Places to explore in Adelaide
Build real days in Adelaide from a broader mix of sights, museums, architecture, parks, markets, neighbourhoods, and food stops from the existing Sortie inventory.
Start with the headline places
Adelaide Gaol
Adelaide Gaol is a former prison in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1841. Its long-standing carceral role makes it a historic place where visitors can encounter a surviving part of the city’s nineteenth-century institutional past.
Art Gallery of South Australia
The Art Gallery of South Australia is an art museum in the state of South Australia, founded in 1881. Visitors encounter a cultural institution with roots in the nineteenth century and a sustained role in presenting art within Adelaide.
Ayers House
Ayers House is a house in Adelaide, South Australia, dating from 1876. Its age and residential character make it a tangible example of the city’s nineteenth-century built environment for visitors interested in historic places.
Migration Museum
The Migration Museum is a South Australian museum established in 1986. It offers visitors a museum setting dedicated by name and institutional identity to migration, placing that subject within the state’s cultural landscape.
National War Memorial
The National War Memorial is a war memorial in Adelaide, South Australia, inaugurated in 1931. Visitors encounter a commemorative landmark whose purpose and historic character connect it with remembrance of war.
National Wine Centre of Australia
The National Wine Centre of Australia is an exhibition building in Adelaide that opened in 2001. Visitors encounter a purpose-defined national venue whose identity connects an exhibition setting with Australian wine.
Museums and cultural stops
Santos Museum of Economic Botany
The Santos Museum of Economic Botany is an Australian museum founded in 1881. Its specialist identity and nineteenth-century origins make it a distinctive cultural institution for visitors exploring Adelaide’s museum landscape.
South Australian Museum
The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum in Adelaide, founded in 1856. Its nineteenth-century origins and natural-history focus give it a longstanding place in the city’s scientific and cultural life.
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide
Her Majesty’s Theatre is an Adelaide theatre established in 1913. Its enduring theatrical use and early twentieth-century origins make it a longstanding part of the city’s performing-arts landscape for visitors and audiences.
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute is a museum of Aboriginal Australian culture established in 1989. Visitors encounter a cultural institution centred on Aboriginal Australian identity and cultural expression.
Architecture and landmarks
South African War Memorial
The South African War Memorial is a war memorial in Adelaide, South Australia, dating from 1904. Visitors encounter an early twentieth-century commemorative landmark directly associated with remembrance of the South African War.
Whitmore Square
Whitmore Square is a public square in Adelaide, South Australia. Visitors encounter a distinct piece of the city’s civic landscape, with the open spatial character and urban role associated with a city square.
Parks and outdoor places
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Adelaide Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1857. Its long history and living plant collections make it a significant city garden where visitors can encounter a cultivated botanical landscape.
Adelaide Himeji Garden
Adelaide Himeji Garden is a traditional Japanese garden in Adelaide. Visitors encounter a garden shaped by Japanese design traditions, offering a distinct cultural landscape within the South Australian capital.
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands is the collective name for parks in Adelaide. For visitors, it represents a broad green dimension of the city and provides park environments alongside Adelaide’s urban areas.
Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo is an Australian zoo established in 1883. Its nineteenth-century foundation gives it a long place in Adelaide’s visitor landscape, while its defining attraction is the experience of a zoological collection and setting.
Botanic Park
Botanic Park is a botanical garden in Adelaide, South Australia. Visitors encounter a plant-focused landscape whose defining character comes from its garden setting, offering a green counterpoint to the surrounding city.
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
The Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden is a garden in Adelaide, South Australia. Its memorial identity distinguishes it from an ordinary green space, giving visitors a landscaped place associated with the commemoration of pioneer women.
Food, markets, and local stops
More Adelaide places
Browse the wider Sortie collection of sights, museums, food, culture, parks, and local places.
Adelaide Botanic Garden
Adelaide Botanic Garden is a botanical garden in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1857. Its long history and living plant collections make it a significant city garden where visitors can encounter a cultivated botanical landscape.
Adelaide Central Market
Adelaide Central Market is a produce market in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1870. Visitors encounter a market institution with nineteenth-century roots and an enduring identity centred on produce.
Adelaide Himeji Garden
Adelaide Himeji Garden is a traditional Japanese garden in Adelaide. Visitors encounter a garden shaped by Japanese design traditions, offering a distinct cultural landscape within the South Australian capital.
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands is the collective name for parks in Adelaide. For visitors, it represents a broad green dimension of the city and provides park environments alongside Adelaide’s urban areas.
Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo is an Australian zoo established in 1883. Its nineteenth-century foundation gives it a long place in Adelaide’s visitor landscape, while its defining attraction is the experience of a zoological collection and setting.
Botanic Park
Botanic Park is a botanical garden in Adelaide, South Australia. Visitors encounter a plant-focused landscape whose defining character comes from its garden setting, offering a green counterpoint to the surrounding city.
Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide
Her Majesty’s Theatre is an Adelaide theatre established in 1913. Its enduring theatrical use and early twentieth-century origins make it a longstanding part of the city’s performing-arts landscape for visitors and audiences.
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden
The Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden is a garden in Adelaide, South Australia. Its memorial identity distinguishes it from an ordinary green space, giving visitors a landscaped place associated with the commemoration of pioneer women.
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