Private Tour: Half-Day Iconic Sydney

This 4-hour, guided Sydney highlights tour is the perfect way to kick-start or end your holiday. See all the city hot spots and tourist icons. An expert tour guide will provide you with all the insight info you like to know as a first time visitor. Where are the best beaches in town? Or the best walks, the finest restaurants or the most atmospheric Aussie pubs? In fact, this tour will leave you with so many ideas and plans that you'll likely decide to extend your stay in the world's most beautiful city.

Stop at: The Rocks
Details: The oldest part of Sydney, site of the first settlement
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Stop at: Observatory Hill
Details: 360 degree view over the harbour
Duration: 10 min(s)

Stop at: Dawes Point Park
Details: Fantastic views on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Lunapark.
Duration: 5 min(s)

Stop at: Sydney Harbour Bridge
Details: Icon
Duration: 5 min(s)

Stop at: Woolloomooloo Wharf
Details: With the Fingerwharf, Harry Café de Wheels
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Stop at: Mrs Macquarie's Chair
Details: Where Elizabeth Macquarie, wife of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, waited for tall ships to bring news, clothes and furniture from home!
Duration: 15 min(s)

Stop at: Sydney Opera House
Details: Iconic building, opened in 1973.
Duration: 5 min(s)

Stop at: The Potts Point Galleries
Details: Eclectic architecture of the Victorian era, art deco and Manhatten style red-brick buildings.
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Stop at: Kings Cross
Details: The Golden Mile, playground of Sydney's underground.
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Stop at: Rushcutters Bay Park
Details: Starting point of the Sydney to Hobart Yaught Race
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Stop at: Vaucluse House
Details: Build in 1805, Home of Charles Wentworth, politician, lawyer, explorer, newspaper owner.
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Stop at: Nielsen Park
Details: Home of Shark Beach, where the kiddies frollic in the surf without fear for the 25 bull sharks of Sydney harbour.
Duration: 10 min(s)

Stop at: Watsons Bay
Details: At Sydney's South Head, where the harbour spills out in the Pacific. Marvel at the wooden, multimillion dollar cottages. 15 min Gap walk (for those who feel like it)
Duration: 15 min(s)

Stop at: Gap Park
Details: 15 min walk along Jacob's Ladder for the best views over the harbour, the Gap and the Pacific. From May to September, and November to December: spot a humpback or a southern right whale on their yearly migration to and from the tropics.
Duration: 15 min(s)

Stop at: Bondi Beach
Details: Iconic beach, birthplace of Australia's beach culture. Coffee break!
Duration: 30 min(s)

Stop at: Tamarama Beach
Details: AKA Glamourama
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Stop at: Bronte Beach
Details: Family friendly beach.
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Stop at: Paddington Markets
Details: Paddington, as in the suburb. Marvel at the Victorian terraces. Fashion district!
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Stop at: Aurora Rooftop Hotel
Details: As in Surry Hills & Darlinghurst the trendy suburb where the locals play.
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Stop at: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Details: Darlinghurst is where Sydney's Mardi Gras takes place every year (usually in March).
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Stop at: Chinatown
Details: Paddi's Markets!
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Stop at: Darling Harbour
Details: Entertainment district in the old working harbour
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