A city arranged around its harbour, where the commuter ferries are the best sightseeing going and the bus to the end of the line leaves you on a coast walk.
Free things to do
Free
Bondi to Coogee clifftop walk
Six beaches and one path, with the Icebergs pool at the start if you're brave.
Free
Opera House steps & Circular Quay
Walking around it costs nothing, and the postcard shot is from the Botanic Gardens headland.
Free
Art Gallery of NSW
Free, and now two buildings joined by a land bridge over a buried wartime oil tank.
Where to stay
from $79
Stoke Beach House
Dorm bed · per night
from $58
Mad Monkey Bayswater
Dorm bed · per night · Rooftop sunbeds, BBQ nights & home-away-from-home energy ☀️ Pool table, PS5, nightly events and a quieter street one back from the Kings Cross buzz.