Millbrook Resort

Millbrook Resort is on Malaghans Road in Arrowtown, set across 500 acres of alpine country beneath snow-capped mountains. Queenstown Airport is about 15 minutes away, Queenstown town about 20, and Arrowtown a few minutes. That makes arrivals simple for a wedding party.

This is a full golf resort and home of the New Zealand Open, so the grounds are shaped around the fairways. There is a spa, The Millhouse restaurant for local produce, The Clubhouse, Kobe Cuisine and the Hole In One Café with its sunny courtyard. Arrowtown, a gold-rush town from the 1860s, has a main street lined with miners' cottages just down the road.

Millbrook gives every wedding a dedicated Wedding Executive and offers a range of wedding packages, with a brochure that runs from timeless and elegant to rustic and romantic styles.

Ceremonies can be held on the Pétanque Court by the Mill Pond for up to 140 guests, in the Secret Garden or the Annex for up to 70, or on The Pier for an elopement. For the reception, The Pavilion seats 130, The Millhouse Conference Centre 120 and The Clubhouse up to 75. Music can run until midnight. Ask the team about legal ceremonies for UK couples. With Gibbston's vineyards nearby, ask too about Central Otago wines for the toasts.

Accommodation ranges from deluxe studios and one or two bedroom suites to resort homes and luxury retreats, which gives a wedding party options for different group sizes. Smithy's Smoke House and in-room dining sit alongside the restaurants, which helps when guests eat at different times. Ask the team how many rooms are on site. Between events guests can play golf, book the spa or head into Arrowtown. Gibbston, in Central Otago wine country, has some of the region's oldest vineyards set among rugged schist mountains. Queenstown is about a two-hour flight from Auckland or Wellington, and the airport is about 15 minutes away.