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" Arrived late one afternoon. No rush great service, listened carefully to our requests and met all our needs. Offered good advice. Very happy with service and friendly welcome.

" Great service as always. Anna did a great job. Thank you. " 24 November 2018  

Hours: Weekdays: 9am - 5:30pm Tuesday: 9:30am - 5:30pm Saturday: 10am - 1pm

Welcome to House of Travel Ferrymead

House of Travel Ferrymead has been operating for 27 years.  Originating as House of Travel Linwood on Buckleys Road where it specialised in Pilgrimmage tours and specialty holidays before relocating to Ferry Road and rebranding as House of Travel Ferrymead.

These days the business has grown and evolved dynamically and a recent move to their new premises at 987 Ferry Road has seen the team and customers alike embrace their new concept store, which looks just like your favourite coffee shop.  Customers are greeted with offers of tea or coffee from the nespresso machine and can relax and peruse inspirational material until their agent comes to sit with them armed with a mobile laptop if and when required.  This new space creates a relaxed and informal environment where conversations flow easily about the purpose of their travel plans and desired outcomes.    

Owners Mel Hubber and Kim Beswick have both worked at House of Travel Ferrymead for a combined 18 years and believe their team is one of the most well travelled in the business. 

Call us now on 03-376-4022 or Click here to [email protected]

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Opening hours

• Monday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Thursday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Friday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
• Saturday: Closed
• Sunday: Closed

HOT Ferrymead is 100% locally owned and operated making it fiercely proud of its heritage and has operated in the region for the past 5 years.

House of Travel Ferrymead has been operating for 27 years, originating as House of Travel Linwood on Buckleys Road where it specialised in Pilgrimage tours and specialty holidays  before relocating to Ferry Road and rebranding as House of Travel Ferrymead.

These days the business has grown and evolved and Owner Operator Mel Hubber (nee Lowen) believes her team are one of the most well-travelled and experienced in the business.

‘We believe strong relationships with clients and suppliers are key to success in the travel industry and believe each of the team have a strong work ethic and values that compliment the House of Travel philosophy of enriching people’s lives through travel’. ‘ In fact many clients make the comment that it feels like one big family in our office!’   Mel

‘These days it’s about ensuring we are with clients on their journey every step of the way – from the initial search phase, to the anticipation phase, then the actual travelling phase, and then returning home with feedback and booking the next one phase!’. 

Their core business is holiday packages to the Pacific Islands and Australia, North America, Worldwide Cruising and River Cruising (top shop for Avalon waterways 2015 and 2016); UK & Europe independent travel and guided holidays, African adventures and everything in between.  Pilgrimage tours and group travel  remain a key focus and so does searching out the best value Business class fares and how to take advantage of lounge access and airline memberships.

Having grown up in New Brighton & Sumner, beach and mountain holidays are my specialty. I am also a qualified Cruise Master with CLIA. Whether it’s Queenstown or a cruise I would love to help put your perfect holiday together. See more

Having travelled extensively I thoroughly enjoy immersing myself in the rich culture of any destination I get the opportunity to visit. Travel is my passion & I love helping clients create an unforgettable experience that is uniquely their own! See more

House of Travel - Ferrymead: Reviews

Fantastic experience: Wonderful welcoming staff . Location very handy for me.Even greater is they have a travel Ex to get your foreign currency in store...marvellous

Fantastic experience: Great service very helpful recommend for all travel

Fantastic experience: Fantastic service from Veronica. She kept us calm and organised as we planned our big OE.

Fantastic experience: Can't praise them enough. Go the extra mile to make your travels stress free. Alisha a star.

Fantastic experience: Excellent service

Fantastic experience: My wife, 6 yr old son and myself recently went to the Philippines for a long overdue holiday and used HOT for the first time... brilliant decision! Anna was our agent and right from the first enquiry was fantastic. She gave us all the info we needed, organized everything and gave us information on things we didn't think about. Anna and HOT were fantastic and are definitely our 'go to' place for any travel in the future. Thanks Anna and HOT

Positive experience: Very good efficient service

Fantastic experience: Lovely ladys, so very helpful with plans for my trip

Positive experience: Booking a trip to Australia. Lovely lady called Rhobda looked after us. Nothing was a problem. Very helpful and gave us lots of alternatives

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism

Fantastic experience: Mel was so helpful when we had to prospone our trip due to covid I really appreciated the time she spent

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism , Quality , Responsiveness , Value

Fantastic experience: Outstanding service. Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Positive: Professionalism , Quality , Responsiveness

Positive experience: Ok but new staff member was very slow involved prosses.

Fantastic experience: Got fares cheaper with them than online, customer service was great and friendly

Fantastic experience: Friendly knowledgeable staff. Always happy to help.

