Sydney City

The City of Sydney

The City of Sydney, the business centre, is the economic heart of the Australian metropolis, bristling with skyscrapers. The Sydney audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this vibrant district, where the effervescence of the modern towers borders fine historic buildings.

The business heart of the metropolis

The town centre of Sydney, called the City or Central Business District, is the business centre of this great Australian metropolis. It is here that the headquarters of the banks, the great companies and the institutions are concentrated, in a dense and effervescent district bristling with modern skyscrapers that compose the emblematic skyline of the town. But the City is not summed up by its towers of glass and steel: it also conceals fine historic buildings of the Victorian era, witnesses of the prosperity of Sydney in the nineteenth century, like the General Post Office or superb shopping arcades. There you find great commercial arteries, lively squares like Martin Place, parks, as well as the Sydney Tower that dominates the whole. This district, where economic life, shopping and heritage mingle, beats to the hectic rhythm of the great town, animated during the day by the crowd of employees and visitors. An economic heart and a modern showcase, the City of Sydney is an interesting stop of the discovery of the town.

What to see

Here you wander in the business centre of Sydney, bristling with modern skyscrapers composing the skyline of the town, which also conceals fine Victorian buildings like the General Post Office and superb shopping arcades, with its commercial arteries, its lively squares like Martin Place and the Sydney Tower that dominates the whole. The City is the economic heart of Sydney. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The City of Sydney extends in the heart of the metropolis, reachable on foot and by public transport. It is a public district freely accessible; the shops, arcades and institutions have their own hours. It is particularly lively on weekdays and during the day.

What is the City of Sydney?

The business centre of the Australian metropolis, where banks, great companies and institutions are concentrated, bristling with modern skyscrapers composing the skyline; it also conceals fine Victorian buildings like the General Post Office, shopping arcades and the Sydney Tower.

Where is the City of Sydney?

In the heart of the metropolis of Sydney, in Australia.