Sydney

state: New South Wales (NSW)

SYDNEY is, without doubt, one of the truly great cities in the world. Its unique charm is primarily down to its sunny climate, bay setting and modern, big city style.

Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, Australia´s largest city and currently home to about four million people. The city´s location is stunning as it stretches out around one of the most beautiful bays in the world and a coast rich in diversity. Around it lie mountains, many parks and about thirty beaches.

Sydney is Australia´s oldest settlement, founded in the second half of the eighteenth century when the British government decided to set up a penal colony in Australia, which was then still an undiscovered place. In 1788 the British fleet, under the captain of Arthur Philip, a large group of prisoners and their guards disembarked on the shores of what is, today, the city of Sydney. The officers were camped on the east of the Tank River and the prisoners and their guards on the western side. This is how the city was founded and how it remains today with its eastern and western parts.

Today, next to the historical, colonial buildings of the district of Rocks you can see the two modern architectural symbols of Australia: the longest and widest single-span bridge in the world and the most characteristic building in the whole continent, the world famous Sydney Opera House.

HARBOUR BRIDGE.
Was begun in the 1920s during a deep economic recession. It then became a symbol of hope for a better future. Today, it is particularly famous for its fantastic, New Year´s Eve firework displays. A climb to the top involves 1439 steps and takes three hours.

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE.
The Opera House is right on the bay near Harbour Bridge. Its form evokes the First Fleet which set sail for Australia over 200 years ago. Today, its glistening ‘sails´ are the city´s icons and symbolise not only Sydney but the whole of Australia.

ROCKS.
This is the name given to Sydney´s old town district and refers to the golden blocks which the prisoners had to quarry for the first public buildings. It was not so long ago that the district was renowned for its drinking dens, brothels and gangs, but since the seventies, when the district was regenerated, it has been teeming with crowds of tourists drawn here to the charming restaurants, beer gardens and pubs, of which the two most famous are Hero of Waterloo and Fortune of War.

BONDI BEACH.
Still one of the familiar images of Sydney with its great, crescent-shaped, sandy beaches along the western part of the city. In the summer it is full of people from the early morning as it is a wonderful location for swimming, surfing and jogging. It was here, at the end of the nineteenth century, that the first brave bathers broke the law on swimming in the ocean.

MANLY BEACH.
A real jewel along the northern coast - a narrow peninsula finishing in an amazingly steep cliff face. Manly offers some beautiful beaches, open sea, a ferry stop and a complete base that guarantees you will unwind and rest. In around thirty minutes the ferry gives you an amazing view of Sydney Bay. It begins from the stop at Corso, where tall pines line the promenade that leads to wide, golden beaches that stretch kilometre after kilometre.

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