Barossa Travel Guide
Barossa accommodation, Barossa activities and attractions, Barossa maps, transportation to and around Barossa - the ALL NEW Jasons Barossa Destination Travel Guide is your complete visitor guide for Barossa.
The Barossa Valley, less than 100km north of
Adelaide, is famous as one of the world's leading wine-producing regions, and enjoys a distinctive European heritage. Vine cuttings were brought from Europe (mostly from Germany) to Barossa and planted by the first settlers in the 1840s, and Barossa valley now has some of the world's oldest shiraz vines. Visitors to Barossa are spoilt for choice with some 50 wineries and cellar doors to visit, ranging from small family enterprises to major wine producers.
Barossa's regional cuisine strongly reflects a blend of old and new and you can sample a range of fine patés, chutneys, jams and vinegars sold from farm gates, cellar doors and restaurants. The Barossa Music Festival held every October attracts visitors from all over Australia and the world. Other highlights you might want to see in Barossa include the Southern Hemisphere's oldest and best-preserved German village of
Bethany, and
Seppeltsfield, which is Australia's grandest wine chateau.
Population
41,000
Climate
Mediterranean
Summer: 13 - 28°C
Winter: 5 - 14°C
Rainfall: 500mm/year (wettest months May - September)
Major Attractions
Wineries and restaurants,
Gawler, the Heyson Trail, Hale Conservation Park, Warren Conservation Park, Kaiser Stuhl Conservation Park, the Wine Centre at Tanunda, the Herbig Family Tree, heritage walks, churches