Head out to Arrowtown, the historic gold mining city with many stories to tell. While basking in the old world charm of this town, Queenstown hotel accommodation is not hard to find since Copthorne Hotel & Resort Queenstown Lakefront is an ideal family hotel Queenstown which allows you to walk through these age streamed streets with a light heart. Located on the rich banks of the gold bearing Arrow River, Arrowtown is one of the most picturesque settlements in the country, thereby attracting many visitors to its bosom from all over the world. The discovery of gold in this area saw the settlement evolve with many houses, shops as well as churches many of which can be seen today. This was a town which once upon a time saw over 340kgs of gold carried out on a gold escort. But as time went by, gold became harder and harder to extract because of which the old town begun to be deserted. It was after this that the Otago Provincial Government invited Chinese miners to come to the Otago goldfields and try their hand here which led to the installation of the Chinese settlement at the edge of the river which was built from 1868. Wander along the shady tree-lined streets of the city and get lost amongst the quaint restored cottages letting your mind wander off into the bygone times.
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