Pretty Picton is a beautiful harbour town on the south island of New Zealand, lying on the cusp of the mighty scenery of the Marlborough Sounds Maritime Park, and providing an attractive link between the country’s two main islands.
Each town we have visited on our cruise has got prettier and prettier. And, here we are in the most scenic yet. Join me onboard for a catamaran cruise of the area.
Built around a very sheltered harbour, pictured above, the town has an attractive seafront dotted with cafes, restaurants and galleries. Picton is also the base for two ferries that link the main islands of New Zealand and the heart of the Marlborough Sounds and so has a good buzz to it with people coming and going.Magnificent, privately owned holiday homes as pictured above, dot the Marlborough Sounds coastline that stretch over 900 miles (@ 1,500 km) of eye-rubbingly beautiful scenery.The journey into the scenic Queen Charlotte Sound, pictured above, is a vista that only New Zealand can provide, as we sailed through crumpled green peaks and folding hills as far as the eye could see!
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