The people in the Adelaide Hills were exceptional to us. We felt welcomed and the hospitality was…read moreoutstanding. I am letting you know about one blemish on your otherwise exquisite area. Longview Letdown We love Australia and Australians so please do not let this one blemish color your view of the country! It is extraordinary. My husband and I traveled on our second trip to Australia visiting the Western and Southern portions of the country. In all cases except at Longview Vineyards, we experienced warmth and hospitality. As Canadians we definitely feel a closeness with our friends down under...Longview Vineyards is the exception... On February 28, 2026, we received confirmation from Longview Vineyards/Booking.com of our reservation for a two-night stay commencing March 15. We had made the reservation from Canada and left an email address and mobile telephone number as contact. We received several messages from Longview Vineyards on the email address confirming our reservation. The international number and email address which Longview and Booking.com were given had worked flawlessly for all accommodations and restaurants across Australia and previously from Canada. It had also worked flawlessly for Longview Vineyards to book the reservation and to communicate with them on an ongoing basis, except for March 15. Fascinating! On March 15, 2026, we were flying into Adelaide from Perth. We advised Longview Vineyards that we may be late. After two bounce backs, I got a "green" confirmation. The transaction payment for our stay had already been processed on March 11, 2026 and we received a confirmation on the email address provided. We arrived at Longview Vineyards at ~ 1900 h on March 15, I could not find any paper copy of check in details. I walked around the accommodations and checked all doors. It was locked up tight. I went to the wine sheds at the back and they were also locked up. I phoned three times using the international mobile phone which Longview Vineyards had on file and each time I left a message at the cellar door voice mail where the call was routed. I did not receive any emails from Longview Vineyards or telephone calls. We were extremely disappointed. We drove back to Adelaide staying at the Pullman (a delightful hotel) for the night. The next morning at 0925h at the Pullman I received a message from Longview Vineyards. We were advised via this email that the Longview team could not reach us on the email or international telephone number. We found this to be unbelievable as the message had come into the same email, they stated they could not reach us on, and that we had used to make the reservation and were continuing to use across Australia and the Barossa. We drove out the next morning and spoke to a young woman who did not identify herself. She stuck with the story I am assuming she had emailed to us stating that there was no responsibility or accountability for the situation from the Longview Vineyards team. She offered us a room for Tuesday night as compensation, but I advised her that we already had reservations further up the Barossa for Tuesday night. I was frustrated by the lack of responsibility that Longview Vineyards took for the situation and requested a full refund. The young woman assured me that it would take up to a week as they would have to contact Booking.com. On March 20, 2026 I was advised by Longview Vineyard, I am assuming by the same young woman that and I quote "While we acknowledge that the situation is unfortunate, it did not occur due to any fault on our part. To dispute your stay or request a refund, we encourage you as advised on Monday to contact booking.com as we are unable to process this on our end." The last part of this statement is false as the young woman did not advise me to contact booking.com AND that Longview Vineyards would not look after it. On March 22, 2026 I received a message, again using the same email as always, from Kate Walters, CEO of Longview Vineyards and I quote "the check in times were provided in advance of arrival and it is important that these are taken into account then planning when planning your stay. We do feel there is shared responsibility in how this situation unfolded. That said and in good faith and as gesture of goodwill we are prepared to offer you a 50% refund of the $488.23 you paid, less a commission." I was requested to provide the SAME credit card which had I had been told by the previous Longview Vineyards staff could not be accessed to process the partial refund. I declined. I have contacted Booking.com TWICE and received no response except to provide feedback to their customer complaint team on dealing with customer issues. My husband and I continued our month-long holiday to Australia using the same international phone and email to make reservations at accommodations and restaurants. Both methods of communication worked flawlessly, the outlier was Longview Vineyards.

These angels couldn't have been more helpful for our family when we bustled in one day, talking…read moreabout wanting to see the Adelaide Hills AND Barossa in one day. We also dropped a mention that we were thinking of going to Kangaroo Island, only to find out that the helpful lady talking us through wine country grew up on the island, so in came even more recommendations! We also picked up a great flat-pack esky bag (I'm sure there's a better word for this thing) from the info centre, and my only wish is that we'd gone there first, because then we could have used some of the discount vouchers it came with (we'd already gone to some of the local stores that had discounts! IT WAS TOO LATE FOR US!). Also, SA tourism has these adorable little touring routes on tear-off A4 paper... I took them all, even though we weren't going to make it to nearly even half of the suggested routes, just because they were so darn cute and I wanted to imagine going to everywhere listed. Maybe I will one day. But until then, ONWARD THROUGH HILLS AND VALLEYS AND ISLANDS! Thanks for your guidance, folks!

If you are fit and able, I suggest trying one of the many hiking trails in the area. The hike from…read moreWaterfall Gully to Mount Lofty is quite steep and not for the faint-hearted, but reaching the top is always a joyful experience. You will sweat and feel sore in places you usually don't, so bring water and be ready for a good effort. The summit offers beautiful views of urban Adelaide and the busy foothills surrounding it. On clear days, you might even see Kangaroo Island. If you don't want the challenge, you can drive to the summit. No matter how you reach it, the trip is worth it. I give it five stars.

