Guidebook for Alexandria

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Guidebook for Alexandria

Food Scene

Awesome food, reportedly-awesome coffee, short walk.
432 locals recommend
The Grounds of Alexandria
2 Huntley St
432 locals recommend
Awesome food, reportedly-awesome coffee, short walk.
Just as good as its Surry-Hills cousin, really good bread here.
99 locals recommend
Bourke Street Bakery
19-25 Grosvenor St
99 locals recommend
Just as good as its Surry-Hills cousin, really good bread here.
Excellent bakery right downstairs in the courtyard. We get our bread from there every couple of days. Try their chocolate croissants and coffee.
10 locals recommend
Textbook Boulangerie Patisserie
274 Botany Rd
10 locals recommend
Excellent bakery right downstairs in the courtyard. We get our bread from there every couple of days. Try their chocolate croissants and coffee.
Best takeaway pizza we've found so far. Terrible ambiance so make sure you order to-go. I'm a big fan of their Calzone, and Anna likes their Margherita.
Origano Pizza by Wood fired
107 McEvoy St
Best takeaway pizza we've found so far. Terrible ambiance so make sure you order to-go. I'm a big fan of their Calzone, and Anna likes their Margherita.
Our favourite, quiet, low-key breakfast spot
Two Tales Cafe
11-15 Power Street
Our favourite, quiet, low-key breakfast spot

Essentials

Can't beat "around the block" convenience for groceries...
42 locals recommend
IGA Alexandria
64-68 McEvoy St
42 locals recommend
Can't beat "around the block" convenience for groceries...
38 locals recommend
Woolworths Alexandria
10 Fountain St
38 locals recommend

Getting Around

110 locals recommend
Green Square Station
110 locals recommend

Parks & Nature

Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park Recreational Reserve
Possibly the least touristy beach in Sydney. Walk around the northern coastline for an awesome view of the harbour.
337 locals recommend
Shelly Beach
337 locals recommend
Possibly the least touristy beach in Sydney. Walk around the northern coastline for an awesome view of the harbour.
Our favourite walk along the harbour—best in the afternoon or around sunset.
16 locals recommend
Hermitage Foreshore Walk
Hermitage Foreshore Walk
16 locals recommend
Our favourite walk along the harbour—best in the afternoon or around sunset.

Sightseeing

The classic harbour bridge view. Free to enter and a great place to see the city from while enjoying a picnic.
985 locals recommend
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Mrs Macquaries Road
985 locals recommend
The classic harbour bridge view. Free to enter and a great place to see the city from while enjoying a picnic.
The trendiest and most crowded beach in Sydney—fine on weekdays but impossibly crowded on a sunny weekend.
1453 locals recommend
Bondi Beach
1453 locals recommend
The trendiest and most crowded beach in Sydney—fine on weekdays but impossibly crowded on a sunny weekend.

Shopping

Pretty interesting place to wander around—a nice way to spend an idle morning and plenty of good restaurants nearby.
199 locals recommend
Glebe Markets
Glebe Point Road
199 locals recommend
Pretty interesting place to wander around—a nice way to spend an idle morning and plenty of good restaurants nearby.

Arts & Culture

Pretty campus, and there's always stuff happening.
School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Pretty campus, and there's always stuff happening.
Free admission, set in the beautiful botanic garden.
891 locals recommend
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road
891 locals recommend
Free admission, set in the beautiful botanic garden.