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Major tourist sites and attractions : Adelaide is a superb city where you would love to walk through the streets. The city is filled with many parks and botanical gardens where you can spend some time while strolling through the quite boulevards.
One must not miss the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery and the other museums which are considered to be the best in Australia.
Adelaide Zoo has a huge collection of flora and fauna from all over the world. The Art Gallery of South Australia features some exotic paintings from the great painters of Australia. This is the most important art gallery of Adelaide. It also holds exhibition of ceramic artwork.
You can also catch the magnificent view of the sea as you walk along the beach of Glenelg. The trip to Glenelg would just be memorable for all the tourists as the coaches of the historic tram moves along the coast and stops right beside the beach.
The migration museum also has a collection of evidences from social history. The building of the museum was previously a destitute asylum. There was a chapel beside the museum which has now been converted into a cafeteria.
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Accommodation Options: Plentiful of Hostels, apartments, motels, hotels and several bed and breakfasts are available in Adelaide.
Food and Wine: Australia produces fine quality vintage wine. The vine yards of Adelaide stretches over a vast area. Wine could be bought from the wine cellars within a half an hour drive. Many food and wine festivals are held in Adelaide where local wines and beers are served. Barossa Vintage Festival is a very famous German beer festival in Europe held in Adelaide.
Adelaide with its cuisines from all over the world is a treat to the gastronomical senses. The wide range of restaurants and cafes of Adelaide presents extensive continental cuisines from US, China, France, Greece, Italy, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia and Vietnam. The local delicacy of the coastal region includes crabs, whiting, crayfish and other seafood at some of the excellent seafood restaurants. Kangaroo Steak is one of the most popular foods of the region.
Shopping: There are plenty of shopping opportunities in Adelaide. Rundle Mall with more than 500 shops is the best and the largest place to shop in Adelaide. The central market is the largest fresh fruit and vegetable market of the southern hemisphere. It is located between Gouger and Grote Streets in Adelaide. Adelaide also boasts about being the world’s largest opal industry located at the desert towns of desert towns of Coober Pedy, Andamooka and Mintabie. The best store of opal products is Harlequin Opal.
Wine lovers can also purchase south Australian wine from East End Cellars.
Shopping hours: Monday to Thursday 0900-1730, Friday 0900-2100, Saturday 0900-1700, and Sunday 1100-1700.
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