Getting there

Planes

Adelaide is Australia’s fifth-biggest city with a slick international airport (www.aal.com.au). Qantas, Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific (among others) service Adelaide from overseas, with domestic flights (Qantas, Virgin Blue, Tiger and Jetstar) winging-in from around Australia. The airport is six kilometres west of the city centre.

Trains

Interstate trains (the Ghan from Darwin, the Overland from Melbourne and the Indian Pacific from Sydney and Perth) chug into the Adelaide Parklands Terminal (13 21 47; www.gsr.com.au), just south west of the centre. Adelaide’s local train network (+61 (0)8 8218 2362; www.transadelaide.com.au) comprises five suburban lines – useful if you’re staying a while. There’s also a tram running from the city to beachside Glenelg.

Automobiles

Adelaide’s park-fringed downtown area is compact and walkable | but to access the more spread out beaches | ‘burbs and hills a rent-a-car is the way to go. Hire wheels at Adelaide Airport (try Hertz; www.hertz.com.au) or in Adelaide itself. Parking is cheap and easy by Australian standards (which are cheap and easy by world standards).