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Adelaide Walking Tour: Grand Mansions and Sub-Divisions
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
$34.04
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Take an easy-paced 2 hour small-group walking tours around lower North Adelaide adjacent to the city of Adelaide. The focus of this 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.
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Adelaide Walking Tour: Grand Mansions and Sub-Divisions
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
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- Local guide
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
Meeting point
Outside of Da Vinci Ristorante
Return details
We end the tour in the Brougham Gardens opposite Brougham Place Uniting Church.
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Adelaide• North-east corner of Brougham Place & O'Connell Street - Introduction including brief history of Adelaide and North Adelaide and its development, route of tour, duration and other housekeeping. Discuss Victorian Villa and its previous occupants. (8 min)
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Adelaide• Lincoln College - Discuss history of building, occupants, significance, connection with University of Adelaide (10 min)
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Adelaide• St Margarets - Former use of house, history, architecture, occupants (3 min) • Taylor House - History - noted occupants, architecture ( 3 min) • Federation Style House - History - story of owners - architecture ( 3 min) • Nurney House - Historic and heritage value - occupants - architecture (3 min) • St Andrews - History of house, architecture, previous owners (3 min)
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Adelaide• Georgian Style House - Architecture, reference to early colonial family (3 min) • Victorian Villa - Architecture including iron foundry work, previous owners, history of house (3 min) • Chichester Gardens Estate - History of estate, founder - occupier of limestone house (4 min) • Sandstone villa - boom period buildings (3 min) • Semi-detached cottages - German community connection (3 min)
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Adelaide• Row Houses - History - usage (3 min) • Row Houses - cottages - usage (3 min) • Kentish Arms Hotel - History - connection with the sport of Cricket - previous owners - current use (4 min) • Semi-detached cottages - 1850's - history - occupiers (3 min) • Semi-detached cottages - connection to first settlement (3 min)
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Adelaide• Cottage - German influence (3 min) • Cottage - German inhabitants (3 min) • Two storey limestone house - one of earliest houses in North Adelaide (4 min) • Shop - reference to crest above doorway - usage of building (3 min) • The Store Cafe - previous and current use (3 min)
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Adelaide• Lion Hotel and Former Malthouse - History, development, associated characters, current usage (5 min) • St Mary's Catholic Church - reference to Mary Mackillop (5 min) • Admaston - History - architecture - occupants (3 min) • Sunnyside - History - architecture - previous owners (3 min)
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Adelaide• Semi-Detached Houses - 1870's (3 min) • Sandstone Victorian residence - History - architecture - previous occupants ( 3 min) • Hylands - Bluestone Villa - History, occupants (3 min) • 3 Victorian Villas - History, current usage (4 min)
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Adelaide• Former Congregational Church and Lecture Hall - History, previous usage, current usage (9 min)
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Adelaide Walking Tour: Grand Mansions and Sub-Divisions
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
$34.04
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!