Flavours of Adelaide and the Barossa Valley
Overview
This trip is part of Insight Vacations' Local Escapes, a selection of local journeys that feature a max of 22 guests, staggered seating on the coach and the potential to have a double seat if travelling solo. Insight Vacations has new measures in place to allow for comfortable physical distancing all while guests explore close to home.
Itinerary
Your Insight Vacations driver meets you at Adelaide Airport and transfers you to your hotel. Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers at 15:45 for a Welcome Reception at the rooftop bar to start your epic food and wine adventure. Adelaide, known for its progressive atmosphere, grew to be one of the most liveable places in the world and is hailed for its excellent gastronomical offerings. Effortlessly explore the city in a zero-emission eco-caddy with your Local Expert.
Continue with a foodie journey at the Central Market and enjoy a guided four-course progressive dinner. Established in 1869, the market became the prime location for a wide range of multicultural cuisine and fresh produce and many of these stallholders’ families have been trading at the market for generations. Roam among the stalls and enjoy a selection of dishes and wine that showcase the spectacular local produce. (D) Stay: Mayfair Hotel Adelaide.
Your day begins with breakfast overlooking the glorious Jacob’s Creek vineyards, then add some Maggie Beer’s flair to your cooking, in the very studio where Maggie and Simon filmed the Cook and the Chef, at a private demonstration. Sample the many products at her farm shop. Be sure to save room for some relaxed Barossa style long-table dining at the award-winning St Hugo. After a short tour and tasting, you’ll be grazing on a delicious 2 course lunch with matching wines overlooking their glorious vineyard. Leaving the Barossa behind, head through the picturesque Adelaide Hills to historic Hahndorf. Settled by 19th-century Lutheran migrants, it is known for its original German-style architecture and artisanal food. To learn more, visit the Hahndorf Academy, home to the German Migration Museum.
On arrival, check into your boutique style accommodation for an afternoon and evening at leisure. It will be hard to resist a stroll down colourful Main Street where you’ll find the Australian Opal Company, the Alpaca Shop or the Hahndorf Leathersmith and Bush Gallery. Tonight, why not head out to taste some true German fare washed down with an iced cold beer? (B/L) Stay: The Manna By Haus, Hahndorf
After breakfast, our journey takes us to the rich landscape of McLaren Vale. Here we visit Gemtree who produce biodynamic wines, a simple way of farming that enhances the soil and the taste. Take a guided tour of their picturesque property to learn about this unique process before trying out some of their wines for yourself. It’s then onto the quirky d’Arenberg Cube. This building was inspired by the complexities and puzzles of winemaking. Each of the five levels has been carefully designed to entice and excite the senses. Here, you’ll be taken on a journey like no other before arriving at the top floor for a tasting and 360-degree views of the vineyards.
Afterwards, enjoy a delicious three-course lunch with wine at the stunning d’Arry’s Verandah Restaurant. There will also be an opportunity for those interested to see the Salvador Dali exhibition. This is our last stop for the day before heading back to Adelaide this afternoon for evening that’s all yours to explore or relax at leisure. (B/L) Stay: Hotel Indigo Adelaide Markets.
Trip Inclusions
- Adelaide: Effortlessly explore the city in a zero-emission eco-caddy with your Local Expert.
- Seppeltsfield: Visit one of Australia's oldest wineries, founded in 1851 by Joseph Ernst Seppelt, well known for its signature wine, the 100-year-old Para Tawny. Upon arrival take a private tour with a Local Expert and discover a vibrant Barossa community of wine, food, art and beauty.
Choose between two carefully selected activities
- Adelaide: Visit Cleland Wildlife Park to see native animals, including koalas, in their natural habitat recovering after the Kangaroo Island bushfires. Alternatively, join a Local Expert for a walking tour in the City of Churches.
- Adelaide: Join a walking tour with a Local Expert through Adelaide, the City of Churches.
- Our highly-skilled Travel Director will ensure your journey is seamless, serving as your expert guide, consummate organiser, and friend overseas. Our Travel Directors have been newly trained in new and enhanced hygiene and physical distancing procedures. During your trip, they will operate with a duty of care and monitor the hygiene etiquette of our guests, reacting and advising as needed, to ensure high standards are maintained.
- We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door.
- Hotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
- From time to time, your Travel Director will delight you with an Insight Flourish, which is a local specialty representing the destination.
- Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).
- Adelaide: Join your Travel Director and fellow guests for a Welcome Reception at your hotel's rooftop bar.
- Adelaide: Enjoy a culinary journey at the Central Market in Adelaide with your guided four-course progressive dinner, with a glass of wine or refreshing gin. Established in 1869, the market became the prime location for a wide range of multicultural cuisine and fresh produce.
- Nuriootpa: Start your day with a visit to national treasure, Maggie Beer's Farm and take part in a private cooking demonstration in the very studio where ‘The Cook and the Chef' was filmed.
- McLaren Vale: Sample wines at the Gemtree vineyard where locals Melissa and Mike have successfully implemented sustainability and biodynamics in their day-to-day practices.
- McLaren Vale: Enjoy a specially prepared three-course lunch in this spectacular and iconic architectural wonder. The opportunity to dine at the estate is truly a rare and special one. The cube-shaped building consists of five levels, all carefully designed to entice and excite the senses. It includes features such as a wine sensory room, a virtual fermenter, a 360degree video room, and many other tactile experiences.
- Adelaide: Come together with your fellow travellers and indulge in a Celebration Lunch, toasting your adventures taken and memories made.
- Dining Summary: 4 Breakfast (B), 2 Dinner (D), and 3 Lunch (L)
- Our Well-Being Directors take a proactive approach to your welfare ensuring all well-being regulations are met (available on trips with 21 or more guests).
- Enjoy the comfort of Insight's luxury, air-conditioned coach and onboard washroom. Our customized luxury coaches are sanitized before the start of your tour and are maintained to very high standards. Physical distancing measures have been implemented on our customized luxury coaches.
- Experience enhanced hygiene protocols to align with the latest guidance following COVID-19. All Travel Directors, Well-Being Directors and Drivers have completed training in enhanced well-being and hygiene protocols.
- We only work with establishments we are confident will consistently adhere to our high well-being standards, which include hotels, restaurants and sight-seeing venues.
- Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.
- Itinerary and inclusions are subject to change
- Price is for land, cruise and internal flights as specified. Flights not specified are not included
Prices & Dates
There are currently no departures available on this trip. Either it's the end of the season and new departures will be released shortly, or this itinerary has been changed and will no longer continue. Feel free to contact us for information about when next seasons dates will be released or click here to view the general release dates for all destinations.
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