The Best Sight in The Rocks, Sydney

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We've compiled the best of the best in The Rocks - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.

Customs House

Circular Quay

The last surviving example of the elegant sandstone buildings that once ringed Circular Quay, this former customs house now features an amazing model of Sydney under a glass floor. You can walk over the city's skyscrapers, all of which are illuminated by fiber-optic lights. On the ground-floor, there's a bar and the Tourist Information Centre. There's also an excellent two-level library and art galleries. The rooftop Café Sydney, the standout in the clutch of restaurants and cafés in this late-19th-century structure, overlooks Sydney Cove. The building stands close to the site where the British flag was first raised on the shores of Sydney Cove in 1788.