We stayed in a 3 bedroom villa at the Esplanade Residences and loved it.

It has every comfort you would expect from 5 star accommodation. When we arrived we were greeted by the Residences Manager who conducts the check in (and check out) process in your villa. He was very helpful and was there if we needed anything - beach towels,ice and taxi bookings.

The villas are still quite new.Downstairs had a beautiful well equiped modern kitchen, 6 seater classic dining table, spacious lounge with gas fireplace, large flat screen TV and surround sound system. There is a single garage and another car space for each villa.

Upstairs contained 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with underfloor heating and laundry. The master bedroom and bathroom had views of Lake Wakatipu. All rooms were very plush and bathrooms had lovely toiletries.

The Residences is situated along the esplanade across the road from the Lake, rather than actually on the lake, ie there is a road that... more