Fantastic experience: Great service and ideas

Fantastic experience: Superbly looked after by Anna O'Dell & fab holiday based on her recommendations. Best travel agency experience ever had. All staff friendly and the environment welcoming. Well done HOT Ferrymead.

Positive experience: Total trust that these guys know what they are doing. Especially Anna. Thanks

Fantastic experience: Always had great service from friendly people

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Address: 987 Ferry Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand Map ➦ Get Directions

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• ✅ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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Theatres in Moscow

Cultural life of Moscow city is various and rich! Operas, ballets, symphonic concerts... Russian composers have created some of the most beautiful classical music. Russian classical music is very popular in Moscow. It is performed in many beautiful historical venues. Do not forget to include a visit to a concert hall in your itinerary when you are planning your stay in Moscow! And do it in advance.

There are almost no restrictions on dress code in Russian theatres. Visitors may wear jeans and sports shoes, they may have a backpack with them. Only shorts are not allowed.

A typical feature of Russian theatre – visitors are bringing a lot of flowers which they present to their favorite performers after the show.

Here are some practical advices where to go and how to buy tickets.

The Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre is the oldest, the most famous and popular opera and ballet theatre in Russia. The word “Bolshoi” means “big” in Russian. You can buy a ticket online in advance, 2-3 months before the date of performance on the official website . Prices for famous ballets are high: 6-8 thousand rubles for a seat in stalls. Tickets to operas are cheaper: you can get a good seat for 4-5 thousand rubles. Tickets are cheaper for daytime performances and performances on the New Stage. The New Stage is situated in the light-green building to the left of the Bolshoi's main building. The quality of operas and ballets shown on the New Stage is excellent too. However, you should pay attention that many seats of the Bolshoi’s Old and New Stages have limited visibility . If you want to see the Bolshoi’s Old Stage but all tickets are sold out, you can order a tour of the theatre. You can book such a tour on the official website.

If you want, following Russian tradition, to give flowers to the performers at the end of the show, in the Bolshoi flowers should be presented via special staff who collects these flowers in advance.

In August the Bolshoi is closed.

The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre

This theatre is noteworthy. On one hand, it offers brilliant classical opera and ballet performances. On the other hand, it is an experimental venue for modern artists. You can check the program and buy tickets online here http://stanmus.com/ . If you are opera lover, get a ticket to see superstar Hibla Gerzmava . The theatre has a very beautiful historic building and a stage with a good view from every seat. Tickets are twice cheaper than in the Bolshoi.

The Novaya Opera

“Novaya” means “New” in Russian. This opera house was founded in 1991 by a famous conductor Eugene Kolobov. Its repertoire has several directions: Russian and Western classics, original shows and divertissements, and operas of the 20th and 21st centuries. It is very popular with Muscovites for excellent quality of performances, a comfortable hall, a beautiful Art Nouveau building and a historic park Hermitage, which is situated right next to it. You can buy tickets online here http://www.novayaopera.ru/en .

Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center

The Opera Center has become one of the best theatrical venues in Moscow. It was founded in 2002 by great diva Galina Vishnevskaya. Nowadays its artistic director is Olga Rostropovich, daughter of Galina Vishnevskaya and her husband Mstislav Rostropovich, great cellist and conductor. Not only best young opera singers perform here, but also world music stars do; chamber and symphonic concerts, theatrical productions and musical festivals take place here. You can see what is on the program here http://opera-centre.ru/theatre . Unfortunately “booking tickets online” is available in Russian only. If you need help, you can contact us at and we can book a ticket for you. 

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and The Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory

These are two major concert halls for symphonic music in Moscow. Both feature excellent acoustics, impressive interior, various repertoire and best performers. You can check the program here http://meloman.ru/calendar/ . You need just to switch to English. Booking tickets online is available only for owners of Russian, Ukrainian and Belorussian phone numbers. If you need help, you can contact us and we can book a ticket for you. 

Moscow International Performing Arts Center (MIPAC)

This modern and elegant concert hall houses performances of national and foreign symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, solo instrumentalists, opera singers, ballet dancers, theatre companies, jazz bands, variety and traditional ensembles. Actually, it has three concert halls placed on three different levels and having separate entrances. The President of MIPAC is People’s Artist of the USSR Vladimir Spivakov, conductor of “Virtuosy Moskvy” orchestra. You can see pictures of the concert halls here http://www.mmdm.ru/en/content/halls . The program is impressive in its variety but is not translated into English. You can contact us at and we can find a performance for you.

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7 MOST extravagant houses of 19th century Moscow

1. The Levenson House, Trekhprudnyi Lane, 9

The lantern above the Levenson House

This house, designed by architect Fyodor Shekhtel, was built for Alexander Levenson, the proprietor of a famous Moscow typography, in 1900. The house had space for printing machines, as well as living premises. The highlight of the house is a fascinating roof lantern. Recently, the house was scientifically restored and is now for sale. The 1,000-sq.m. building’s price tag is 1.1 billion rubles (approx. $14.4 mln).

