The most charming villages in the Adelaide Hills
The Adelaide Hills are a region of villages — German settlements, gold towns and high-ridge hamlets, each with its own character. These are the ones we keep coming back to.
-
1
HahndorfHahndorf Main Street
Australia's oldest German town, all timber, stone and bakeries.
See place → -
2
-
3
StirlingStirling Market
Genteel and tree-lined, Stirling is the Hills at their most refined.
See place → -
4
-
5
-
6
-
7
-
8
-
9
More like this
Guide
The southern Hills village loop
Trade the tourist trail for the dairy country and gold-rush villages of the southern Adelaide Hills plateau.
Guide
A Hahndorf food and drink day
Bratwurst and bakeries, a hilltop winery and a riverside cellar door — a deliciously indulgent day along and around Hahndorf Main Street.
Guide
Gardens and autumn colour drive
Botanic gardens, a 1930s estate, village main streets and a ridge-top lunch — the Adelaide Hills at their most photogenic, best in April and May.
Guide
Stirling & Aldgate Village Stroll
No car keys, no rush. Wander the deli, bookshop and antique stores of Stirling and Aldgate, with garden stops and a pub lunch to round it out.
Guide
Torrens Valley Heritage Drive
Trace the Torrens River through the quietest, prettiest corner of the Hills — old stone main streets, vintage cars, a giant rocking horse and chocolate straight from the factory.
Guide
The Torrens Gorge scenic drive
Follow the winding Gorge Road from the city edge up into the northern Hills, linking river lookouts, a wildlife park and forest reserves.