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Gold Coast Itineraries

Keen to visit the Gold Coast but not sure where to start? Make the most of your time here with these Gold Coast itineraries.

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Gold Coast Itineraries

ITINERARIES

Keen to visit the Gold Coast but not sure where to start? Make the most of your time here with these Gold Coast itineraries.

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Food & Drink

The Gold Coast is where night bites, hatted restaurants, street-eats, rooftop sipping and craft breweries are all served with a side of alfresco.

LET’S GRAZE

Food & Drink

Culture & Tours

There’s a new kind of wave in town, one splashed in colour and creativity. When it comes to design, performing arts, sculpture and more, our homegrown talent is turning heads and gaining our city some well deserved cultural clout.

SOUL SEARCH

Culture & Tours

Shopping

If shopping is your poison, sport or therapy, you’re about to meet your dream match on the Gold Coast. Whether you prefer to live large in designer threads or scour boutiques for that exquisite vintage find, you won't go home without adding to your collection.

SHOP TIL YOU DROP

Shopping

Nature & Outdoors

Travel ribbon-like roads through the hills dotted with vineyards, waterfalls and whispering streams. Switch off the stress with an invigorating escape to our serene emerald green hinterland.

EXPLORE

Nature & Outdoors

Health & Wellbeing

Slip into a state of pure, delicious bliss and set your work/life balance to ‘omm’, relax into a totally indulgent day spa, chill out in a float therapy tank or escape to the hinterland for a digital detox. Because, well, you deserve it.

LET’S CHILL

Health & Wellbeing

Accommodation

This city was born for hosting. The Gold Coast boasts 5-star suites, ocean-side accommodation, secluded hinterland villas, glamping and even boutique motels.There’s certainly nothing standard about staying in a Gold Coast accommodation.

STAYS FOR DAYS

Accommodation

Theme Parks & Attractions

Let your imagination run wild and release your inner child. Jump into cute, cuddly and roaring wildlife encounters; worlds built entirely for those that bounce; spine tingling, hair raising, “that was epic!” type of adventures.

ADVENTURE AWAITS

Theme Parks & Attractions

Beaches & Waterways

The sandy goodness and winding waterways that means home for us, holiday for others and soul food for all. From first-light wave chasing, to frolics on the sand or an arvo family SUP sesh – it's safe to say, we know a thing or two about getting salty.

SPLASH OUT

Beaches & Waterways

Wildlife Parks

Flanked by sea and fringed by hinterland, we’re a nose-twitching, wing-beating and tail-splashing haven for a menagerie of creatures that will have you channelling your inner wildlife warrior in no time.

GET UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

Wildlife Parks

ITINERARIES

Keen to visit the Gold Coast but not sure where to start? Make the most of your time here with these Gold Coast itineraries.

Let's Explore

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Everyone's

Gold Coast

Accessibility Information

Destination Gold Coast's access guide is your key to inclusive travel! Tips and resources for tourists with disabilities. Plan your trip with confidence.

Accessibility Information

Picturesque

Meets Boutique

Burleigh Heads

Locally known as where the magic happens, this bohemian pocket bordered by a coastal national park, oozes the true essence of why we all live here.

The Green

behind the gold

Tamborine Mountain

Head for the hills and immerse yourself in lush World Heritage-listed rainforest, wineries, retreats and waterfalls.

Food and Entertainment

Haven

Broadbeach

Find a wide variety of things to discover. It’s a foodie’s paradise, beach lovers go-to spot, punter’s Star attraction, shopper’s place at Pacific Fair and business at the Convention Centre all within walking distance.

Laidback

Beach Vibes

Southern Gold Coast

Looking for a change of pace? The Southern Gold Coast is home to world-class surf breaks, chic hotels, restaurants and bars. Meanwhile the locals enjoy camping, swimming, picnicking, kayaking and a spot of fishing while soaking up the relaxed ambience.

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Famously Iconic

Surfers Paradise

The words ‘electric’ and ‘eclectic’ sum up the social scene that Surfers Paradise was built on. Since the days of the original Surfers Paradise Hotel, Surfers has always been an entertainment playground famous for its world-class nightlife venues, international events and pumping atmosphere.

Play at our

THEME PARKS

Northern Gold Coast

The Northern end of the Gold Coast is theme park central. Here you will find Dreamworld, Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet’n’Wild, WhiteWater World, Paradise Country and the Australian Outback Spectacular.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

Destination Gold Coast acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we are situated, the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.

We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and recognise their continuing connections to the lands, waters and their extended communities throughout Southeast Queensland.

Learn more about the Kombumerri families