The interior of the Levenson House

2. The Zimins House, Degtyarny Lane, 8/3

The interior of the Zimins' House

What seems an ordinary house from the outside is really one of the poshest mansions of 19th century Moscow, built for Nikolay Zimin, a major Russian tobacco trader. Built in 1896 according to the project by Edmund Yuditsky, it still houses the original interior decoration. Russian cinema buffs might recognize it from the movie ‘Brat-2’, directed by Alexey Balabanov.

The Zimins' House from the outside

Currently, the building houses the Agency for the Management and Use of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Ministry of Culture of Russia – some of the foremost specialists in heritage preservation in the country.

3. The Igumnov House, Bolshaya Yakimanka Street, 43

The Igumnov House

This house looks like a palace right out of a Russian fairytale, but it was actually built in 1895 (designed by architect Nikolay Pozdneev), at the order of Nikolay Igumnov, a textile tycoon from Yaroslavl.

The door and the porch decoration of the Igumnov House

The bricks were shipped in from the Netherlands, the fascinating porcelain facade tiles made following a special order at the Kuznetsov porcelain factory, the most famous in Russia at the time. The cost of the house was allegedly around 1 million rubles (when 150 rubles was a solid year’s salary). Inside, the 40 rooms of the house were decorated in a variety of styles – from traditional Russian to art nouveau.

The staircase in the Igumnov House

Currently, the Igumnov House is the residence of the French ambassador to Russia.

The interior of the Igumnov House

4. The Morozova House, Spiridonovka Street, 17

Zinaida Morozova's House

Another house by Fyodor Shekhtel, a star of Moscow art nouveau, was commissioned by Zinaida Morozova, the wife of Savva Morozov, a textile tycoon.

The exterior decorations of Zinaida Morozova's House

The interior design was made by a famous painter Mikhail Vrubel, who made several murals inspired by chivalry aesthetics of Medieval Europe, resonating with the neo-gothic style of the house.

The interior of Zinaida Morozova's House

In 1938, the Morozova House became the House of Receptions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which it stays to this day.

5. The Vtorov Mansion (Spaso House), Spasopeskovskaya Square

Spaso-House from the outside

This mansion, commissioned by textile industrialist Nikolay Vtorov, was built in 1913. It takes its English name, Spaso House, from Spasopeskovskaya Square, where it is located. It’s a neo-classical recreation of a classic upper-class city mansion of the 1820s, with palladian windows and a perfectly symmetrical interior plan.

The interior of Spaso-House

Vtorov’s family lived in the house for just 4 years before the Revolution, after which the house was expropriated by the new Soviet government to serve as a reception house for the All-Russia Central Executive Committee.

Spaso-House's inner rooms

In 1933, the house became the residence of William C. Bullitt, the first U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and has stayed the residence of the U.S. ambassadors ever since. Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan all stayed there when they visited Moscow.

The dining room at Spaso-House

6. The Ryabushinsky Mansion, Malaya Nikitskaya Street, 6/2

The Ryabushinski Mansion

This mansion, again built by Fyodor Shekhtel, this time for millionaire Stepan Ryabushinsky in 1900-1902, is probably the architect’s most famous work in Moscow. Apart from all the fascinating art nouveau interior decoration and the famous stairwell with a jellyfish lamp, the mansion also housed a secret chapel – the Ryabushinskis were Old Believers, outlawed in Russia until 1905. “I believe that in the whole of Europe there is no house like this,” Ryabushinski said when examining the newly-built mansion.

The Ryabushinski Mansion's 'jellyfish' staircase

After 1917, when the Ryabushinsky family fled Russia, the house became the state’s property and, in 1931, writer Maxim Gorky and his family started living there. Gorky didn’t like the mansion at all, calling it “awkward, but fit for working at least”. After Gorky’s death, the mansion became Maxim Gorky’s personal museum, which helped preserve the unique interiors of the house to the present day.

A stained glass window in the Ryabushinski Mansion

The dining room inside the Ryabushinski Mansion

7. The Berg City Mansion, Denezhny Lane, 5/1

Berg city mansion

Constructed in 1897 by Pyotr Boytsov, the house was commissioned by a businessman named Sergey Berg. It comprises different styles – gothic, baroque and art nouveau. Berg’s mansion was one of the first Moscow homes to have electricity installed – lighting and an electric doorbell. It was here that the first “electric ball” was held.

The Berg city mansion from the inside

The house, which had preserved all its original interior decoration, was renovated in 2016. It currently houses the Italian Embassy in Russia.

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