Fabulous Art Deco tour - Four of us had an absolutely wonderful afternoon with our guide Roy. As a life-long Napier resident he was so knowledgeable about the history of the city and showed us so many little details about the buildings that we hadn’t even noticed on a walkabout earlier in the day. Later, he drove us into the residential areas and up on the hill for a view over the city. We all thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Thank you very much to John & Maggie for accommodating us.

Grand Princess Cruise Tour - Without exception, this was the best tour of our cruise. We were all still talking about it up to disembarkation day, a month after the tour. John stepped up to the plate and made the tour work, despite the recent amount of damage and loss of life caused by the cyclone earlier in the year. John was well prepared, articulate in speech, and gve each and every one of us a unique, thoroughly enjoyable day out. We loved every minute. And I loved feeding the llamas. Thank you John. And lets not forget Karin, whose house we visited to buy handmade candles with NZ pine scent (my favourite), plus handmade greetings cards, all at extremely reasonable prices. And all handmade, so all unique and one of a kind. Feel confident in booking John, and ask to visit Karin for those handmade gifts to take back home for the friends, pet sitters, and family. A wonderful experience I shall never forget,. Thank you John and Maggie. xxx

Fascinating introduction to Napier’s unusual art deco history. - We had a great time with Tony who drove us in a beautiful Bentley convertible thru the streets of Napier all dressed in 1920s clothing. We found his explanations of the history of the city, the earthquake, fire that destroyed everything and the rebuilding in the art deco style very interesting. Then he took us to locations around town and showed us what art deco was. We thought the history was very interesting.

Napier - how it reformed - We were taken to some magnificent locations overlooking Napier which we would never have found on our own , which helped us to truely understand the history of the town before and after the earthquake

A great tour of a fantastic city - The Art Deco tour of Napier is a must do for anyone interested in Art Deco architecture. The city represents a brilliant collection of Art Deco buildings which in my opinion should really have World Heritage status. The guide brought the sad story of how the city was restored to life. Thankfully, it is a story of hope ,as Napier is now a thriving city with the Art Deco buildings at its core. However it is essential that the trust keeps up the pressure to retain these buildings in their excellent condition so the World does not loose this magnificent heritage. If you don’t do this tour when in Napier then you are missing a gem.

Excellent and comprehensive - Napier is an awesome Art Deco city. Our guide showed us everything and then pointed out which places to walk to. Couldn't have asked for a better tour.

Art Deco and history introduction with great views! - I thought the trip was very worthwhile and informative - we went to some great spots and learnt lots of the history! The view from top of the hill, the gardens and Tobacco Building and art deco housing streets were highlights. The tour is via transport in a van and we had some great stops but meant we could go back to see some sites on foot when the tour had finished. Thanks John for all your knowledge!

Phenomenal tour - Great guide. Introduction by slide show followed by informative walking tour including visits to key buildings Great way to appreciate the history and splendour of this 1930’s phenomenon

Not to be missed. - An extremely informative tour. A very knowledgeable tour guide. Enjoyed the commentary especially with the historical information around Napier.

A very boring experience - This was, without doubt, the most boring walking tour that we have ever done. The guide was a very boring old man who insisted on telling us everything about his life history. He then dragged us ar5ound a rather tatty town centre where there are supposed to be fine art-deco buildings. As we had just come from Wellington, where we saw some brilliant art deco buildings, Napier was very much second best. With hindsight, we should have given this tour a miss, it was just not worth the trouble.