{"id":452,"date":"2011-03-25T03:49:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T03:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/?p=452"},"modified":"2011-03-24T22:48:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T22:48:58","slug":"picton-the-heart-of-the-marlborough-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/25\/picton-the-heart-of-the-marlborough-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Picton- The heart of the Marlborough Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our ship sailed through the Marlborough sound toward the head of Queen Charlotte sound to the charming town of Picton. Nestled amid the Kaikoura mountain range , this picturesque region serves as a gateway to a plethora of opportunities to commune with nature. We spent the day hiking on a gorgeous trail above the bay and then walking about town. Picton was a wonderful town to visit and we had perfect weather.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_453\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6352.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-453\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-453\" title=\"Picton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6352-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6352-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6352-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6352.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the beach at Picton<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_457\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-457\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-457\" title=\"Picton sail boats and cruise ship\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6366-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6366-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6366-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6366.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of sailing regalia and our cruise ship in the background<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_458\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-458\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-458\" title=\"Kathy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6371-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6371-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6371-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_6371.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking in the harbor<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand-and-australia-on-crystal-serenity","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beckerleytravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}