As the region’s capital city, Adelaide is the ideal jumping off place for an 8- to 12-day exploration of South Australia. It’s worth at least one full day of exploration, but three would be a whole lot better.
From Los Angeles, it’s a 14-hour overnight flight to Sydney (read: two or three movies, a long nap and breakfast), a 1 ½ hour flight to Adelaide, and a ten-minute cab ride to the center of town. You get in, you get settled, you’re sitting at a great little sidewalk café by noon.
Just as distinctly Australian as larger, more touristy Sydney and Melbourne with half the crowds, Adelaide offers history, modernity, a relaxing pace, amazing food — and a killer stretch of the Southern Ocean.
