{"id":78,"date":"2026-09-06T22:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/?touriza_city=sydney"},"modified":"2026-09-06T22:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:56:56","slug":"sydney","status":"publish","type":"touriza_city","link":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/?touriza_city=sydney","title":{"rendered":"Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why go<\/h2>\n<p>Sydney is organised around water \u2014 240km of harbour foreshore, plus ocean beaches on the east. Ferries are public transport, ocean pools are free, and the best days here cost almost nothing.<\/p>\n<h2>Five things to do<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rule-list\">\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Ferry to Manly<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Thirty minutes, best value in the city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Bondi to Coogee coastal walk<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Six kilometres of clifftop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>An ocean pool at 7am<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Bronte, Wylie&#39;s or the Bogey Hole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Art Gallery of NSW<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Free, and recently doubled in size.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Blue Mountains by train<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Two hours to eucalypt canyons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Neighbourhoods<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Surry Hills<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Terraces, small bars and coffee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Newtown<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Bookshops, live music and Thai food.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Manly<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Ferry, surf and a walk to the North Head cliffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">The Rocks<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Sandstone lanes and the colonial waterfront.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Getting around<\/h2>\n<p>Buy the transport card on arrival \u2014 every city on this list has one, and it is cheaper than single fares within about four journeys. Walking covers more than the map suggests: most of the districts above are within thirty minutes of each other on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Taxis and ride apps are worth it late at night and when you are carrying luggage. Everything else is faster on the metro, the tram or the ferry, in that order.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to eat<\/h2>\n<p>The rule that holds in Sydney is the rule that holds everywhere: eat at the busy place, at the hour the locals eat, and order the thing the kitchen makes most of. Reserve for dinner in the districts above; lunch rarely needs it.<\/p>\n<h2>Two days here<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Morning: Ferry to Manly<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: walk Surry Hills<\/li>\n<li>Evening: An ocean pool at 7am<\/li>\n<li>Day two: Blue Mountains by train<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A harbour city that swims before work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"touriza_continent":[6],"touriza_theme":[],"class_list":["post-78","touriza_city","type-touriza_city","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","touriza_continent-oceania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/touriza_city"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/78\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"touriza_continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_continent&post=78"},{"taxonomy":"touriza_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.rodh-it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_theme&post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}