sharks and fish swimming in a huge aquarium
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Time Out guide to Darling Harbour

The best things to see, do and eat around Darling Harbour
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Many of our big attractions are found along the waterline at Darling Harbour, so we put together a guide on the best bits of this visitor-friendly part of the city, from top ticketed exhibitons and natural wonders to Darling Harbour restaurants, hotels and accomodation.

Darling Harbour restaurants and accomodation

The best restaurants in Darling Harbour
Restaurants

The best restaurants in Darling Harbour

Darling Harbour is definitely one of Sydney's most visitor-friendly areas, packed with hotels, attractions, exhibitions and ways to while away a day in the...
The best Darling Harbour hotels
Hotels

The best Darling Harbour hotels

Darling Harbour accomodation is plentiful, which is probably why so many visitors to SYdney choose to base their stay around the harbour in the city. It...

Ticketed attractions

Sea Life Sydney Aquarium
Museums

Sea Life Sydney Aquarium

Sea Life Sydney Aquarium is the world's largest indoor system of Australian marine life, with 60 tanks and three oceanaria filled with more than 12,000...
Madame Tussauds
Museums

Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is appropriately located beside Wild Life Sydney and Sydney Aquarium: another contrived fantasyland where the public can get up close with...
Wild Life Sydney Zoo
Museums

Wild Life Sydney Zoo

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The best thing about Wild Life Sydney is handling the animals – so says our junior critic Bill Blake, who had a go holding a tawny frogmouth and a red-tailed...

Need to chill out?

Chinese Garden of Friendship
Things to do

Chinese Garden of Friendship

Waterfalls, weeping willows, lily pads and blossoms make this one-hectare garden a charming and calming place to visit. Officially opened in 1988, the Chinese...
IMAX Theatre
Film

IMAX Theatre

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The giant, eye-shaped IMAX theatre lies between a couple major overhanging artillery roads in touristy Darling Harbour. It claims to have the world's...