Queenstown is a magical place to visit and with a focus on families and affordable water front holiday accommodation, Blue Lake Chalet is a large spacious open plan, absolute lake front apartment , with stunning views of Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkable mountains beyond, located within a short 18 minute level stroll to the town centre. This lake front apartment will make your stay easy and relaxing with a fantastic large open plan living area and fully equiped kitchen and dining area providing in room dinning and catering facilities whilst giving you spacious luxury Queenstown accomodation that is unsurpassed in this price range. An ideal option for large or extended families or a group of couples, seeking to spend a week or more in Queenstown with space to relax and spread out with stylish in room dinning and entertainment facilities on offer whilest enjoying this tranquil lake front location with immense views. Take the extra time in Queenstown you will not regret it, and make the most of this great holiday lake front location. Blue Lake Chalet is located within a 4 star architecturally designed apartment complex with double glazing, underfloor heating and a gas fire, all on the one level which ensures the apartment is toasty warm in winter as you relax after a day of activities in Queenstown whilest you enjoy the spectacular and inspiring views from this spacious, elevated, absolute lake front chalet. In summer you can enjoy the cool breeze off the lake on your own private balcony with views over looking the glistening Lake Wakatipu and on to the Remarkables mountain range, allowing lake front alfesco dinning with truely impressive twilight views on those long balmy summer evenings Queenstown is famous for. It is also an ideal location for swimming in summer, lake edge picnics and water activities like canoeing or boating etc with a boat jetty 50 metres from the property providing easy access to water taxis boat cruses and other boating activities on the lake. A winter snow skiing holiday staying at Blue Lake Chalet enables you to have the best of both spectacular Lake and Mountain views and easy access to central Queenstown which is only 2 minutes away by car and the Queenstown ski fields which are only 15-30 minutes away. The complex is also located on Frankton Road one of the main ski bus route's making it easy to commute to and from the ski fields by bus if required. The apartment complex is an easy 2.3 kilometres or 18 minute flat walk along the lakes edge if you choose to walk to the town centre. This is a level walk and has some of the best scenic vistas available in Queenstown and is a must do activity whilest here at Blue Lake Chalet. For the non skier the winter festival with its opening free music concert and fireworks display is a must do activity with a 2 week long entertainment line up too good to be true and now New Zealands best must do festival. Check out their website at "winter festival" for all the details. The apartment has one of the largest open floorplan designs in Queenstown with a spacious designer kitchen, lounge and dinning area with a 6 seat dinning table which opens out onto the main balcony giving you a very large open plan living area that is unrivaled in this price range, all with the back drop of stunning lake and alpine views. This enables you to dine-in or entertain in-house with friends with space and style for a more personal intimate experiance if required. The main balcony is large enough for an outdoor dining setting with 4-6 chairs allowing alfresco dinning in the warmer months of the year. The stylish fitted kitchen is fully equiped for self catering making holiday dining easy should you wish to dine in and has granite bench tops, seperate fridge and freezer, microwave oven, gas hobb, electric oven and duel draw dishwasher. Each of the 3 bedrooms has its own ensuite providing versatile accommodation options for small groups or extended families. The apartment complex is located directly on the main connectabus route that runs between the Airport and the town centre with the bus stop at the gate of the complex which has buses running past every 15 minutes from approximately 6.30 am till 11 pm every day of the week making it easy to get into central Queenstown and the airport via public transport if you choose not to hire a car, catch a cab for $12 or walk. If the $12 cab fare to town is not working for you weekly bus passes can be purchased for $25 for children and $35 for adults and provides unlimited travel in and around the Queenstown region making this option an affordable alternative to hiring a car and enabling you to move freely around the town and the surrounding areas like the historic village of Arrowtown, the Shotover River, Lake Hayes, the Airport and nearby Remarkables Park shopping centre. Night buses also run on the hour every hour after 11pm till 5am following Thursday Friday and Saturday nights making this a viable alernative to driving or walking for anyone seeking to make the most of central Queentowns vibrant night life and entertainment. With luxury lake front accommodation starting from $150 NZD* per person ** per night along with low cost airfairs with Jetstar makes a Queenstown holiday more affordable than ever. Blue Lake Chalet is an independantly owned and operated chalet apartment within a larger resort complex and offers great value for families and small groups looking for a Queenstown experiance and absolute Lake front apartment accommodation with stunning views of Lake Wakatipu, The Remarkables , Walter Peak and Cecil Peak. If you are looking for a Queenstown Holiday Experiance and affordable holiday accommodation with stunning views of the lake and mountains why not try Blue Lake Chalet. Please note the images you see here are of the actual apartment you will be staying in and are intended to give a good idea of the size and standard of accomodation on offer here at Blue Lake Chalet.