Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Adelaide, Australia

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 3.5 km
Ascend 48 m
Descend 35 m

Explore Adelaide in Australia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in AdelaideIndividual Sights in Adelaide

Sight 1: Botanic Park

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Botanic Park, part of Park 11, is a 34 hectare park in the Northeast Parklands of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The park is bordered by Hackney Road and Frome Road. The University of South Australia, University of Adelaide, and the old Royal Adelaide Hospital are next to this park. The park also abuts the Adelaide Zoo and River Torrens.

Wikipedia: Botanic Park, Adelaide (EN)

926 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Museum of Economic Botany

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The Santos Museum of Economic Botany, located in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, displays a permanent collection exhibiting the practical, medicinal and economic use of plant materials.

Wikipedia: Santos Museum of Economic Botany (EN)

21 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Adelaide Botanic Gardens

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The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a 51-hectare (130-acre) public garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, in the Adelaide Park Lands. It encompasses a fenced garden on North Terrace and behind it the Botanic Park. Work was begun on the site in 1855, with its official opening to the public on 4 October 1857.

Wikipedia: Adelaide Botanic Garden (EN)

447 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: National Wine Centre of Australia

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The National Wine Centre of Australia is a public exhibition building about winemaking and its industry in South Australia, opened in 2001. It contains an interactive permanent exhibition of winemaking, introducing visitors to the technology, varieties and styles of wine. It also has a wine tasting area, giving visitors the opportunity to taste and compare wines from different areas of Australia.

Wikipedia: National Wine Centre of Australia (EN)

805 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 5: Ayers House - National Trust

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Ayers House is the present-day name for a historic mansion on North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after Sir Henry Ayers, five times Premier of South Australia and wealthy industrialist, who occupied it from 1855 until 1897. It is the only mansion on North Terrace to have survived. The house has been listed on the South Australian Heritage Register since July 1980.

Wikipedia: Ayers House (Adelaide) (EN), Website

496 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Centre

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The Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, usually referred to as Tandanya, is an art museum located on Grenfell Street in Adelaide, South Australia. It specialises in promoting Indigenous Australian art, including visual art, music and storytelling. It is the oldest Aboriginal-owned and -run cultural centre in Australia.

Wikipedia: Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute (EN)

846 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 7: Park 15

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Park 15Michael Coghlan from Adelaide, Australia / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Adelaide Park Lands comprise the figure-eight configuration of land, spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton, which encloses and separates the City of Adelaide area from the surrounding suburbia of greater metropolitan Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. They were laid out by Colonel William Light in his design for the city, and originally consisted of 2,300 acres (930 ha) "exclusive of 32 acres (13 ha) for a public cemetery". One copy of Light's plan shows areas for a cemetery and a Post and Telegraph Store on West Terrace, a small Government Domain and Barracks on the central part of North Terrace, a hospital on East Terrace, a Botanical Garden on the River Torrens west of North Adelaide, and a school and a storehouse south-west of North Adelaide.

Wikipedia: Adelaide Parklands (EN)

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