4 nights in adelaide
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Adelaide is the most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia. Built on the banks of the Torrens River, Adelaide is an elegant city noted for its festivals and concerts,
filled with galleries, parks, historic churches and buildings, and home to one of the world's most dazzling Festival of Arts.
What many people may not know is that this graceful city with its heritage architecture and picturesque river setting is also home to some of the country's most exclusive attractions.
Being the wine and festival capital of Australia, Adelaide is a lively and stylish city.
Adelaide is a wonderful mixture of fine heritage buildings and modern skyscrapers, extravagant parks and gardens, sandstone homes and cottages with sweeping gardens and greenbelts.
Those who travel to Adelaide are pleasantly surprised to find a myriad of refined museums, galleries and festivals, not to mention a healthy gastronomic culture.
A holiday in Adelaide also allows visitors to explore Aboriginal natural history and traditions with numerous cultural attractions.
The city relies sturdily to the booming tourist industry and the production of high excellence wines that are very well acknowledged worldwide and successfully compete even with the well known brands from the region of the Mediterranean. It has all the ingredients for one of the most enlightened and liveable cities in the world.
It is the ideal place to relax and enjoy some of the finer things of life, including gourmet restaurants and wines from the nearby Barossa and Clare Valleys and from the Coonawarra area.
Monarto Open Range Zoo
The largest open range zoo in Australia is 1,500 hectare. It is the home of South Australia' first ever southern white rhinoceros and Australia's largest giraffe herd. Zu-loop shuttle bus enables you to get on and off at a variety of wildlife viewing platforms including, Giraffe, Rhino, Cheetah, Lion, African Painted Dogs and Chimpanzee. Approx 10 kms of walking tracks through the mallee bushland. Just 60 minutes from Adelaide and only 15 minutes from the Murray River, Monarto Zoo also offers behind-the-scenes experiences such as Working with Wildlife, Meet our Cheetah and Meet our Lions, providing different levels of interaction with the animals. |
Haigh's Chocolate
The Haigh's Chocolate Visitor Centre is a must-see place for all chocolate lovers. Located in Adelaide, South Australia, the chocolate factory and visitor centre are easily accessible, just minutes drive from the city centre. The Visitor Centre is open six days a week, providing visitors with free tastings, production viewing, free tea and coffee, and chocolate sales. Heritage displays of original packaging, old machinery and early photographs are also on display throughout the Visitors Centre. Visitors can take a free 20-minute tour and find out about the history of the company, and get a peek at how to turn a bitter cocoa bean into delicious chocolate. |
Kangaroo Island
An unspoiled island wildernesses. Native Australian wildlife & nature abound, and many species of plant and animal are found here. It's 3rd largest island being 4500 square kilometres, with much of island classified as national and conservation parks, The spectacular coastline is made up of towering cliffs, beautiful sandy beaches, battered rocks and quiet secluded inlets. It incorporates typical farmland, remote national parks, bleak rocky cliffs, snug bays and sandy unspoilt beaches. Kingscote is the largest town. Here you can watch pelican feeding at 5pm in the afternoon at the jetty, and see fairy penguins come ashore at night. |
Barossa Valley
South Australia’s premium wine region, a wonderful landscape of vineyard, to saviour some of Barossa’s supreme wines and view a century year old vines at Langmeil Vinery. It's the wine capital of Australia, a place where you can get a tangible taste for the greater things in life. Rows of vineyards connecting rolling hills, interspersed with charming villages and hamlets, and pristine working farmland – the Barossa is a visual treat. The blossoms are a living heritage, food markets, quality wines, old preserved buildings, and a wealth of culinary pleasures. There is a robust sense of cultural identity and community spirit, which enhances the appeal of region |
Fleurieu Peninsula
This enchanting place offers beautiful hills sweeping, sandy beaches Wineries, orchards and pastures are patch-worked between bushland, & roads lead to alluring cellar doors where you can sit back and take it all in. Travel past stunning southern metropolitan beaches to McLaren Vale and visit the historic port of Victor Harbor, South Australia's most popular seaside town with its horse-drawn tram. Discover the Great Southern Ocean as you cross the causeway to Granite Island. Be simply awed by the multitude of 2000 little penguins, dolphins, and oceanarium that live on the island be enchanted with the island’s golden history from the signs on the Kaiki Walk |