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Sydney
4 days · 8 things to do
Best time to go: March to May, and September to November
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Welcome
Sydney, in a few days
Sydney wraps around its harbour, where the 1973 Opera House and the 1932 bridge face each other across Circular Quay. The city has more than 100 beaches from Bondi to Manly, a botanic garden founded in 1816 right in the centre and, two hours away by train, the cliffs of the Blue Mountains.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 2 things
- D2 Day 2 2 things
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- D4 Day 4 2 things
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Sydney Opera House · about 1 hJørn Utzon's building opened in 1973 after fourteen years of work, its concrete sails covered in over a million Swedish tiles.
- Afternoon · Sydney Harbour Bridge free · about 1 h 30A steel arch with a 503-metre span, opened in 1932 and rising 134 metres above the water, with a footpath along its eastern side.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Little National Hotel Sydney€130 a night
D2
Day 2
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The Rocks free · about 1 h 30Where the First Fleet landed in 1788: sandstone lanes, the hand-dug Argyle Cut, old wool stores and pubs such as the Lord Nelson.
- Afternoon · Royal Botanic Garden free · about 1 h 30Founded by Governor Macquarie in 1816, 30 hectares running out to Mrs Macquarie's Chair, where the Opera House and the bridge fit in one frame.
🛏️ Where to sleep · The Ultimo€110 a night
D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Taronga Zoo · half a dayOpened in 1916 on the harbour slopes at Mosman, twelve minutes by ferry, with koalas, platypuses, Tasmanian devils and a bird show against the skyline.
- Afternoon · Bondi Beach free · half a dayA kilometre of sand 7 km from the centre, watched by a lifesaving club founded in 1907, with the Icebergs pool cut into the rocks.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Adina Apartment Hotel Sydney Town Hall€125 a night
D4
Day 4
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The ferry to Manly · 2 to 3 hThirty minutes across the harbour, past the Opera House and out by the Heads, then the Corso to Manly Beach and the Shelly Beach path.
- Afternoon · The Blue Mountains free · a full dayA World Heritage sandstone plateau of eucalyptus canyons 100 km west, where Echo Point in Katoomba faces the Three Sisters and the blue-hazed Jamison Valley.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Park Regis City Centre€125 a night
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Barbecue and seafood: prawns, barramundi and oysters.
- Meat pie: the national snack, eaten standing up.
- Vegemite: a salt yeast paste on toast, spread thin if you want to finish it.
- Lamingtons and pavlova, the two desserts this country argues over.
- Flat white: the coffee this corner of the world gave everyone else.
⚠️ Best avoided
- The sun is harsh: sunscreen, a hat and shade, even under cloud.
- Swim between the flags, and take the current and jellyfish warnings literally.
- Distances are enormous: plan fuel, water and how tired you will be.
- Do not feed the wildlife, and keep your distance from it.
Getting by
Words that help
🗣️ English is the main language here, so there is nothing to learn by heart.
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyAustralian dollar (AUD)
BudgetAbout €165 a day, mid-range
Best seasonMarch to May, and September to November
PlugI · 230V
Tap waterSafe to drink
TippingOptional, rounding up is enough
Emergency000
EntryYou need an online authorisation before you fly, applied for with a passport: eVisitor for EU and UK citizens, an ETA for US and Canadian ones, 90 days either way.
HealthNo vaccination required. Keep tetanus and polio up to date; hepatitis A is worth considering if you eat well outside the tourist trail.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
Have a good trip.
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