Sovereign Hill is an open-air museum in Golden Point, a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It brings to life the excitement of Australia’s great 1850s gold rushes. Sovereign Hill depicts Ballarat’s first ten years after the discovery of gold there. It was officially opened on 29 November 1970 and has become a nationally acclaimed tourist attraction. Explore the daily ritual of this gold town and stroll the main street to visit with goldsmiths, crafts people, traders, soldiers and the like. Find your own fortune whilst panning for gold in the stream, go “underground” to the fascinating gold mine and museum or ride the stage-coach through the village.

Opening Times

Sovereign Hill
10.00 am to 5.00 pm every day except Christmas Day.
During daylight saving, Sovereign Hill is open until 5.30 pm.

Gold Museum
9.30 am to 5.30 pm every day except Christmas Day.
During daylight saving, the Gold Museum is open until 6 pm.

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Every year festival celebrates spring. This a well known tourist attraction pays tribute to beautiful flowers. This a well known tourist attraction that pays tribute to our beautiful flowers. The streets of downtown Funchal are filled with music, colour and soft aromas. The highlight is the Flower Parade, with several groups of over a thousand participants who, bearing costumes depicting flowers, dancing to the sound of exquisitely selected music.

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St. Isaac’s is the world’s third largest domed cathedral and the first monument you see of the city if you arrive by ship. Isaakievsky Sobor is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city. Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great. It’s main dome rises 101,5 meters and is plated with pure gold. The exterior is faced with gray and red stone, and features a total 112 red granite columns with Corinthian capitals. Its interior is as awesome and decoration includes sculpture, painting polished stone, gifting, mosaic, stained-glass windows.

Location: 1, Isaakievskaia Ploschad.
Open: Thursday to Tuesday, 11am to 7pm, last admission is at 6pm
Cost: 250 Roubles for cathedral, 80 Roubles for colonnade
N.B.! No photography or video-filming is allowed in the Cathedral or at the Colonnade.

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