Chris Singh 
Santa, the egg-shaped bastion of festive benevolence, must have heard about Sydney’s new lease on life. While the busiest man in the world is currently making his lists and checking them thrice, it appears the bearded ball of joy is planning his most action-packed Sydney itinerary to date. When he does arrive in the dynamic
The NSW Tourism Awards 2024 have come and gone, celebrating the state’s top-performing tour operators, hotels, attractions with gold, silver and bronze medals across a comprehensive set of categories. From the full list of NSW Tourism Awards winners, it seems like regional operators are starting to really lift their game for both locals and visitors.
The lighting of the Martin Place Christmas Tree, the traditional beginning of Christmas in Sydney, has been a time-honoured tradition since 1971. Each year, the Martin Place Christmas Tree symbolises the festive stretch with more than 110,000 LED lights, it’s 800 branches flecked with 330 custom baubles and crowned by a 3.4-metre star that changes
Wondering what’s open on Christmas Day? Your mind is inevitably going to wander to Christmas lunch and Christmas dinner, both popular options come Xmas given you can dine exceptionally well without having to worry about the massive clean-up job that follows. While most shut up shop for the small stretch of Festive glory in mid-December,
Interstate chef collaborations are few and far between these days but Sydney’s latest culinary exchange could be its best yet. Brae, chef Dan Hunter’s highly acclaimed organic farm-restaurant in regional Victoria, is a constant presence on the World’s 50 Best restaurants list each year. Along with dining experiences like Adelaide’s Botanic, Geelong’s Igni and Hobart’s
The spirit of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World was given new life last year when a humble residential home in the South Sydney suburb of Ramsgate Beach revealed an extravagant display of Harry Potter Christmas lights. Swiftly going viral, the elaborate Wizarding World references and theatrical Harry Potter display even made it onto the
A critically endangered Cuban crocodile mouths the Shane Gross’s camera dome in Cuba, the detail on its teeth intensified by the glassy water. Over in the narrow watery stretch of Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait, photographer Ipah Uid Lynn catches an incredible, and slightly terrifying, portrait of a skeletal shrimp dancing with its prey. The beauty of
When only one Australian hotel walked away from the prestigious Prix Versailles World Architecture & Design Awards, no one expected it’d be an under-the-radar, beachfront property in Manly. Manly Pacific, which was reflagged from a Novotel following a $30 million refurbishment, was only one of 16 hotels around the world recognised for its highly functional
Paris-based restaurant ranking guide, La Liste, has revealed its top 50 restaurants in the world for 2025. Unlike better recognised awards such as World’s 50 Best, La Liste doesn’t rely on a panel of expert judges, but instead bases rankings on aggregated data from thousands of publications, hundreds of guidebooks and millions of online reviews.
Looking for the best shows to see in Sydney this December? Every month Sydney Travel Guide presents a list of the best musicals, theatre productions, comedy shows and dance productions that you should be paying attention to over the next few weeks. As the year starts to wrap, we aren’t getting many high-profile debuts in
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