点评:We chose the private experience which meant that we had a private driver (Mary) from our ship in Auckland to Hobbiton (about a 2-hr drive). Mary was great - very personable, very knowledgeable about New Zealand in general and all of the areas we passed through on our way. We stopped midway for a restroom break and purchased some breakfast items from a bakery. Once we arrived at Hobbiton, Mary went in and got our tickets for the tour and the lunch and got us to the starting point. When the tour was done, she was there waiting for us. When traffic got really, really heavy on the way back, her knowledge of the roads got us off the GPS highway and back to our ship with far less delay than the highway would have provided.
Hobbiton itself - truly spectacular. Let me start by saying that neither my wife nor I are big Hobbit fans. We’ve seen the trilogy and read the Hobbit - but that’s it. We booked the tour because everyone we knew said we shouldn’t miss it. We were very glad we listened.
The level of detail that is in every aspect of the Shire is truly amazing and really blew us away. Actual produce producing gardens, wood burning fires in the Hobbit houses - the details were just mind blowing. The guide at Hobbiton (I think that was his name - he was tall and red-headed) was truly great - personable, very knowledgeable and willing to take as many pictures as folks wanted. The lunch was fairly good - not great but for the number they serve, it was fine.
This entire tour exceeded our expectations from beginning to end!
翻译:我们选择了私人体验,这意味着从奥克兰的游轮到霍比屯(大约2小时车程)有一位私人司机(玛丽)接送。玛丽非常棒——她热情友好,对新西兰以及沿途经过的各个地区都非常了解。途中我们停下来上厕所,并在一家面包店买了些早餐。到达霍比屯后,玛丽进去帮我们买了游览和午餐的门票,然后把我们送到集合地点。游览结束后,她已经在那里等我们了。回程路上交通非常拥堵,但她对路况的了解让我们避开了GPS导航,比走高速公路更快地回到了游轮。
霍比屯本身——真是太壮观了。首先要说明的是,我和妻子都不是霍比特人的铁杆粉丝。我们看过电影三部曲,也读过《霍比特人》原著——仅此而已。我们预订这次旅行是因为我们认识的每个人都说我们不应该错过。我们非常庆幸听从了他们的建议。
夏尔的方方面面都体现了令人惊叹的细节,让我们大开眼界。真正的农田里种满了蔬菜,霍比特人小屋里烧着柴火——这些细节简直令人叹为观止。霍比屯的导游(我记得他叫这个名字——他身材高大,一头红发)非常棒——热情友好,知识渊博,而且乐于为游客拍照。午餐还不错——虽然算不上惊艳,但考虑到份量,也算可以了。
整个行程从头到尾都超出了我们的预期!