Stately Swagger Adelaide Walking Tour
Join an easy-paced 2 hour small-group walking tours around upper North Adelaide adjacent to the city of Adelaide. The focus of these 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.
ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Down to Earth Tours, Adelaide, South Australia Australia
• 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)
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• City Land Investment Company Sub-Division - Discuss history, significance, area covered (7 min)
Duration: 7 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• Victorian Mansion - History, architecture, previous occupants ( 3 min)
• St Dominic's Priory - History, previous and current usage - pioneering connection ( 5 min)
Duration: 8 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• Zephyrside - History - connection to Australian Rules Football (6 min)
• Two-storey house - previous occupants - history (6 min)
Duration: 12 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• Interwar Bungalow - History, occupants (4 min)
• Sidegarth - History, Pioneering family connection (5 min)
Duration: 9 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• St Laurence's Church & Priory - History, architecture (7 min)
• Red brick Edwardian residence - architecture (3 min)
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• Buxton House - History, previous occupants including Sir Josiah Symon (7 min)
• Victorian sandstone residence - architecture (2 min)
Duration: 9 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• The previous "Corner Store" - architecture (3 min)
• Sandstone residence - 1870's - architecture (3 min)
• Regency Style dwellings - History, occupants, architecture (3 min)
• Bluestone Semi-detached houses - Architecture (3 min)
Duration: 12 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• Victorian Limestone dwelling - 1870's - architecture (3 min)
• Veda, previously Greenhill Galleries - History, occupants (5 min)
• Semi-detached 1870's-1880's dwellings - Architecture (4 min)
• Workers Cottages - 1840's - 1860's - History (4 min)
Duration: 16 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
House - connection to early pioneer - architecture (6 min)
• Cottage - 1850 - occupant history (5 min)
• Bay fronted Sandstone Residence - 1870's-1880's - Architecture (4 min)
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Adelaide, Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, South Australia
• Bay fronted Sandstone Residence - 1880's - architecture (4 min)
• Bluestone Villas - Architecture (3 min)
Duration: 7 minutes
Informacion Adicional
"Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level"
"Wheelchair accessible"
"Children must be accompanied by an adult"
"A maximum of 15 people per booking"
"Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately"
"This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers"
"Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability"
Start Time:
10:00 AM
Duration: 2 Hours
Start location: Wellington Hotel, 36 Wellington Square, North Adelaide SA 5006, Australia
Cancellations and refunds:
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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