Secret Garden - The Raphael Room

This comfortable room with a queen sized bed overlooks our garden and pool. Our property is set in an idyllic country setting only 8 minutes drive to Nelson CBD. Sample our delicious breakfasts in your own private courtyard and enjoy our garden view We have two comfortable rooms overlooking our garden and pool. The Raphael Room has a queen sized bed and has access to a private courtyard where you can enjoy our delicious continental breakfast in the sun or join us in our dining room if you wish. Our gorgeous garden is yours to explore. We have a large covered deck available for relaxing and reading. Our pool is available all year round but is heated by the sun and is warm enough for most people during November to March. Our place is a quiet retreat from the world yet only 8 minutes drive from Nelson City center. WIFI is available on request. We also have a number of books for holiday reading on an exchange system whereby you leave a book and take one of ours away. Tea and coffee making facilities available. We offer a delicious continental breakfast but can do specialty breakfasts on request. Other meals by arrangement There is a separate entrance for guests so you can come and go as you wish. You have full access to the garden and deck and pool. Dining room is available for breakfasts. We are always available to help our guests to make the most of the Nelson district. We want you to feel at home. If you just want to chill out and relax on your own we will leave you alone or if you wish to spin a yarn with us we love meeting new people and finding out about new cultures. Nelson has and enormous amount to offer - Art, wineries, beaches, wonderful cafes and restaurants, the Able Tasman National Park where you can tramp, kayak or take a launch. A ten minute drive from our place gets you to Cable Bay where you can swim, snorkel and kayak, go horse riding or take a ride on a 4 wheel drive bike, and then take a break and have a coffee and cake at the cute little cafe at the beach. The weather is amazing as Nelson regularly boasts that it is the city with the most sunshine hours in the country. You will need a car to get to our place as we do not have any public transport directly to the gate. There is a bus that goes as far as Clifton Terrace but then there is a 20minute walk from the terminus. We are on the flat and one can bike from the city along the cycleway which goes almost to our place. (about 40minutes) We do have a spa pool which is available on request and operates during the cooler months. The cost will be $10/half hour.