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Stirling and Aldgate: A complete travel guide to visiting the Adelaide Hills

With winding tree-lined streets and cafes galore, the towns of Stirling and Aldgate are an Instagrammer’s dream.

Don't Delay Your Stay

Welcome to Don’t Delay Your Stay, news.com.au’s campaign to support communities hard hit by this summer’s devastating bushfires. Many of these regions rely on tourism so one of the best ways to help is to visit and spend time in some of the most beautiful parts of our great country.

Stirling is one of the busiest towns in the region and is classic Adelaide Hills – Instagram-worthy winding tree-lined streets with lots of cafes, restaurants and shops along footpaths made for meandering.

Stirling is the quintessential Adelaide Hills town. Picture: Adam Bruzzone
Stirling is the quintessential Adelaide Hills town. Picture: Adam Bruzzone

Stop in at places like Red Cacao, an artisan chocolate shop where you can have a coffee or hot chocolate (of course), or if you time your visit for a Friday night there is a dessert bar.

Just down the road is the town of Aldgate with its Pump Hotel and this is also the time to check out the historic Bridgewater Mill.

In the 1860s it was a flour mill but now it offers lots of different eating and drinking options in a beautiful location.

Stirling turns red in autumn.
Stirling turns red in autumn.
Spend the night at Aldgate’s Cladich Pavilions. Picture: Brad Griffen/Helen McArther
Spend the night at Aldgate’s Cladich Pavilions. Picture: Brad Griffen/Helen McArther

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