Christchurch offers the perfect combination of an urban atmosphere and a natural environment. Known as the “garden city”, this cultural and university metropolis also guarantees you memorable evenings in its theatres, cinemas, bars, restaurants and nightclubs. Its location between the sea and the mountains is one of its numerous assets, thereby offering the best of water sports in summer and snow sports such as skiing and snow boarding during the winter months. A wide variety of sceneries, activities and natural riches are within easy reach of the city: verdant valleys, luxurious vineyards, rivers of clear water… in short, a paradise worthy of J.R.R. Tolkein’s “Hobbits”!