Down to Earth Tours offers quality walking tours of Adelaide and North Adelaide, focussing on history, culture, heritage and architecture. There are 6 different tours on offer, 3 available within the CBD of Adelaide and 3 at North Adelaide.

The tours are of 90 minutes to 2 hours duration and are classified as relatively easy walking, mostly on flat ground. Cost is AU$30 per adult or concession prices available.

Our Cultural Caper walking tour concentrates on Adelaide's cultural boulevard, North Terrace which is rich in history and architecture, from Parliament House, Government House, War Memorial, State Library, Museum, Art Gallery, University of Adelaide, Old Police Barracks to the Old Destitute Asylum. Our Around the Square Tour focusses on the central square of Adelaide, called Victoria Square and the surrounding mostly government purpose-built buildings. Stories are told about some of our early colonial citizens. Our tour entitled East End Escapade concentrates on the south-east corner of the city of Adelaide, peppered with Victorian style villas, worker's cottages and grand mansions.

Up in North Adelaide, our Grand Mansions and Subdivisions Tour visits some of the large mansions in upper North Adelaide together with a distinct contrast of workers cottages and row houses in the lower part of the area. Hear about some of the early multi-cultural groups who settled there including Irish and German citizens. Our Hills,Squares and Parklands Tour skirts the parklands in upper North Adelaide and visits many historic homes and infrastructure, including the statue erected for our city's surveyor-general, Colonel William Light. The final North Adelaide tour is entitled Stately Swagger and visits the western end of upper North Adelaide, showcasing some historic churches, schools and stately mansions as well as visiting the main square of North Adelaide.

Local

Eat and Drink

• The Himalayan Kitchen - North Adelaide (2.3 miles) - Nepalese and Tibetan family owned and run restaurant.
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Shopping

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