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Adelaide Attractions
Adelaide is a laid-back city and the best way to enjoy this pleasant city is to take things nice and easy. Walk beside the River Torrens, ride the tram to the beachside suburb of Glenelg, and spend the evenings sipping wine and sampling some of the country's best alfresco dining.
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- The Performing Arts
Adelaide Festival Centre
When the top Australian and international divas, comedians, and ballet companies are in town, the Adelaide Festival Centre is where they play. The Dunstan Playhouse hosts dramas and musicals. Summer brings free live music to the outdoor Amphitheatre while contemporary indigenous…City Center
Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide's premier public art gallery has a good range of local and overseas works and a fine Asian ceramics collection. Of particular interest are Charles Hall's Proclamation of South Australia 1836; Nicholas Chevalier's painting of the departure of explorers Burke and Wills from…- The Performing Arts
Arts Theatre
Often gritty and always entertaining, community theater offers a refreshing alternative to Adelaide's mainstream theater. The oldest amateur repertory company in the Southern Hemisphere, the Adelaide Repertory Theatre company has been acting up on the Arts Theatre stage since 1908.…City Center - Park/Garden
Botanic Gardens
A green haven in the heart of the city. Highlights include several grand avenues and arched walkways crowned in wisteria, the ornate 1868 glass house, and the Bicentennial Conservatory, the largest single span conservatory in the Southern Hemisphere, which houses tropical rainforest… - Cooking Class
Haigh's Chocolates Visitors Centre
If you have a sweet tooth, head to Haigh's Chocolates Visitors Centre (a 5-min. drive from the city center) for free tastings, displays, and a peek into the chocolate production process. Established in 1915, Haigh's is Australia's oldest chocolate manufacturer, and Adelaide locals… - Winery/Brewery/Distillery
The National Wine Centre of Australia
Interactive exhibits and displays allow you to blend your own virtual wine. It's not as simple as you think; sadly, my Riesling turned out to be "the perfect accompaniment to an appalling meal, better suited as a niche cleaning agent for exterior surfaces." The Tasting Gallery has a…
Adelaide Shopping
Rundle Mall (btw. King William and Pulteney sts.) is Adelaide's main shopping street. This pedestrian-only thoroughfare is home to the big names in fashion, but you'll also find stores along King William Road at Hyde Park; Glen Osmond Road at Eastwood is the place to go for designer seconds and clearance shops.
Adelaide's Central Markets (tel. 08/8203 7203), behind the Adelaide Hilton Hotel between Gouger and Grote streets, make up the largest produce market in the Southern Hemisphere. They're a good place to shop for vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, and the like, although the markets are worth popping into even if you're not looking for picnic fixings. Held in a warehouselike structure, they are open Tuesday from 7am to 5:30pm, Thursday from 9am to 5:30pm, Friday from 7am to 9pm, and Saturday from 7am to 3pm. Some stalls open on Wednesdays.
The renowned Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, 19 Morphett St. (tel. 08/8410 0727), sells an excellent range of locally made ceramics, jewelry, glass, furniture, and metal items. You can also watch the craftspeople at work here.
Adelaide Nightlife
The Adelaide Advertiser lists all performances and exhibitions in its entertainment pages. Tickets for theater and other entertainment events in Adelaide can be purchased from BASS ticket outlets (tel. 13 12 46 in South Australia, or 08/8400 2205) at the following locations: Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, King William Road; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, 91 Hindley St.; City Cross Lotteries, City Cross Arcade, Rundle Mall; Chemist Warehouse, Level 1, Adelaide Central Plaza (David Jones), 100 Rundle Mall; SA Travel & Visitor Centre, Ground Floor, 18 King William St.
The Performing Arts
The major concert hall is the Adelaide Festival Centre, King William Road (tel. 08/8216 8600 for general inquiries, or 08/8400 2205 for box office). The Festival Centre encompasses four auditoriums: the 1,978-seat Festival Theatre, the 612-seat Playhouse, the 1,000-seat Her Majesty's Theatre, and the 350-seat Space Centre. This is the place in Adelaide to see opera, ballet, drama, orchestral concerts, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, plays, and experimental drama.
The complex also includes an outdoor amphitheater used for jazz, rock 'n' roll, and country-music concerts; an art gallery; a bistro; a piano bar; and the Silver Jubilee Organ, the world's largest transportable concert-hall organ (built in Austria to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee).
The Adelaide Repertory Festival presents 13 productions a year, ranging from drama to comedy, at the Arts Theatre, 53 Angus St. (tel. 08/8221 5644). For more information visit www.theatreguide.com.au.
The Bar & Club Scene
The popular Universal Wine Bar, 285 Rundle St. (tel. 08/8232 5000), is the perfect place to start an evening, with great atmosphere and good wines by the glass.
Most pubs are open from 11am to midnight. For all-age pubs, locals will point you toward the Austral, 205 Rundle St. (tel. 08/8223 4660), which has good stand-up comedy; the Exeter, 246 Rundle St. (tel. 08/8223 2623); the Lion, at the corner of Melbourne and Jerningham streets (tel. 08/8367 0222), with live entertainment every night; and the atmospheric British Hotel, 58 Finniss St. (tel. 08/8267 2188), in North Adelaide, where you can cook your own steak on the courtyard barbecue. Coopers Alehouse at the Earl, 316 Pulteney St., at Carrington Street (tel. 08/8223 6433), is a popular pub for after-work drinks and the official home of South Australia's Coopers beer. The Port Dock, 10 Todd St., Port Adelaide (tel. 08/8240 0187), was licensed as a pub in 1864 and brews its own beers.
You'll find most of the dance clubs on Hindley Street, and there are also a few on Gouger Street, but the biggest club -- with 10 bars across three floors -- is HQ, at 1 North Terrace (tel. 08/7221 1245; open Wed-Sat 9pm until late). For adult entertainment (clubs with the word strip in the name) also head to Hindley Street. Adelaide's most famous gay & lesbian night spot is the Mars Bar, 120 Gouger St. (tel. 08/8231 9639). For information on gay and lesbian options, pick up a copy of Blaze, South Australia's only newspaper specifically for the gay and lesbian community (blaze.gaynewsnetwork.com.au).
Trying Your Luck at the Casino
Right next to the Adelaide Hyatt, and dwarfed by the old railway station containing it, is the Adelaide Casino on North Terrace (tel. 08/8212 2811). The casino is open Sunday through Thursday from 10am to 4am and Friday and Saturday from 10am to 6am and has several dining options.
