Inside the £192million Sydney Modern Project - the city's biggest attraction since the Opera House

Sydney is back in the culture club: feel the buzz of the city as it prepares to welcome guests to its biggest attraction since the opera house opened nearly 50 years ago double the space exhibition hall with huge glass pavilions to give visitors a view of Sydney Harbor Claudia Joseph writes: "Looks certain to become a must-see for all visitors to Australia" p>
Posted: 14:26 GMT, 28 November 2022 | Updated: 14:26 GMT, 28 Nov 2022
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After more than a decade in the making, Sydney is unveiling a cultural attraction that is as epic as the 'Opera and which will certainly become a must for all visitors to Australia.
Indeed, the importance of Sydney's modern project on the tourist offer of the country industry is compared to when the late Queen Elizabeth opened the iconic opera house in 1973, one of the most distinctive buildings in the world which now attracts up to 11 million visitors a year. /p>
The modern Sydney project is a 183,000 square foot extension to the $192 million Art Gallery of New South Wales. pounds sterling and opens on Saturday, virtually doubling its already impressive exhibition space with huge glass pavilions to give visitors great views of the port of Sydney.
And as the city opens up after the Covid chaos, shiny new hotels and restaurants are making their mark. From February, prepare to fight for a table at The Petermen on the Lower North Shore, run by renowned local seafood chef Josh Niland, while standout spots to stay include the boutique hotel Oxford House in Paddington and the Porter House Hotel in the Central Business District. And by spring, Capella Sydney is set to open in the iconic heritage-listed Department of Education building, complete with the company's Brasserie 1930 restaurant and Auriga Spa.

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Inside the £192million Sydney Modern Project - the city's biggest attraction since the Opera House

Sydney is back in the culture club: feel the buzz of the city as it prepares to welcome guests to its biggest attraction since the opera house opened nearly 50 years ago double the space exhibition hall with huge glass pavilions to give visitors a view of Sydney Harbor Claudia Joseph writes: "Looks certain to become a must-see for all visitors to Australia" p>

Posted: 14:26 GMT, 28 November 2022 | Updated: 14:26 GMT, 28 Nov 2022

After more than a decade in the making, Sydney is unveiling a cultural attraction that is as epic as the 'Opera and which will certainly become a must for all visitors to Australia.

Indeed, the importance of Sydney's modern project on the tourist offer of the country industry is compared to when the late Queen Elizabeth opened the iconic opera house in 1973, one of the most distinctive buildings in the world which now attracts up to 11 million visitors a year. /p>

The modern Sydney project is a 183,000 square foot extension to the $192 million Art Gallery of New South Wales. pounds sterling and opens on Saturday, virtually doubling its already impressive exhibition space with huge glass pavilions to give visitors great views of the port of Sydney.

And as the city opens up after the Covid chaos, shiny new hotels and restaurants are making their mark. From February, prepare to fight for a table at The Petermen on the Lower North Shore, run by renowned local seafood chef Josh Niland, while standout spots to stay include the boutique hotel Oxford House in Paddington and the Porter House Hotel in the Central Business District. And by spring, Capella Sydney is set to open in the iconic heritage-listed Department of Education building, complete with the company's Brasserie 1930 restaurant and Auriga Spa.