Olivers Central Otago Lodge & Stables is a boutique hotel in Clyde, Central Otago, made up of heritage buildings from the late 1800s. The website describes two styles. The five Stable rooms have schist walls and stable doors and open onto a sunny courtyard. The six Lodge rooms have a more elegant feel, with stone walls, oriental rugs and antique maps. All rooms are ensuite. A freshly baked breakfast is served each morning in the 135-year-old schist dining room, and guests can enjoy a local wine in the private courtyard garden or by the fire in the guest lounge. The site also has the Soap Factory, a newly renovated 120-year-old building with nine rooms overlooking the Clutha/Mata-Au River.
The hotel sits at 34 Sunderland Street in the Clyde Heritage Precinct, and the website says the buildings are Grade I listed and that the complex is a category one Heritage New Zealand site. Olivers Restaurant & Bar and The Merchant Café are on the same site, and the website describes boutique shops, galleries, a cinema and cafes nearby. The Lake Dunstan Trail runs close by, which the site says makes Clyde a good stop for cycling. Dunedin is 200 km away, about 2 hours 30 minutes by road. Our pick in Clyde for a heritage stay after a day on the Lake Dunstan Trail.