{"id":18909,"date":"2014-10-08T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/kiwi-style-canterbury-tales-set-to-entice-sydney-visitors\/"},"modified":"2014-10-08T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T09:25:00","slug":"kiwi-style-canterbury-tales-set-to-entice-sydney-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/10\/kiwi-style-canterbury-tales-set-to-entice-sydney-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi-style Canterbury Tales set to entice Sydney visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span>In a modern day twist to Chaucer\u2019s Tales, Sydneysiders searching for the ideal short break are being given a chance to experience Canterbury, Kiwi-style.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/image0023.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/image0023.jpg\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image002\" data-mce-selected=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/image0023-300x168.jpg\" data-wp-imgselect=\"1\" height=\"168\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/image0023-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\"><\/span><\/a><br \/><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Christchurch &#038; Canterbury Tourism has put together seven short break itineraries highlighting the unique experiences and ease of travel in the South Island\u2019s largest region, Canterbury.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>\u201cWe know Australians love the South Island and we want to show them how easy it is to fly in to Christchurch, experience the new buzz here and get out exploring,\u201d says Christchurch &#038; Canterbury Tourism\u2019s General Manager Marketing, Rowan Townsend.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>\u201cWe are retelling the modern tales of our Canterbury region in a clever new way, using Chaucer\u2019s cast of colourful characters and medieval style to bring them to life,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>\u201cEach itinerary has its own theme and personality, and there is a delightful comical element to the whole campaign,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The \u2018Canterbury Tales Yet To Be Told\u2019 campaign will run online at\u00a0canterburytales.com.au\u00a0from today until 20 October.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Next week, from 13 to 17 October, a modern day Town Crier will be roaming the streets of Sydney\u2019s CBD, spreading the word about Canterbury Tales.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>People have the chance to win a $1,000 Webjet voucher, a rental car for five days and four different Canterbury experiences for two people.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a modern day twist to Chaucer\u2019s Tales, Sydneysiders searching for the ideal short break are being given a chance to experience Canterbury, Kiwi-style. Christchurch &#038; Canterbury Tourism has put together seven short break itineraries highlighting the unique experiences and ease of travel in the South Island\u2019s largest region, Canterbury. \u201cWe know Australians love the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}