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Adelaide Hills

#12 ranked✎ 4.7 editorial★ riders — 0 of 5 reviews🇦🇺 South Australia · Australia4 routes · 3 cafés · 1 shop
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Home of the Tour Down Under — Old Willunga Hill, Norton Summit and endless ridge roads through the wine country.

Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Hills
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Why Adelaide Hills sits at #12

Ranked on our editorial score until riders take over at 5 reviews. It is research, not riders — so treat it as a starting point.
Café culture4.7
Routes4.8
Road safety4.5
Climbs4.7
Bike storage4.3
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Plan your visit

when to ride, when it’s busy, and what to know

When to go

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Prime riding Still good Off-season Peak crowds
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Best riding: Sept–Nov and Mar–May — mild days, quiet roads and the harvest buzz.
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Peak crowds: Summer and the autumn vintage and festival season.
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Best value: Winter — green, cool and very quiet (pack a rain layer).

Good to know

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Getting there. 20–30 min from Adelaide’s CBD and airport.
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Terrain. Punchy Hills climbs (Willunga, Corkscrew), wineries and rail trails.
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Climate. Mediterranean — warm dry summers, cool wet winters.
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Local tip. Climb Willunga Hill — the Tour Down Under’s famous finish.

Top rides in Adelaide Hills

4 routes & climbs
Climb✎ 4.9
Old Willunga Hill
3km — the Tour Down Under decider.
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Climb✎ 4.7
Norton Summit
The classic city-edge climb.
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Climb✎ 4.7
Corkscrew Road
Punchy switchback favourite.
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Climb✎ 4.8
Adelaide Hills Gran Fondo
140km loop over Norton Summit, the Corkscrew and Gorge Rd — a proper hills century.
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🏁 Events here

Mass-participation rides you can actually enter — checked against the organiser’s own site
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🚴 Road

Santos Tour Down Under Group Rides

Tour week, 16–24 January 2027
Distances on the official site

The public riding programme that runs alongside the professional Tour Down Under — guided social rides out of the Tour Village in Victoria Square, a carpark climb and a family ride, on the Adelaide Hills roads the race uses. Successor to the old Bupa Challenge Tour. Routes and distances for 2027 have not been published yet.

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Groups in Adelaide Hills

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From the saddle in Adelaide Hills

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Best café stops

3 cafés, rider-rated
☕✎ 4.7
The Organic Market & Cafe
Refuel near the top of the Old Freeway climb.
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☕✎ 4.6
Cudlee Café
Cudlee Creek rider haunt — plenty of room for bikes.
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☕✎ 4.6
Lost in a Forest
Wood-fired pizza in an old Uraidla church.
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Bike shops & hire

1 shop & hire
🔧✎ 4.7⚡ E-bike hire
Will Ride (Stirling)
E-bike specialist — hire and guided Hills tours.
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Things to do in Adelaide Hills

beyond the bike
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Mount Lofty Summit
Sweeping views over Adelaide and the Piccadilly Valley.
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Hahndorf
Australia’s oldest German settlement — pubs and bakeries.
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Cleland Wildlife Park
Koalas and kangaroos on the way down the hill.
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Cellar doors
Shaw + Smith, Hahndorf Hill and the Piccadilly wineries.
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Rider reviews

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