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Motel accommodation is great for independent travellers. If you like to have the option of cooking your own meals, doing your own laundry and having the essential comforts of a home while staying in Hawke's Bay, motels are the best form of accommodation. There is a huge variety of motels all around the country, from the top of the North Island to Stewart Island, and a range of prices to suit most budgets. You'll find motels in main cities, along main travelling routes and near popular tourist attractions, as well as in off-the-beaten-track scenic locations. Most motel units have self-catering facilities with fully equipped kitchens. They also have a phone, TV, tea and coffee-making facilities and a private bathroom. They have made-up beds with all bedding supplied, and car parking. Breakfast (at an additional cost) can usually be ordered the previous night for delivery to the unit if required.

Hawke's Bay is loved for its sunny climate, fabulous beaches and vineyards; it is also one of the
country's most important pip-fruit growing areas. The Hawke's Bay region has around 2200 hours of
sunshine every year, so there's ample opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. Between the forested
Ruahine and Kaweka Ranges and the ocean, the Heretaunga Plains are sliced into portions by wide,
braided rivers - the perfect landscape for cycling, fishing, hiking, surfing and other fresh-air
activities. Aided by a warm, maritime climate and grape-friendly soils, Hawke's Bay has a long, rich
heritage of wine production. The region excels with classic grapes such as Merlot, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Chardonnay and, more recently, Syrah. Most vineyards welcome visitors for tasting
sessions - many run a cafe or restaurant so that you can match fine wines to fine food. Hawke's Bay
is also home to a world-class concentration of 1930s architecture. Both Napier and Hastings were
seriously damaged during the region's huge 1931 earthquake (7.8 on the Richter scale), then rebuilt
in the architectural styles of the times - Art Deco, Spanish Mission and Stripped Classical. East of
Hastings is Cape Kidnappers, a large gannet colony. Over summer, visitors see chicks being raised by
their parents. At all times of the year, it is great to watch the gannets cruising the air currents
and diving for fish.