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Rydges Insider a guide to the best that Sydney has to offer

Welcome to Rydges Insider Sydney,

Welcome to Rydges SydneyInsider, a guide to the best that Sydney has to offer.

How do you describe Sydney? Some see it as bold, brash and beautiful whilst others view the city and its residents as style obsessed, vacuous and shallow. For the record we think Sydney is great. Some of us live here and we love it, well at least 99% of the time, traffic snarls and real estate fixation notwithstanding!

So whether you’re visiting for work or pleasure, The SydneyInsider guide is designed to show you all our favorite elements, which combine to make this a truly global city. If you’re looking for a local’s recommendations and knowledge on which restaurant to choose, which bookstore is best to browse in or where you can enjoy a swim in the world’s best harbour, we’ll show you where we go.

Like all recommendations, some are long standing favourites, some are hidden gems and others are new and enticing, but all are provided with the best intention of ensuring you get the best possible insight and experience whilst enjoying this fabulous city.



	Dining: CBD \| East \| North Shore \| South \| West \| View All Fashion and fickleness are as predictable in the Sydney restaurant scene as day turning into night; equally reliable and unwavering is Sydney’s love of a good restaurant. Blessed with some of the best chefs on earth, the city’s restaurants offer an amazing kaleidoscope of tastes via a multitude of influences and styles. Whether it’s a simple bowl of handmade noodles or steaming Vietnamese Pho or a $175 per head, twelve-course degustation menu, dive in, enjoy, and let us steer you on a culinary odyssey.				Drinking: CBD \| East \| North Shore \| South \| West \| View All Enjoying a drink is deeply etched into Sydney’s history and social psyche. As far back as 1808, it stirred enough passion amongst the citizens that they marched upon Government House demanding that excise tax be removed from the lucrative spirits trade. Today the locals are no less passionate about enjoying a good time, but are certainly a lot calmer, probably due in part to the huge selection of bars and pubs now on offer. Ranging from sumptuous cocktail lounges with an equally glamorous clientele to local pubs where the height of sophistication is a pack of cheese and onion chips and the telly on in the corner, you’ll find something in Sydney to suit all moods and budgets.



	Sights & Real Sydney: CBD \| East \| North Shore \| South \| West \| View All Underneath the glitz and glamour that Sydney occasionally likes to portray, as its civic persona, the city has a real and vibrant heartbeat. There are still numerous spots where the locals congregate just to enjoy the simple charms that the city has to offer. Depending on your schedule or inclination, it’s easy to spend a few hours or a whole day seeing the attractions whilst soaking up the sights and sounds of the city. Listed above are some old favourites and other more quirky attractions that show off Sydney in its best light.				Shopping: Book Stores \| Discount Outlets \| Gift Stores \| Markets \| Mens Wear \| Record Stores \| Retail Strips \| Shopping Arcades \| Shopping Centres \| Womens Wear \| View all Sydney proudly embraces the ethos of “shop until you drop”. Sampling a ‘shopping street’, browsing in a stylish retail arcade or meandering through a sophisticated shopping centre is the best way to experience the city’s vibrant retail culture. Sydney is a global city, all tastes and budgets are catered to. Below are a number of favorite stores that offer something slightly different as well as suggestions for shopping within a specific area.

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