🇳🇿 Christchurch City Walk Guide | One Day, No Regrets! 🌿✨

🌍 Why Christchurch? • "The Garden City" – Rebuilding since the 2011 earthquake, yet brimming with parks & charm4. • Compact & walkable – Most sights are within strolling distance! 🚶♀️ Perfect 1-Day Itinerary 1️⃣ Cardboard Cathedral 🏛️ Designed by Shigeru Ban (104 paper tubes + stained glass!). Nighttime glow 🌈 is magical17. 2️⃣ New Regent Street 🌈 Pastel Spanish Mission-style buildings + vintage tram stops 🚃. Must-try: Rollickin Gelato’s lemon-pie flavor7. 3️⃣ Victoria Square 🗽 Statues of Queen Victoria & Captain Cook – picnic spot! 4️⃣ Canterbury Museum 🦕 Free entry (donations welcome!). Highlights: Māori artifacts 🏺 Antarctic expeditions ❄️ Fred & Myrtle’s Paua Shell House5. 5️⃣ Arts Centre 🎨 Gothic spires + hidden "floating house" illusion17. 6️⃣ Botanic Gardens + Avon River Punting 🚣♂️ Cambridge-style punting (¥40/30min) – watch for swans! 7️⃣ Bridge of Remembrance → Riverside Market 🍽️ War memorial + global eats (try Flame’s steak!)7. #ChristchurchInADay #NZMustSee #CityWalkGoals