Adelaide
Australia
- Safety rating
- 8.5/10
- Best time to visit
- March is festival season with warm autumn weather, while spring (September to November) is mild and green. Summers can be very hot and dry.
- Population
- 1.4M
Overview
Elegant and unhurried, Adelaide is a city of wide boulevards, leafy parklands, and a thriving festival calendar. Surrounded by some of Australia's finest wine country, the South Australian capital blends colonial grace with a sophisticated food-and-wine scene.
Top attractions
Stroll the Adelaide Central Market and North Terrace museums, ride the historic tram to Glenelg Beach, and explore the Adelaide Botanic Garden and Adelaide Oval.
Getting around
A free city Connector bus loops the CBD and North Adelaide, while trams run to the seaside at Glenelg. The grid layout ringed by parklands is easy to walk and cycle.