2-Hour North Adelaide Walking Tour with Wellington Square Heritage
About This Tour
Explore beautiful North Adelaide on this 2-hour walking tour through Wellington Square and the surrounding historic streets. Admire historic terrace houses, gra...
Duration: 2 Hours · Tour type: Private · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Not included · Wheelchair access: Not applicable · Cities: Darwin, Adelaide · Languages: English
Know before you go: It is advised that participants wear comfortable footwear and clothing appropriate for the weather conditions.
About Adelaide
Adelaide
The City of Churches is now also one of Australia’s coolest metropolises, boasting boho bars and botanic parks. Get a local local guide to show you around.
What's Included
- English-speaking Adelaide tour guide
Not Included
- Meals and transportation
- Personal expenditure
- Tips and gratuities
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Explore Historic North Adelaide and Wellington Square
Learn about the history of Adelaide and how Wellington Square got its name. View some historic terrace houses. Make your way to a former private boys' college that has now been converted into a Lutheran Seminary. Walk past Gables House and Belmont House. Head to Kingsmead, an imposing mansion once owned by the influential Bagot family, who originally came from Ireland during the 1830s. Tour Duncraig, built in the late 1890s. It was formerly owned by a highly successful pastoralist and chief engineer who supervised the transformation to electric trams in the early 1900s. Hear about the history of the building that is now used as the Royal College of Surgeons headquarters. Admire the three historic buildings that make up Bishop's Court, Christ Church, and the former Rectory. Bishop's Court has been the residence of every Anglican bishop in Adelaide since the 1850s. Move to Colonel William Light's statue, known as Light's Vision, honouring the man who designed and laid out the plan for this city. Pass by the site where the first public hanging took place in Adelaide during the 1830s. Stop at Carclew, a historic mansion where one of Australia's foremost explorers, John McDouall Stuart, departed on one of his expeditions north to open up pastoral and settlement land to Darwin. See Adelaide's fourth-largest former private hotel, which is now a residential complex. Visit the workers' cottages originally dating from the 1850s. Conclude your tour at Wellington Square.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: The Wellington Hotel, Wellington Square, North Adelaide SA, Australia · Tour start: 45 Palmer Pl, North Adelaide SA 5006, Australia — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