This is basically the hightest point in the city of Adelaide, and you do get some awesome views…read morefrom up here. Like, you can drive up here without any problems, but honestly it is actually much, much better to actually hike because, well, you get plenty of exercise. Actually, they have a cafe, a convention centre, and a souvenier shop up here as well, though that was all closed when I was visited. Still, the views are worth it.

I went on the "Half-day Adelaide and Hahndorf Tour" and it was marvellous. Our group was picked up…read moreby our guide, David, at the Hilton. We were shown around the city and given lots of fascinating background information. We saw and heard about Adelaide history and passed by several places of interest. We stopped in to see the newly renovated Adelaide Oval then made our way up into the Adelaide Hills. The peak of Mt Lofty has a glorious view and we enjoyed that with a short stop. We then went on to Hahndorf. We had free time here to explore the main street, where there are shops, cafes and other things of German culture to investigate. Our schedule was managed very carefully and we left Hahndorf in good time to get back to the city as planned. Overall, this tour and our guide was excellent. I would recommend this tour and would definitely choose them for another tour in the future. Well done.

I spoke to Jade Moate (staff) with regard to the availability of a gluten free meal option out of…read moreAdelaide and was dealt with a very demeaning and discriminative attitude. It is such a shame and disgrace that in today's world where people of different races and backgrounds have the capacity to and are traveling around the World that staff are still allowed and covered by their colleagues and organizations to be racist and discriminative to their PAYING customers. This is definitely a bad reflection on Flight Centre as a business. When I tried to explain to her that my ticket says that breakfast will be served and hence I would like to make the request for a GF meal, she was absolutely rude saying she did not like the way I spoke to her. I agree my accent was not similar to hers, however that does qualify her to be discriminative. I am a paying customer and there is a professional decorum that a business has to adopt for ALL their paying customers. That was definitely not the case and she just put me on hold and transferred me to her colleague. Her colleague Sarah Churchett answers the phone and when I mentioned that Jade was rude and discriminative, she insisted that was not the case till I reminded her that it was not for her to make that decision, as I was on the receiving end. Sarah then continued to tell me that Jade had issues that she dealing with on a personal level.and that was why she spoke in that manner. I again had to remind Sarah that may the case and I respect personal struggles of any individual, however that should not be projected on PAYING customers. staff should be trained to speak respectfully to ALL paying customers, regardless of their race, accent or background

Small shop but full of info and perfectly positioned near doors to outside of centre so don't need…read moreto wander the entire place to get there! I have dealt with Jade there and she is brilliant. She used to work at another store but I have followed her to this store to book my families holidays! She is professional and friendly and always happy to assist. The other staff are also super friendly and very cheerful. Great store and staff! Highly recommend.

I used Adelaide Transport to organise a Hen's Day back in 2012 and they were the most helpful and…read morefairly affordable ones at the time. We were trying to keep costs as low as possible for everyone involved and for 9 people we paid $45 per head for a 6hour tour. This included picking us up at one location, and a double drop off at the end of the day. When I was explaining that we wanted to do a wineries tour they suggested we go the Mclaren Vale region as a lot of the wineries there don't have a cover charge for groups. They organised the itinerary and did all the bookings with the wineries involved. All we had to do was show up and pay the money. We did stumble into one hiccup when we arrived at Edkhidna Wines, we were told we had to pay $5 per person and there was a wait, even though we had a booking. Michael, our wonderful driver suggested that we head to the pub for lunch and that's just what we did. He even went out of his way to go down the road and hamburgers for those who wanted them. Overall we had a fantastic day and I got to know about a lot of wineries in my local area that I didn't know existed. If you are thinking about organising a tour, I can't recommend them enough. They even called me a week after to profusely apologise for the mix up with Ekhidna, without pushing on the blame either. They really do have a fantastic rapport with the wineries.

We booked the Barossa Wine and Handhorf Village tour. It was a great trip and a great value for…read morewhat we saw, are and drank! Thank you to our driver, Robin.

My recent experience when booking a Bali holiday with Flight Centre in Firle Plaza was very…read morepleasant and made organising our holiday a piece of cake. First of all, we decided to book with very little notice, deciding on a whim to treat ourselves to an end of University tropical holiday. We dealt with Melissa who was very helpful and assured us that at even that late stage we would be able to still get some great accommodation and flights at prices that were still quite reasonable. During the process Melissa called me several times to verify and confirm details with us to make sure we were in the loop the whole time. She also didn't treat me as silly when I called a couple of times to check figures or minor details (I am a bit of organised freak when it comes to travelling!). I would definitely book another holiday with Melissa and the staff at Firle Flight Centre.

A wonderful place to start your day, good food stalls to eat there or buy great ingredients for a…read morebreakfast or lunch at home. Make a pantry then head to Glenelg Beach for the day.

The Adelaide Central Market is a time piece to be cherished, as are the family genes that seem to…read morekeep pumping through them. Generations of venerated blood still flowing through some stalls, and it shows. Passion, pride, excellence. Purpose. As a whole, the Adelaide Central Markets is a medley of history and taste, family and choice. For me it is a "Wow!" This was also my second visit in a year. Not everything is a gold star here, but most things are. With trepidation and excitement, explore with my blessing. I have also reviewed individual stalls here too. Like a kid in a candy shop, I go crazy in this place