Taste & Travel: Through The Ultimate Sydney Experience

Sydney, located on the east coast of Australia, is truly an amazing metropolitan city with abundant natural and man-made resources. Being an avid traveller, I can tell you that this amazing city is one of the favourite tourist destinations for trippers across the globe. Sydney is blessed with numerous beaches, mountains, lakes, rainforests, friendly neighbourhoods, and more. Sydney is also popular for its interesting culinary scene. Read on to know more about some truly unmissable experiences in Sydney.

The world-famous Sydney Harbour is an iconic tourist destination that popularly represents this amazing Aussie city to the world. The harbour has always been a major global economic, cultural, and social centre of Australia, since the colonial period. And this has certainly helped Sydney evolve into the popular tourist destination that it is. The two iconic Sydney landmarks — the Harbour Bridge and Opera House attract numerous visitors from across the globe, who come to see these architectural marvels that majestically enhance the beauty of the harbour. 

One of the most stylish ways to experience Sydney Harbour, away from the thronging crowd, would be to hop aboard a harbour cruise combining lunch and brilliant sightseeing views — favourite with both visitors and locals alike! 

There are harbour ferries that operate through the same scenic route, but cannot be compared to the lunch and sightseeing cruise experience on board the purpose-built luxury vessels. You can also choose to dine at one of the many harbourside cafes and restaurants in the area offering top-notch dining experiences. But irrespective, lunch cruises on Sydney Harbour stand a cut above the rest as it combines restaurant-quality dining experience with a dynamic sightseeing opportunity at an affordable price. 

Apart from prime views of the harbour’s architectural delights, it also offers ample view of the other harbourside attractions including the Taronga Zoo, Fort Denison, the giant lunar smile on the Luna Park, and so on. Definitely the best way to capture the essence of Sydney Harbour in the shortest period of time!

If you have plans to stay a little longer, that’s great… as the harbour has so much more to offer with the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb, watching a show at the Opera House, a stroll through the Royal Botanic Garden and more.

The major part of Sydney includes the CBD, the Eastern Suburbs,  Southern Sydney, Greater Western Sydney, Inner West, and Northern Sydney. Whichever part of the harbour city you find yourself in, I’m certain that you will find great reasons to fall in love with this astounding city. Although Sydney is one of the most populous cities in the world, it ranks at the top of the most habitable metropolises. 

The multi-cultural and multi-ethnic communities in Sydney have greatly influenced the food scene in the city. You’ll find all varieties of global cuisine in Sydney. Presently , Australian cuisine is more like an amalgamation of every cuisine there. Even though there is a popular assumption that Australia has no authentic cuisine of its own, you would be surprised to taste its lesser appreciated cuisine called ‘bush tucker’ which consists of dishes prepared with kangaroo meat, emu meat , macadamia nuts, honey and a variety of bugs, berries, fruits, and so on. 

If you are a connoisseur, you should spend your time exploring Sydney’s culinary wealth as well as some of its local delicacies. Some of the must-try delicacies include Pavlovas, Sydney orkc oysters, Tim Tams, Vegemit on Toast and so on.  Try visiting different restaurants at popular dining precincts that will introduce you to the real flavours of Australia. Some of the major dining precincts in Sydney are Newtown, Paramatta, the Hunter region, Blue Mountains and so on.