Sydney Travel Guide

Capital of New South Wales, energy and cosmopolitan city of Australia, Sydney attracts more than one traveler, also many Australians as it is the most populous city in Australia.

With its status as the economic center of the country and most populous city, one would think that Sydney is the capital of Australia. This is nothing! Superlatives are nevertheless required to describe what is still a showcase of the country. Sydney is above all the oldest city in Australia, since it is on its shores that the British settled in the late eighteenth century. A past that it retains many vestiges.

What distinguishes Sydney from any other cities is especially its beautiful bay, surrounded by monuments of the forefront as the remarkable Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge. The bay itself forms an exceptional natural environment, promoting the practice of water sports or swimming on one of its sheltered coves. Do not forget to look around the privileged surroundings of the city, as national parks, the miles of beaches on the Pacific Coast and the beautiful Blue Mountains.

The streets of Sydney nicely combine the inherited colonial buildings of the original Western inhabitants and contemporary architecture of skyscrapers. Historic lanes of the Rocks district, cradle of the city, calling for the walk, and another high towers that form the City of Sydney, the CBD (Central Business District). This blend of colonial heritage and modernity that is still present in Sydney.

The discovery of the Australian culture is set in many museums, introducing among other collections of fine arts, science, but also ethnographic, with pieces on the aborigines. But leisure can not rest, because Sydney also has a great aquarium, a zoo and beautiful botanical gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens) - a place of natural beauty, where people come for relaxation, peace, education, and to learn more about horticulture and plants.

Sydney is also known for its friendly people, whose relaxation is particularly evident on the beaches of the city, such as Manly or Bondi Beach, and which makes it the capital of surfing. The city is also distinguished by its cosmopolitan character, a mix of cultures that makes the richness of Sydney. Combine these qualities, a teeming cultural life, a varied cuisine and a pleasant climate; you get an ideal tourist destination, inevitable in Australia!

Sydney is filled with a large number of pubs, nightclubs, lounge bars, dance clubs as well as casinos, which forms part of the active nightlife of the city. Sydney is renowned for having one of life's most exciting nightlife in the world. Especially with its famous rave parties. Kings Cross is the area known to be a mecca for nightlife. Bars, discos and clubs are everywhere striptease. That is also where a large number of backpackers! The city is also a trendy place where a large number of pubs, interesting to listen to music!