Insight Guides Explore Sydney (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Pocket-sized travel guides featuring the very best routes and itineraries.

Discover the best of Sydney with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like the Opera House, Botany Bay, Australia Museum, Bondi Beach and Sydney Harbor Bridge, to discovering hidden gems, including The Rocks, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan and enhance your visit to Sydney.

Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this is the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Sydney.

- Over 14 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way
- Local highlights: discover what makes the area special, its top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips
- Hand-picked places: find your way to great hotels, restaurants and nightlife using the comprehensive listings
- Practical maps: get around with ease and follow the walks and tours using the detailed maps 
- Informative tips: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: City centre, Harbour, CBD and Walsh Bay, Darling Harbour, Elizabeth Bay to Surry Hills, Paddington and Woollahra, Hermitage Foreshore, South Head and Watsons Bay, Bondi, Botany Bay, Manly, Northern Beaches, Blue Mountains and Royal National Park 

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Oceania
• Australia

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781839052002
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With top- quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.
Best Routes
The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex cursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.
We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.
Introduction
The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more, while a succinct history timeline highlights the key events over the centuries.
Directory
Also supporting the routes is a Directory chapter, with a clearly organised A–Z of practical information, our pick of where to stay while you are there and select restaurant listings; these eateries complement the more low-key cafés and restaurants that feature within the routes and are intended to offer a wider choice for evening dining. Also included here are some nightlife listings, and our recommendations for books and films about the destination.
Getting around the e-book
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Recommended Routes For...
Architecture
Art lovers
Children
Food and drink
Green spaces
Historians
Photographers
Swimmers
Explore Sydney
Beginnings
Free settlers to the present day
Geography and layout
Central Sydney
New horizons
Green dream
Population
Climate
Local life
Politics and economy
Food And Drink
Eating out
High-end restaurants
Casual dining
Ethnic restaurants
Cheap eats
Drinks
Wine
Beer
Cocktails and spirits
Shopping
The Rocks
CBD
Shopping centres
Paddington
Surry Hills
Woollahra
Entertainment
Theatre
Dance
Music
Rock and pop
Classical music and jazz
Film
Cinema
Nightlife
The Great Outdoors
Beaches
Islands
National parks
Walks
History: Key Dates
First settlement
Colonial capital
Gold Rush era
20th century
City Centre Highlights
The Rocks
Sydney Visitor Centre
The Rocks Discovery Museum
The Rocks Market
Cadman’s Cottage
Museum of Contemporary Art
Gannon House Gallery
Argyle Cut
CBD
Strand Arcade
Sydney Tower
Queen Victoria Building
Sydney Town Hall
Hyde Park
Australian Museum
Dinosaurs
Australian fauna
Skeletons and minerals
Indigenous Australians
Watering holes
Harbour Highlights
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Circular Quay
Sydney Opera House
Spectacular design
Concerts and performances
Royal Botanic Gardens
Herbs and roses
Palm Grove
The Lower Gardens
Art Gallery of New South Wales (NSW)
Woolloomooloo
The Cbd and Walsh Bay
St Mary’s Cathedral
Hyde Park Barracks
Rum Hospital
Parliament House
Martin Place
GPO Sydney
Aurora Place
Museum of Sydney
Conservatorium of Music
Government House
Customs House
Walsh Bay
30 The Bond
Darling Harbour
Sydney Aquarium
Wildlife World
Chinese Garden
Chinatown
Powerhouse Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
Pyrmont Bridge
Elizabeth Bay To Surry Hills
Elizabeth Bay House
Towards Potts Point
Macleay Street
Victoria Street
Kings Cross
A history of vice
Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst Gaol
Surry Hills
Riley Street
Paddington And Woollahra
VICTORIA BARRACKS
GLENMORE ROAD
Chic Boutiques
Art Galleries
JUNIPER HALL
WILLIAM STREET
PADDINGTON MARKETS
Woollahra
Hermitage Foreshore
Foreshore walk
Vaucluse House
South Head And Watsons Bay
Macquarie Lighthouse
Signal Station
Gunnery Range
Sandy beaches
Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage
Hornby Lighthouse
Bondi And Beyond
Bondi Beach
Tamarama Beach
Bronte Beach
Waverley Cemetery
Clovelly Beach
Coogee Beach
Coogee’s saltwater baths
Botany Bay
Towards Botany Bay
Captain Cook’s landing site
Bush walks
La Perouse
Historic buildings
La Perouse Museum
Henry Head Track
The Spit To Manly
Ellery’s Punt Reserve
Clontarf Beach
Grotto Point
Forty Baskets Beach
Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Manly
Northern Beaches
Bungan Beach
Bilgola Beach
Avalon
Palm Beach
The Basin
Blue Mountains
Leaving Sydney
Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
Wentworth Falls
Leura
Echo Point
Scenic World
Katoomba
Blackheath
Campbell Rhododendron Gardens and bush walk
Jenolan Caves
Early finds
Cave tours
Adventure caving
Mount Tomah Botanic Garden
Royal National Park
Audley
Into the bush
Wattamolla Beach
Forest Path
Accommodation
CBD
Darling Harbour and around
Potts Point and around
Darlinghurst and Surry Hills
Paddington and Woollahra
Bondi and eastern suburbs
North Shore
Blue Mountains
Restaurants
CBD
Opera House and around
Darling Harbour, China Town and Glebe
Potts Point and around
Darlinghurst, Surry Hills and Paddington
Bondi and eastern suburbs
Watsons Bay
Manly
Mobile
Nightlife
Theatre
Dance
Classical music
Jazz
Contemporary music
Film
Bars and clubs
LGBTQ+ venues
A-Z
A
Age restrictions
B
Budgeting
C
Children
Clothing
Consulates
Crime and safety
Customs
E
Electricity
Emergencies
Etiquette
F
Festivals and holidays
January
February
February/March
Easter
May
June
September
December
New Year’s Eve
Further reading
Aboriginal Australia
Art and architecture
Biography
Fiction
Food and wine
History
G
Green issues
H
Health
Healthcare and insurance
Inoculations
Pharmacies and hospitals
Hours and holidays
I
Internet facilities
L
Left luggage
LGBTQ+ travellers
Lost property
M
Maps
Media
Print media
Radio
Television
Money
Cash machines
Credit cards
Currency
Taxes
Tipping
Travellers’ cheques
P
Police
Post
R
Religion
S
Smoking
T
Telephones
Mobile (cell) phones
Time zones
Toilets
Tourist information
Tours and guides
Transport
Arrival
Getting around
Travellers with disabilities
V
Visas and passports
Australia overseas
W
Websites
Women
Weights and measures
Books and Film
Books
Film


Recommended Routes For...




Architecture
From the rugged sandstone of the city’s oldest buildings ( route 1 ), to the grand residences of former times ( route 5 ) and the sleek skyscrapers of today ( route 3 ), Sydney’s urban fabric offers diverse delights.
Glyn Genin/Apa Publications



Art lovers
Explore the shock of the new at the Museum of Contemporary Art ( route 1 ), take a crash course in Australian art at the Art Gallery of NSW ( route 2 ) or browse Paddington’s private galleries ( ro