Things to do in Sydney
The Best Ways To Travel On A Day Out In Sydney
People come to Sydney for all kinds of different reasons. Some people love to sample the delights of Chinatown; some like to browse around the shops in Market City; others make straight for the Galeries Victoria, while the best destination for many is the Harbour area and its many shops, restaurants and water based attractions.
But whatever you are visiting for and whatever you intend to do, you need a reliable and quick way to get around when you are travelling from place to place. There is nothing worse on a day out than having to spend ages waiting for delayed trains, or getting lost trying to get from one place to another.
Luckily Sydney has a system which makes light work of getting around. Thanks to the Sydney light rail and the Monorail, tourists and locals can move around the city much more easily than they ever did in the past. The Monorail has also become something of a Sydney attraction in itself, since the system is actually quite rare – there aren’t that many Monorails in existence in major world cities. That fact tends to ensure that tourists flock straight for it to get a great view of the city that they couldn’t have had a few short years ago.
The Monorail has been designed to go past most of the main attractions in the heart of Sydney itself. If you love the atmosphere of Chinatown then you can hop off at the Dixon Street stop to sample all the delights it has to offer, before hopping back on again to try somewhere else. While you could walk between many of the attractions the view you get from the Monorail makes it a much more desirable and irresistible way to travel!
See What Sydney Is Made Of From The Monorail
Sydney is one of the most stunning cities in Australia, and you won’t run out of things to see and do when you plan a visit there.
But the biggest treat you could give yourself when you arrive is to find the nearest stop for the Sydney Monorail, buy a ticket and hop on. The fifteen minute circular ride is the best way to see what the city has to offer before deciding where you want to go first.
It will also give you a unique photo opportunity, since the angles you get from your high vantage point over the sights and sounds of the city will make for some fantastic photographs to take back home with you. The beauty of the circular nature of the Monorail is that you can always go back round to have another go at taking that particular shot you really want to have for the album once you get home.
While the Monorail gives you a nice overview of the city before you actually explore some of it on foot, it also gives you a higher vantage point to see the heart of the city from. You’ll no doubt spot things you wouldn’t have done before, and it can be worth making a mental note of particular places that you see which might be worth a closer look once you get off and get closer to the attractions and architecture that make Sydney one of the most stunning cities in the world.
One of the best things about the Sydney Monorail – and one of the reasons why it is so popular among tourists – is that it winds its way through many of the best sights that the city has to offer. Paddy’s Markets and Chinatown offer a cornucopia of markets and stores that you can spend hours in searching for bargains and great bites to eat, and you can get a taster of what to expect by viewing the area from the Monorail before you alight from it and go down to street level for a closer look.
Save Money On Your Day Out In Sydney
It’s quite natural to want to visit as many attractions and places as you can when you visit any city for the first time, and Sydney is no exception. But when you have half a dozen or more destinations on your list of places to see and go, it can get quite expensive – especially if you have children in tow as well.
It makes sense then to save as much money as you can while not reducing the value of your experience in any way. Family tickets and group tickets for certain attractions can save a lot of money in the long run, and that goes for reducing your travel costs as well as getting cheaper entry tickets into some of the best attractions in Sydney itself.
The best two ways to get around the area are undoubtedly the Monorail and the light rail systems, which link up most of the must see places and also run alongside each other where Paddy’s Markets and the Convention Centre are, making it easy to transfer from one service to the other.
You can buy money saving tickets for both of these services, and it’s worth looking into both to see how much they would cost and which ticket is the best option for you. For example, a family ticket on the Monorail is the best bet if you are travelling with children, and there is a similar option available on the light rail as well.