Adelaide, South Australia — Activities
Adelaide Culture
Adelaide is a very cultured city - maybe helped by the fact that it was the only state capital settled by English free settlers rather than down-at-heel convicts.
The city's main performing arts hall is the Adelaide Festival Center, King William Road (tel: (08) 8216 8600; www.adelaidefestivalcenter.com.au). Here you'll find four auditoriums, the 2,000-seat Festival Theater (home to the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra), the 620-seat Dunstan Playhouse, and the 350-seat Space Theater. An outdoor Amphitheater, used for jazz, rock concerts and country music concerts, seats another 600 people. Also part of the center is Her Majesty's Theater, located in the city itself, at 58 Grote Street, opposite the Central Market.
Another respected performing arts venue is The Arts Theater, at 53 Angas Street (tel: (08) 8221 5644). The Adelaide Repertory Festival (tel: (08) 8212 5777; www.adelaiderep.com) puts on comedy features here, and it's also the home of the Metropolitan Music Theater Company, which presents two comedy productions annually.
Movie-lovers should head to Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas, this complex is located on either side of the road at 250 and 251 Rundle Street (tel: (08) 8232 3434; www.palacenova.com).
Adelaide Tours
Adelaide is a pleasant city for walking and one way to experience it is with Tourabout Adelaide (tel: (08) 8333 1111; www.touraboutadelaide.com.au). A company guide will show you galleries, museums and hidden-away treasures on North Terrace, the restored shopping arcades on Rundle Mall, the heritage buildings in and around Victoria Square, and the colorful Central Market.
Adelaide Sightseeing (tel: 1300 769 762; www.adelaidesightseeing.com.au) offers a three-hour morning coach tour of the city, including visits to Haigh's Chocolate Factory and the beachside suburb of Glenelg. Meanwhile, Grayline Tours (tel: 1300 858 687; www.grayline.com.au), also runs a similar tour, as well as extended options to visit the nearby Adelaide Hills, or the German-influenced Hahndorf.
Adelaide's Top Food And Wine Tours (tel: (08) 8263 0265; www.topfoodandwinetours.com.au) offers a variety of food-themed tours, including both dawn and mid-morning tours of Adelaide Central Market.
