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Things to Do in Adelaide

Things to Do in Adelaide, Australia - Adelaide Attractions

Things to Do in Adelaide

Ways to tour Adelaide

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Barossa Valley Wineries Tour with Tastings and Lunch from Adelaide
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Kangaroo Island in a Day Tour from Adelaide
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McLaren Vale Winery Small Group Tour with Wine Tasting and Lunch
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Barossa Valley Full-Day Tour from Adelaide with Maggie Beer Farm
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Adelaide Hills Tour with River Murray 3 Hour Lunch Cruise
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from $112.27 per adult
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Barossa Valley Cellar Doors Luxury Wine Tour
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Shore Excursions
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Small Group Adelaide Hills and Hahndorf Hideaway Tour from Adelaide
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RoofClimb Adelaide Oval Experience
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from $79.77 per adult
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Small Tour Barossa Valley Voyager Tour from Adelaide or Glenelg
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Kayak Tour in Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary
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Day Trips

From quick jaunts to full-day outings.

Top Attractions in Adelaide

1. Adelaide Central Market

Flea & Street Markets

The market is in a huge undercover building and, at 140 years old, is one of the oldest undercover markets in the world.

2. Glenelg Tram

Trams

... and jetty, a wide range of specialty shops along Jetty Road, plenty of eateries and pubs plus the opportunity to ...

3. Adelaide Oval

Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks

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... or AFL match, attending a concert, booking a roof walk, booking an Oval tour and visiting the Don Bradman museum.

4. Adelaide Botanic Garden

Gardens

Interesting fountains, water lily building, rainforest building, rose garden, forest trails, vine arches, gazebos...

5. Art Gallery of South Australia

Art Museums

... when we enjoyed a visit to Monet's garden, and we especially enjoyed his paintings on display at the gallery.

6. Adelaide Zoo

Zoos

The exhibits are really good and while the Giant Pandas the probably the stars of the show there are a lot of great a...

7. South Australian Museum

Natural History Museums • History Museums

... entrance) and well worth a visit if interested in hisotry ranging from Ancient Egypt to human skulls to giant squid.

8. Rundle Mall

Shopping Malls

This is a great shopping area with all the shops you can imagine, plus some unusual boutique and specialty shops, suc...

9. Himeji Garden

Gardens

This beautiful Japanese garden is a peaceful tranquil space, calming water features and stones to take time to sit an...

10. Waterfall Gully

Nature & Wildlife Areas

We have walked this route three times now, once all the way to the summit of Mt Lofty.

11. Adelaide Metro Free City Connector Bus and Tram

Trams • Public Transportation Systems

This free service, twice hourly is an excellent way to get one's bearings around this attractive city.

12. State Library of South Australia

Libraries • History Museums

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They are all magnificent but in particular the Mortlock Wing of the Library is well worth a visit.

13. National Wine Centre of Australia

Wineries & Vineyards • Educational sites

Admission tickets from $11.26

A beautiful building near the Adelaide Botanical gardens houses the National Wine Centre.

14. The Rundle Mall Pigs

Monuments & Statues

Great attraction for the young ones and a good photo opportunity.Great Fun!

15. Botanic Park

Parks

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A great place for a picnic, especially in spring/summer.

16. Migration Museum

History Museums

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There was a an excellent photo/poster exhibition about the current world state of migrants and refugees - very well d...

17. Mount Lofty Botanic Garden

Gardens

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The Mount Lofty Botanic Garden is set in a beautiful part of the Adelaide hills, a short drive from the city.

18. Adelaide Gaol

History Museums

Enjoyed a few hours exploring the old gaol on a self guided tour.

19. St Raphael's Catholic Church

Churches & Cathedrals

20. North Terrace

Historic Walking Areas

Adelaide's North Terrace is a very nice part of the city that holds the South Australia Museum, campus of the Univers...

21. Adelaide Fringe Inc.

Cultural Events

There are plenty of half price and competitions to win tickets.

22. McLeay Park

Playgrounds

23. St Peter's Cathedral

Churches & Cathedrals

Open now

It was worth the wait; it is a magnificent church in neo-Gothic style.

24. Ayers House Museum

History Museums

It is named after Sir Henry Ayers, the owner of this house and a politician as well.

25. Chinatown

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Chinese lunar new year

26. Henry Codd Reserve

Parks

27. Carrick Hill

Historic Sites • Gardens

What a joy to spend a summer’s afternoon at this fabulous historic house.

28. Adelaide Arcade

Shopping Malls

29. National War Memorial, Adelaide

Points of Interest & Landmarks

We spent some time viewing every apect of this amazing war memorial on North Terrace.

30. Leicester St Playground

Playgrounds

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Wine Tastings

Full-day Tours

Shore Excursions

4WD Tours

Walking & Biking Tours

Cultural & Theme Tours

Private & Custom Tours

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