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An expansive Willunga providore on the High Street stocking local artisan goods for picnic hampers, with a courtyard cafe out the back.

Built in 1856 on the corner of Hill and Aldinga Road, the Alma is the unpretentious locals' pub of historic Willunga - hearty meals, cold beer and a cheerful front verandah ideal for a post-market pint.

Multi-award-winning small-group minibus wine tours visiting boutique McLaren Vale cellar doors - Adelaide and Glenelg pickup, up to six wineries per day.

A 37-kilometre sealed rail trail along the old Willunga railway corridor, running from Marino on the coast through the McLaren Vale vineyards and ending on the edge of historic Willunga township.

A third-generation family olive grove and oil maker in Willunga, producing award-winning estate-grown extra virgin olive oil in the Mediterranean climate of the Willunga Scarp.

A stylish small wine bar from the original Fino team serving Mediterranean share plates and natural wines in a Willunga sandstone shopfront.

A small Willunga chocolatier and patisserie on the High Street, hand-painting eggs and turning out fresh weekly patisserie alongside a tight chocolate range.

Small family winery by brothers Richard and Malcolm Leask, with a stripped-back cellar door in an 1850s stone cottage on Willunga's High Street.

A small tropical jungle boardwalk experience on Willunga's main road with an animal hunt, climbing web and Fairy Fern Garden - $2 entry, perfect for younger kids.

Walking & Hiking

Kuitpo Forest

Willunga

A 3,600-hectare ForestrySA reserve of softwood plantations and remnant native bushland in the South Mount Lofty Ranges, criss-crossed by walking, mountain bike and horse trails 45 minutes from Adelaide.

A boutique cellar door and working art gallery on the Willunga scarp, showcasing estate wines alongside paintings by Adelaide artist Avril Thomas in a garden setting with valley views.

Three-hour beginner paint-and-sip art classes with artist Kerry Mart at Magpie Springs gallery and vineyard in the Willunga hinterland - wine included.

A Mount Compass cool-climate winery pouring its wines from a heritage cottage providore on Willunga's High Street, alongside local artisan produce.

An 18-artist cooperative gallery sharing space with Willunga Glass Studio on Willunga's High Street, with paintings, sculpture, slumped glass, jewellery and woodcraft.

Willunga's oldest pub - a heritage 1839 bluestone hotel on the High Street serving hearty meals, with regular live music and a beer garden.

The 3-kilometre winding ascent out of Willunga onto the Willunga Scarp is South Australia's most famous cycling climb, with panoramic Gulf views from the top.

A mother-daughter-owned winery with a warehouse-style cellar door on Willunga's main road, paired with a contemporary art programme curated by Praxis Artspace.

A Friday and Saturday night institution - Russell Jeavons' woodfired pizzas served under the stars in a walled garden behind a Willunga stone cottage.

A tiny, much-loved craft brewery and taphouse on Willunga's High Street, brewing experimental small-batch beers a few barrels at a time.

An organic farm cafe and providore set among biodynamic vineyards and olive groves above Willunga, with a paddock-to-plate menu that changes by the day.

A Calabrian family cellar door and osteria on the main road into Willunga, specialising in Italian varietals and traditional homestyle cooking.

The 1855 Willunga Courthouse and adjoining police cells have been preserved as a pocket museum by the National Trust, complete with magistrate's bench, dock, cells and stables.

A family-run boutique cellar door on the Willunga foothills (also known as Black Duck), open weekends for tastings, platters and winter curries.

One of Australia's most celebrated farmers markets, running every Saturday morning in the grounds of Willunga High School.