Adelaide and South Australia

Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, and its surrounding regions have a lot to offer. Adelaide is known as the '20 Minute City', which means Adelaide’s attractions, beaches, stunning wine regions and the Adelaide Hills are all within close distance from Adelaide’s city centre.

This page gives a short overview of Adelaide and its regions with examples for great places to visit if you can spare the time for exploring some of the local attractions.

 Adelaide

The city area offers a bustling shopping experience on Rundle Mall and a great café and pub scene.

Bee Hive Corner (Haighs)		Pubs and restaurants on Rundle Street

Adelaide beaches

Beaches are abundant in Adelaide. A nearly 30 km stretch of sandy beaches covers Adelaide’s coastline from Marino in the south to Port Adelaide in the north. The most popular city beach can be found 20 min away from the city in Glenelg.

Beach and jetty in Glenelg		Abundance of beaches in Adelaide and South Australia

Adelaide markets, food and wine scene

Adelaide’s Central Market is one of Australia's largest fresh produce markets providing a wide range of fresh and multi-cultural products.

Other markets, such as the Farmer’s Market, Gilles Street Market and the many pop-up markets, create a vibrant market scene across the city.

Since recent years Adelaide has been flourishing again as a destination for food- and drink-lovers. Indulge in Adelaide's fabulous food, wine and gin scene.

Central Market		Maggie Beer produce

Adelaide art and festival scene

Adelaide is known for its vibrant art and festival scene. The Adelaide Fringe Festival is Australia's largest open-access arts festival and kicks off every year mid-February. Other major events include the Tour Down Under (mid-January), Clipsal 500 (March) and the Adelaide Festival (March).

Art Gallery of South Australia		Adelaide’s street art		Fringe Opening Parade

Adelaide Hills and other wine regions

Adelaide is surrounded by several wine regions. Major wine regions close to Adelaide include the Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale which all offer an array of high-profile wineries including cellar-door tastings. Shiraz grapes are the local speciality of the Barossa Valley. In many of those regions historic stone cottages and Lutheran churches are testament to a 19th-century wave of German settlers. Kangaroos, koalas and other Australian wildlife can be met closely in the many parks and National Parks in Adelaide and South Australia or in the Cleland Wildlife Park in the Adelaide Hills.

Koala in the Cleland Wildlife Park		Ballooning in the Barossa Valley

Other attractive regions in South Australia include the Fleurieu Peninsula, the Riverland and the River Murray or Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island and home to native wildlife like sea lions, koalas and diverse bird species. A third of the island is protected in nature reserves.

Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island		Pennington Bay on Kangaroo Island

If you want to find out more about Adelaide and South Australia please visit http://southaustralia.com/