http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T15:11:26Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Luxury%20Lodges http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/27/2435/03852 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/riverrun_lodge.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>If you're aspiring to a luxury holiday with a difference in New Zealand, you'll either hate our pun or be pleased to stay near Mt Aspiring National Park. An hour from Queenstown in New Zealand's Southern Alps, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Riverrun+Lodge/local/309"><b>Riverrun Lodge</b></a> is a small, personal-touch guesthouse with a 5-star feel. </p><p>Previous guests <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g255122-d318344-Reviews-Riverrun_Lodge_Wanaka-Queenstown_South_Island.html">rave</a> about it, enjoying factors as diverse as the "woodsy smell of fresh timbers" and the "porch overlooking the hillside" to the relaxing atmosphere. A big kudos to what's outside the lodge, too:</p><blockquote><p>When you are tired of just looking at the beautiful countryside, you can take off walking from the hotel. You'll cross a turquoise stream, walk through bushes that are solid flowers, then climb a amandak 2007-02-27T10:50:03-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/12/41257/5695 <![CDATA[<p> <i>Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? <a href="tips@hotelchatter.com">Send the story our way</a>.</i><p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/serena_lodge_africa.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>When you realise you've got nearly halfway through February and you still haven't started what you really want to do this year, it's time to shake amandak 2007-02-13T09:34:07-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/