The Rees Hotel (Lake View Room)

A luxury lakeside hotel with its own private beach and wharf just on the outskirts of Queenstown, with complimentary shuttles into the city. All rooms have a balcony, including 2- and 3-bedroom apartments, villas and residences – many which offer spectacular views of Lake Wakatipu and of the Remarkable Ranges. (Opened: 2007; Rooms: 150)