Experts' Choice Award Fremantle Prison
4 expert reviews
“The only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Western Australia served as a prison for nearly 140 years.”
– Afar Magazine
Michelin Guide 1 Star
"The only one of the country's major sites charting the history of its convicts to have been classified a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this colossal prison takes visitors back to the foundations of modern Australia and its forced settlement by convicts" Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"With its foreboding 5m-high walls, the old convict-era prison still dominates Fremantle." Full review
Frommer's "Cells re-created in the style of past periods of the jail's history, the gallows, chapel, and cell walls featuring artwork by the former inmates." Full review
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You must book ahead for the spooky 90-minute Torchlight Tour on Wednesday and Friday nights only, and the 2 1/2 hour Tunnels Tour, which takes you by foot and boat through a labyrinth of limestone tunnels 20m (66 ft.) down.
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