs 24 hours. Listings put it 2.5 km from the CBD and 20.8 km from the airport; some call the suburb Ponsonby.