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The Hotel Britomart gives you published times and a short walk. Check-in is 15:00, check-out 11:00, per TFE, and Queens Wharf is about 200 m from our pin.
Breakfast is NZ$33 a person unless you take a suite — and the suites throw in valet, breakfast and the airport run.
Price a suite against a standard room plus a taxi. For two, the gap may be smaller than it looks.
Book it if
- You want the times in writing before you fly
- You’d like the Britomart precinct for dinner
- A suite with the airport transfer included tempts you
Look elsewhere if
- You want a pool
- You want a hotel bar
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what The Hotel Britomart publishes and our own map estimates.
Dinner at kingi downstairs, or the Britomart precinct’s bars on the doorstep. TFE lists no bar of its own.
TFE offers no ride to the ship, and none is needed: Queens Wharf is about 200 m from our pin, across Quay Street; TFE says the Britomart Transport Centre is a minute’s walk.
Not in standard rooms: TFE adds it at NZ$33 a person a day. The five suites include breakfast for two at kingi.
Out the door, across Customs Street and Quay Street to Shed 10, about 200 m by our pins. Check-out is 11:00, so you won’t be rushed.
Valet is NZ$70 a day, per TFE, and the public Britomart Carpark charges its own fees. Neither is a plan for the week you’re at sea.
Night-Before Score: 36 of 100
Points come only from TFE Hotels’ page for The Hotel Britomart, the brand that runs it; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
The Hotel Britomart is on Galway Street in the Britomart precinct. By our pins it’s about 17.9 km from Auckland Airport and about 200 m from Queens Wharf.
TFE has no shuttle of its own and points to taxis, Uber or a partner transfer you book. The five suites include airport transfers each way.
TFE offers no ride to the ship, and none is needed: Queens Wharf is about 200 m from our pin, across Quay Street; TFE says the Britomart Transport Centre is a minute’s walk.
From AKL without a hotel shuttle
Taxis at the rank outside door 11 sell fixed CBD fares of NZ$62 to NZ$105 by company, per Auckland Airport; SkyDrive runs every 30 minutes to Hobson Street.
Valet is NZ$70 a day, per TFE, and the public Britomart Carpark charges its own fees. Neither is a plan for the week you’re at sea.
Parking for your stay: Valet NZ$70 a day, per TFE.
TFE offers no ride to the ship, and none is needed: Queens Wharf is about 200 m from our pin, across Quay Street; TFE says the Britomart Transport Centre is a minute’s walk.
Flying in the morning you sail? The US overnights land about 06:00, so it can be done — but one late flight and the ship is gone; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Queens WharfQueens Wharf is about 200 m north of our Britomart pin, and Princes Wharf about 400 m west. TFE puts the waterfront 0.55 km away by its own measure.
Source: aucklandlive.co.nzDistance
~200 m, straight lineAbout 200 m from our Queens Wharf pin, roughly three minutes at an easy pace by our estimate. TFE’s own figure is 0.55 km to the waterfront.
Airport bus
Not statedTFE runs no shuttle; it points to taxis, Uber or a partner transfer booked through its shuttle page.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedValet is NZ$70 a day, per TFE, and the public Britomart Carpark charges its own fees. Neither is a plan for the week you’re at sea.
In town
No cruise parking publishedThe terminals have no parking, per Royal Caribbean and Azamara, and the Downtown Car Park that Holland America names lists no multi-day rate.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on sitekingi, a seafood-led all-day restaurant in the heritage Masonic House, per TFE. No hotel bar is listed.
Breakfast
ExtraNot in standard rooms: TFE adds it at NZ$33 a person a day. The five suites include breakfast for two at kingi.
Address
Galway Street, Britomart29 Galway Street, Britomart, Auckland 1010
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from The Hotel Britomart and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the room count, pets, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Not in standard rooms: TFE adds it at NZ$33 a person a day. The five suites include breakfast for two at kingi.
Parking for your stay
Valet NZ$70 a day, per TFE
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
TFE’s page doesn’t mention pets, so check before you bring one.
Food and drink on site
- kingiSeafood, all day
- The LibrariesPrivate dining by arrangement
Rooms
Thirteen room types, including five named suites with kitchenettes; standard rooms have a 30-litre fridge and minibar, per TFE.
Accessibility
Accessible rooms on request, and an Accessible King room type, per TFE.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Suites include valet for one car, breakfast for two and airport transfers
- Suite guests can use Les Mills Britomart, classes included
- The Britomart Transport Centre is a minute’s walk, per TFE
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast NZ$33 a person in standard rooms, per TFE.
- Valet NZ$70 a day.
- Our pin is an estimate from the address.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The room count
- Pets
Sources for this page: TFE Hotels’ page for The Hotel Britomart, the brand that runs it. All read October 2026; each fact names its own source.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book The Hotel Britomart: the Auckland cruise guide and Auckland as a port of call.
Britomart for the night, Shed 10 a few minutes’ walk.
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The Hotel Britomart FAQ
Is breakfast included at The Hotel Britomart?
Only in the five suites. Standard rooms add it at NZ$33 a person a day, per TFE.
What time is check-in at The Hotel Britomart?
15:00, with check-out at 11:00, per TFE.
Does The Hotel Britomart have an airport shuttle?
No hotel shuttle, per TFE. Suites include airport transfers; everyone else takes a taxi, Uber or a partner transfer.
How much is parking at The Hotel Britomart?
Valet is NZ$70 a day, per TFE. It’s for your stay, not a cruise.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up The Hotel Britomart, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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