Getting here
Access directions from the Adelaide City Centre to the McLaren Vale region by bike, car, bus and train. Click more below to view directions,
Otherwise, empower your iPhone's GPS on the Map below and plot a route from your position to the McLaren Vale Visitor Centre.
You can also download the Fleurieu Way iPhone App and be guided from thr airport and CBD by Annabel, our local guide.
More information:
From Adelaide, use West Tce to Anzac Highway then make a left onto Main South Rd (A13), following the signs to Noarlunga.
Continue along South Rd (approx 10km) until the Southern Expressway (M2) at Darlington opposite Flinders University. If open, take the Southern Expressway, if not continue to follow Main South Rd for approx 15km.
Turn left off South Rd following the signs to Victor Harbor.
At the bottom of the hill the sign for McLaren Vale is clearly marked as a turn off on the left.
Trains depart Adelaide Railway Station in North Terrace for Noarlunga Centre every 25 mins. (Mon-Sat) and every half hour on Sundays. It is a 35 min journey to Noarlunga.
Buses leave regularly from Noarlunga Centre and these will bring you to the doors of the McLaren Vale Visitor Centre (Route 751).
For a timetable see www.transitregency.com.au
Premier Coachlines offer a direct bus service from the Adelaide Bus Terminal travelling via McLaren Vale and Willunga to Victor Harbor.
Daily service for more information. www.premierstateliner.com.au/express.html
For the more active who would like to cycle to the region, Adelaide and environs has excellent dedicated bike lanes.
A bike trail runs parallel to the Southern Freeway from Bedford park to Noarlunga Centre and then on to McLaren Vale & Fleurieu Visitor Centre.
Cyclists can pick up the trail again to Willunga via the 'former railway line'.
