Most reviewed Tourist attractions in Ballarat, Australia to visit (Updated February, 2024)

Most reviewed Tourist attractions in Ballarat

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Ballarat through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 23 places from Tourist attraction category.

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Sovereign Hill

Museum

Replica of a gold mining town with costumed actors, a mine tour, coach rides & other attractions.

4.50 (10.5K reviews) (~1.84 km from centre)

Ballarat Botanical Gardens

Botanical garden

Lakeshore park, founded in 1858, with landscaped gardens, marble statues & a modern greenhouse.

4.70 (5.5K reviews) (~3.79 km from centre)

Ballarat Wildlife Park

Wildlife park

Park with many native mammals, exotic reptiles & hands-on encounters (fee) with photo souvenirs.

4.60 (3.9K reviews) (~2.96 km from centre)

Kryal Castle

Theme park

Medieval theme park lodging offering Gothic rooms, plus ticket discounts and extended hours.

$73/night

4.30 (3.3K reviews) (~8.55 km from centre)

Art Gallery of Ballarat

Art gallery

Established in 1884, this museum houses Australian & international art & the original Eureka Flag.

4.70 (1.3K reviews) (~0.28 km from centre)

Lake Wendouree Apex Adventure playground

Playground

👍👍 A must visit place with family. So beautiful. Kids would love playground and birds playing around .

4.70 (1.2K reviews) (~3.61 km from centre)

Victoria Park

Park

👍👍 Absolutely an amazing park. Your can literally spend all day here. Very well fenced, great for picnic, plenty of shade, clean toilets. It also had couple of sand area for kids to play. There was also a very water 💦 playing area but it was closed. It would be great if they displayed the opening time...

4.50 (1K reviews) (~3.51 km from centre)

Eureka Centre Ballarat

Museum

History museum exploring Australia's democracy through art installations & digital technology.

4.40 (685 reviews) (~2.08 km from centre)

Ballarat Tramway Museum

Museum

Quaint museum with a fleet of historic trams & an operational solar-powered tramway.

4.70 (370 reviews) (~3.74 km from centre)

Black Hill Reserve

Nature preserve

Urban park with a 495-m. hill offering panoramic city views & tracks for hiking & mountain biking.

4.50 (337 reviews) (~1.55 km from centre)

Ballarat Bird World

Tourist attraction

🫤 Was excited to see the birds here but most of them are in cages that are extremely small with no space for flight and interactions. Disappointed that only the birds in the free flight aviary could roam and fly about which made my partner and I quite sad. The maze was quite fun and young kids would d...

4.30 (321 reviews) (~8.43 km from centre)

Ballarat Information Centre

Visitor center

👍👍 Very helpful staff! Thank you for taking your time with us!

4.50 (221 reviews) (~0.35 km from centre)

The Bridge Market

Farmers' market

👍👍 We love the Bridge Mall Market each month. There's always new and interesting stallholders as well as the beloved regulars. Lots of fun stuff for the kids to do (animal farm, jumping castle) and relatively sheltered for those chillier days. Easy parking and plenty of places to grab a takeaway coffee...

4.20 (144 reviews) (~0.2 km from centre)

Pax Hill Scout Camp

Campground

😠 Great camp. Guests however were smoking ganja and not in control of their children who were rude to our kids. Their kids were throwing plastic bottles around and pouring juice into the pool. We reported it to management who did nothing. Tom Nolan also didnt get his apple pie for dessert, which i bel...

4.40 (103 reviews) (~3.54 km from centre)

Prime Ministers Walk

Museum

👍👍 The Ballarat gardens are beautiful. We only went to see the Prime Ministers walk - so were delighted to see the display of dahlias & begonias and the amazing statues. The hothouse display was amazing. Loved our visit here.

4.40 (87 reviews) (~3.7 km from centre)

Pinot & Picasso Ballarat

Painting lessons

4.90 (84 reviews) (~0.31 km from centre)

Lake Wendouree Fairyland

Tourist attraction

👍👍 This area is an incredible place to find in the centre of Ballarat the walkways and resting areas make it a complete relaxing few hours.

4.50 (80 reviews) (~3.72 km from centre)

City Oval

Sports complex

👍👍 Ballarat is a historical city with beautiful chirches and parks!Christmas carols was a treat. International artis,originally from Ballarat.I loved singing along well in to the night and finishing with firework,lightning the sky!

4.50 (70 reviews) (~2.07 km from centre)

Bishops Palace

Wedding venue

😠 I booked directly with Janine and paid the large deposit because a friend recommended the venue to me. When Covid hit, I had to reschedule due to Government restrictions. Janine and Craig stopped replying to me, never answering my many calls and emails. This was confusing to me since they seemed ni...

4.30 (43 reviews) (~2.65 km from centre)

St Alipius Parish

Catholic church

4.40 (42 reviews) (~1 km from centre)

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Most reviewed Tourist attractions in Ballarat, Australia