Travel to Sydney for architecture, golden beaches, and an Aussie attitude. The iconic Sydney Opera House took 14 years to build. Top attractions include The Rocks, Bondi Beach, Royal Botanic Gardens, and excellent modern art at The Museum of Contemporary Art. Only a handful of world’s cities compare to Sydney. It may be far down in the Southern Hemisphere, but Australia’s shining urban star has abundant delights for visitors who brave the long trip Down Under.

With its fantastic ocean-side setting, inimitably laid-back attitude, stellar beaches, fabulously beautiful people, and eternally sunny subtropical climate that rarely drops to sweater-wearing temperatures, Sydney is rivaled only by San Francisco and Rio de Janeiro, and boasts a small-Aussie-town flavor that makes it one of the most distinctly individual and enchanting cities on earth.