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Adelaide Walking Tour: Hills, Squares and Parklands
(3) Reviews
North Adelaide
Important Information
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Wheelchair accessible
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Children must be accompanied by an adult
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A maximum of 15 people per booking
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Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Join an easy-paced 2 hour small-group walking tour around upper North Adelaide adjacent to the city of Adelaide. The focus of thes tours is on history, heritage and culture and covers not only the architecture and history of the varying buildings but also the people who have been associated with them, and the stories about Adelaide's development from colonial times to today. Most of the sites visited are public institutions, statues and monuments as well as private homes and tour participants, whether locals, interstate or from overseas get to experience the essence of what Adelaide is all about.
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local guide
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and hotel drop-off
Transportation to/from attractions
Meeting Points
Departure
Wellington Hotel
Outside of the Wellington Hotel
Return
Itinerary
1
Adelaide
• Wellington Hotel - Introduction including brief history of Adelaide and North Adelaide and its development, route of tour, duration and other housekeeping. Discuss Wellington Hotel and its history. (10 min)
• Wellington Square - Discuss history of square, significance (5 min)
15 minutes
2
Adelaide
• Shop, Wellington Square - History, architecture (3 min)
• Cortina - discuss two-storeyed houses - history - occupants ( 3 min)
• House - cast-iron detailed - architecture and development ( 3 min)
• Clifton - History - previous owners (3 min)
12 minutes
3
Adelaide
• House, Jeffcott Street - discuss previous owner and his history (5 min)
• Lutheran Seminary - former Whinham College - History, architecture, developers of site (7 min)
• Gable House - story of previous occupant, architecture (5 min)
• Belmont House - History of house, previous occupants, architecture (4 min)
• Undoolya - History, associated families (4 min)
• House from 1950's - history, occupants (3 min)
• Roche House - History, stories of occupants, architecture (3 min)
• Aquinas College - History - previous and current usage (3 min)
13 minutes
6
Adelaide
• Light's Vision - Montefiore Hill - History of site, of Colonel William Light, first public hanging (10 min)
• Carclew - History of house, occupants, connection with famous explorer (5 min)
15 minutes
7
Adelaide
• Twin cottages - History - previous occupants (3 min)
• Former Christ Church School - History, architecture (4 min)
• Previously Milford House Private Hotel - story of development, associated occupants (5 min)
• Victorian row of cottages - History, development (5 min)
17 minutes
8
Adelaide
• Former Primitive Methodist Church - History - previous and current usage (5 min)
Adelaide Walking Tour: Hills, Squares and Parklands
(3) Reviews
North Adelaide
About
Join an easy-paced 2 hour small-group walking tour around upper North Adelaide adjacent to the city of Adelaide. The focus of thes tours is on history, heritage and culture and covers not only the architecture and history of the varying buildings but also the people who have been associated with them, and the stories about Adelaide's development from colonial times to today. Most of the sites visited are public institutions, statues and monuments as well as private homes and tour participants, whether locals, interstate or from overseas get to experience the essence of what Adelaide is all about.
