Perfect Adelaide Vacation Tours
If you’ve been to Adelaide, you’ll quickly recognize it as Australia’s wine capital. However, there’s a lot more to this city than just its great wine. Here are some recommended tours to help add dimension to any visit.
Lots of tours are available in Adelaide - there’s one for almost every tourist, no matter what their budget or schedule might be. Diverse, exciting options are available, and many of them offer a chilled complimentary glass of wine.
First time visitors will enjoy the free 99B and 99C buses, offering an interesting look at the city and the opportunity to get to know it better. You’ll see all the shopping and entertainment options available, and get to look at some of Adelaide’s impressive architecture.
For those who love history, the Cultural Heritage Guided Walk may be of interest. You’ll hear about the city’s history and important figures, including its founding father, explorers, pioneers and politicians.
Adelaide Private Tours can provide you with a unique look at everyday Adelaide life. This tour includes a trip to local rural villages, dinner with a family in the area, and meetings with area artists.
There is also a “Pubs and Pulpits” tour which brings visitors right to the doorstep of two things that Adelaide is famous for - its drinking places and its churches.
Those who love the great outdoors will have a great time on the Guided Bird Walks and free guided walks of the Botanic Gardens. Travel up and down the Torrens River and get a chance to look closely at the animals and plants of the region.
If you love whale watching or surfing, think about signing up with Premier Stateliner. The Victor Harbor and Cockle Train Tour will take you to Port Elliot, Victor Harbor, Goolwa and Middleton. Or, choose to take the Little Penguin Colony tour. This tour takes you to Granite Island nearby, where hundreds of tiny penguins live. You’ll get to see them take their daily trip down the beach just before the sun sets.
But if wine tasting is really your thing, there are dozens of organized and guided tours that will guide you merrily along Adelaide’s five world-famous wine regions - the Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, McLaren Vale and the Coonawarra - which are all known for producing multi-award-winning wines.
There are dozens of tours available that offer visits to wine tasting venues and a few food and grape stops, with novel side trips to impressive Lutheran Churches and old German towns. Among these are Adelaide Sightseeing, Gray Line and Busway Travel Service. Perhaps the best available tour is “A Taste of South Australia” which provides luxurious and private introductions to the best wine and food available throughout the state.
Coonawarra makes a great weekend trip. It’s where some of the classic red wines that Adelaide is known for are produced. It’s also the site of the Naracoorte Caves Conservation Park, a World Heritage list venue.
The McLaren Vale Food and Wine tour will take you to the McLaren Vale, which offers 48 extraordinary wineries as well as the state’s most magnificent beaches, including Maslin Beach.