Adelaide
Tourism Sites
Adelaide Botanic Garden
🧠Fact: Features plants from all over the world, including a tropical rainforest conservatory.
💡Tip: Don’t miss the Amazon Waterlily Pavilion for epic photo ops.
Info - The Adelaide Botanic Garden offers a peaceful retreat with beautifully designed gardens, lush lawns, and historic glasshouses. Highlights include the Palm House, an 1877 Victorian glasshouse, and the Bicentennial Conservatory, home to rainforest plants from across the globe. It’s an ideal spot for a morning stroll, picnic, or guided tour.
Adelaide Central Market
🧠Fact: One of the largest undercover fresh produce markets in the Southern Hemisphere.
💡Tip: Go early to catch the best breakfast spots and freshest produce
Info - At the heart of the city, the Adelaide Central Market is one of Australia’s oldest and most famous food markets. Bustling with over 70 stalls, it’s packed with fresh produce, artisan cheeses, baked goods, and multicultural eats. Locals gather here for their weekly shop or to grab coffee and pastries. It’s a great way to experience Adelaide’s diverse food scene in one lively, colorful place.
Adelaide Oval Roof Climb
🧠Fact: Offers 360-degree views of Adelaide from the stadium rooftop.
💡Tip: Try the twilight climb for city lights and sunset vibes
Info - For those seeking a unique city view, the Adelaide Oval Roof Climb offers an adrenaline-filled experience. This guided climb takes visitors along the stadium’s roofline, providing sweeping views of the city skyline, River Torrens, and surrounding parklands. Daytime, twilight, and night climbs are available, with twilight climbs offering some of the most memorable city sunsets.
Adelaide Zoo
🧠Fact: Only place in Australia where you can see giant pandas.
💡Tip: Time your visit to catch the daily animal feeding sessions
Info - Rounding out the list is the Adelaide Zoo, one of Australia’s oldest, known for its natural enclosures and conservation focus. It’s home to over 2,500 animals, including Australia’s only giant pandas, Wang Wang and Fu Ni, making it a favorite with families and animal lovers alike.
Art Gallery of South Australia
🧠Fact: Houses over 45,000 works, one of the largest collections in Australia.
💡Tip: Admission is free — perfect for a cultured budget day
Info - For art lovers, the Art Gallery of South Australia is a cultural gem. The gallery houses one of the country’s finest collections of Australian, European, and Asian art, from Indigenous works to contemporary pieces. Its central location makes it an easy stop while exploring the city’s cultural precinct.
Barossa Valley Wine Tour
🧠Fact: One of the world’s premier wine regions, just an hour from the city.
💡 Tip: Book a hop-on-hop-off wine bus for multiple tastings without the drive
Info - A highlight for any wine lover is a Barossa Valley Wine Tour. Just over an hour from Adelaide, this iconic wine region is home to some of Australia’s oldest vineyards and best-known wineries. Tours typically visit cellar doors for tastings of bold Shiraz, Grenache, and crisp Rieslings, paired with local cheeses and produce. The Barossa’s rolling hills, charming villages, and family-run estates make it a must-do for food and wine fans.
Cleland Wildlife Park
🧠Fact: Get up close with kangaroos, wallabies, and koalas in natural surroundings.
💡Tip: Bring a bag of animal feed — the wallabies will love you.
Info - Animal lovers shouldn’t miss Cleland Wildlife Park, located in the Adelaide Hills. This open-range sanctuary lets visitors get up close to kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and native birds. It’s one of the few places in South Australia where you can hold a koala and hand-feed free-roaming animals in a natural bushland setting.
Glenelg Beach
🧠Fact: Just a tram ride from the city, this beach is iconic for sunsets and dolphins.
💡Tip: Visit at golden hour — it’s the ultimate sunset spot
Info - If you’re craving some beach time, Glenelg Beach Country is just a 25-minute tram ride from the city center. This seaside suburb is known for its sandy shores, historic jetty, waterfront dining, and relaxed holiday vibe. It’s perfect for a swim, sunset stroll, or casual lunch by the ocean.
Mount Lofty Summit
🧠Fact: Highest peak near Adelaide with sweeping city-to-coast views.
💡Tip: Hike up from Waterfall Gully for the full nature experience.
Info - Mount Lofty Summit offers one of the best panoramic views over Adelaide and the coastline. Just a 20-minute drive from the city, it’s a popular sunset spot, with walking trails, a lookout café, and photo opportunities overlooking the city’s green belt and shimmering ocean horizon.
South Australian Museum
🧠Fact: Home to the largest collection of Aboriginal artifacts in the world.
💡 Tip: It's free to enter and right next to the art gallery for a double hit of culture
Info - Culture buffs will enjoy the South Australian Museum, known for its impressive collection of natural history and cultural artifacts. It holds one of the largest collections of Australian Aboriginal cultural material in the world, alongside exhibits on Pacific cultures, ancient Egypt, and natural science.