Adelaide, Australia - attractions

Adelaide is the capital of South Australia. The city is amazing with its layout, wide streets, large squares, and an abundance of monuments - both ancient and modern - beautiful squares and buildings. Perhaps, in Adelaide compared to other cities in Australia, most of all - perhaps due to the fact that this city appeared as a free settlement of immigrants, and not as a convicts' settlement, and these free people sought to make their city as beautiful as possible. The city is very elegant, and at the same time provincial, leisurely and measured.

Architectural sights

In Adelaide, most of the architectural attractions are located on the Northern Terrace - one of the four city terraces. It is here that libraries, museums, and spacious boulevards are located. Here is the State Library of South Australia, founded in 1884, is in the top 5 most beautiful libraries in the world. There is also the Fine Arts Center Lyon Art, the Parliament building, the Central Market, the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier.

In the center of the city is the National War Memorial, dedicated to the Australian soldiers who participated in the battles of the First World War. One of the most famous landmarks of the city is the Oval Stadium , which is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. The stadium with a natural field holds more than 53 thousand people, it hosts competitions in 16 sports, including football and American football, rugby, archery, cricket, etc. It is especially beautiful at night, because for its lighting a special system was developed.

Casino "Skysiti" - the only such institution in the whole of South Australia, so it can be safely attributed to the sights of Adelaide. There is a casino in the historic building of the Railway Station. From time to time, there are fashion shows and sports.

Museums

1. The main museum of Adelaide is the Museum of South Australia, whose exposition is devoted to the stages of the development of human civilization - both in Australia and on other continents. The museum boasts the world's largest collection of artifacts from Papua New Guinea.
2. The exposition of the Museum of Immigration describes the waves of immigration and their impact on the social and economic development of the state. And the customs, traditions and lifestyle of Australian aborigines can be found in the Center for the Study of Aboriginal Culture "Tandania".
3. The National Wine Center offers its visitors a unique interactive exposition devoted to the process of wine making - from collection of grapes and ending with the technology of bottling, capping and storage. The museum houses the largest collection of wines in Australia.
4. The art gallery of South Australia has a unique collection of Australian art, including the aboriginal art, as well as the world's largest collection of works by British artists.
5. Very interesting is the exhibition of the Railway Museum, which is located in the building of the old railway station Port Dock Station. In it you can see more than a hundred units of various railway equipment, as well as ride a mini-train on a narrow-gauge railway.
6. Near the Railway works the Aviation South-Australian Museum, in which you can see aircraft, helicopter, aircraft engines, equipment of a dispatch center and many other interesting things.
7. It is also interesting to visit Adelaide Gaol, Adelaide Prison, which has worked for 147 years. It is difficult to call a museum - everything has been preserved here that can tell about the life of Australian prisoners at the end of the 20th century.

Gardens, parks and zoos

1. Travelers with children should visit the Adelaide Zoo - the second oldest zoo in Australia (opened in 1883) and the only zoo in the country, working on a non-commercial basis. Here live almost 3,5 thousand individuals of animals belonging to 300 species, including rare animals, such as Sumatran tiger. This is the only one among the Australian zoos in which large pandas live. The zoo is also a botanical garden, in which rare Australian plants and plants of other regions of the Earth grow. Another place where you can look at animals, and with some even play - Wildlife Park Klaland.
2. The Adelaide Botanical Garden, founded in 1875, is famous not only for its plants, but also for its unusual buildings, the most famous of which is the Tropical House. Also in 1996, the first experimental flower garden in Australia was laid out here. In 1982, in honor of the sister city of Adelaide - the Japanese city of Himeji - a classical Japanese garden was founded, the first part of which includes a lake and mountains, and the second - a traditional garden of stones.
3. Elder Park, or the Park of Elders is located near the North Terrace and Festival Center. Boniton Park is located in the Western park area; It is named after the outstanding political figure of South Australia, John Langdon Boniton.

Attractions nearby Adelaide

1. A 20-minute drive from Adelaide is the German village of Handorf, founded by settlers from Prussia. Here you can completely immerse yourself in the life of the Prussian village of the XIX century, taste the national cuisine and visit the strawberry factory.
2. 10 km from the city there is the Morialta reserve, where you can observe the life of birds and climbing. In 22 km south of Adelaide is the Hollett Cove Reserve, one of the most outstanding archaeological sites in Australia. In the eastern suburbs of Adelaide is Chambers Gully - a park that was created by the efforts of volunteers at the site of the former landfill.
3. If you have time, be sure to visit the Barossa Valley, the main wine region of South Australia. In the valley there are several wineries: Orlando Wines, Grant Burge, Wolf Blass, Torbreck, Kaesler and others.
4. At 112 km from Adelaide is the island of Kangaroo - Australia's third largest island, second only to Tasmania and Melville. About 1/3 of its territory is occupied by reserves, conservation and national parks. Also on the island is worth visiting the honey farm Clifford.