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| Hermitage Aoraki/Mt Cook: Rooms with a spectacular view | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 7 2018, 11:49 AM (122 Views) | |
| Kahu | Feb 7 2018, 11:49 AM Post #1 |
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Hermitage Aoraki/Mt Cook: Rooms with a spectacular view Posted Image Aoraki/Mt Cook from The Hermitage. The Southern Alps have been forming for 45 million years and Maori named the tallest peak "cloud piercer". In 1884 the Hermitage was built within what would become Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. Fires and floods destroyed that hotel, and the next one, but in 1958 the Hermitage Aoraki Mount Cook rose and remains. In 1990, Te Wahipounamu South West New Zealand, encompassing the national park, was added to the Unesco World Heritage list. That same year the woman who is the hotel's current executive housekeeper, Linda Taylor, was first employed as a room attendant. Back then, the main hotel had 104 rooms and its best suites sported floral wallpaper in a baby-poo-palate that exactly matched the bedspreads and curtains. The lounge where guests wrote their postcards had gold-coloured drapes and emerald green carpet and wallpaper. It still does and a section of the space is now Taylor's office. Source Link |
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| blizzard | Feb 7 2018, 04:21 PM Post #2 |
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Fantastic views! Some of the decorating does sound rather dreadful. |
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