Fodor's Expert Review Distinction Hotel Palmerston North

Just minutes by foot from shops, theaters, and cafés, the city's largest, Qualmark-rated four-star hotel occupies a 1927 heritage building (check out the cage-style elevator, one of the country's oldest). In addition to comfortable queen-bedded rooms, the hotel has an on-site restaurant serving modern New Zealand cuisine, a cozy house bar, and a larger bar with big-screen television for sports viewing. It also has major conference and function facilities, so a stay may be shared with wedding guests or meeting delegates.