Private Tour: Half-Day Iconic Sydney

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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.

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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Sydney, Australia
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours



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What to Expect When Visiting Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Itinerary
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Pass By: The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

The oldest part of Sydney, site of the first settlement

Stop At: Observatory Hill, Watsons Road Millers Point, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

360 degree view over the harbour

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Dawes Point Park, Hickson Road The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Fantastic views on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Lunapark.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales 2060 Australia

Icon

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Woolloomooloo Wharf, 6 Cowper Wharf Rd Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales 2011 Australia

With the Fingerwharf, Harry Café de Wheels

Stop At: Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, 1D Mrs Macquaries Rd The Rocks Visitors Centre, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Where Elizabeth Macquarie, wife of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, waited for tall ships to bring news, clothes and furniture from home!

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point Easy walk from Circular Quay Train Station, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Iconic building, opened in 1973.

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: The Potts Point Galleries, 67 Macleay St, Sydney, New South Wales 2011 Australia

Eclectic architecture of the Victorian era, art deco and Manhatten style red-brick buildings.

Pass By: Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales 2011 Australia

The Golden Mile, playground of Sydney’s underground.

Pass By: Rushcutters Bay Park, New South Head Rd Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, New South Wales 2027 Australia

Starting point of the Sydney to Hobart Yaught Race

Pass By: Vaucluse House, Wentworth Road, Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales 2030 Australia

Build in 1805, Home of Charles Wentworth, politician, lawyer, explorer, newspaper owner.

Stop At: Nielsen Park, Greycliffe Avenue, Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales 2030 Australia

Home of Shark Beach, where the kiddies frollic in the surf without fear for the 25 bull sharks of Sydney harbour.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales Australia

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 minutes

Stop At: The Gap Park, Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales Australia

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 minutes

Stop At: Bondi Beach, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Sydney, New South Wales 2026 Australia

Iconic beach, birthplace of Australia’s beach culture.

Coffee break!

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Tamarama Beach, Bondi, New South Wales 2026 Australia

AKA Glamourama

Pass By: Bronte Beach, Bronte Road, Bronte, Waverley, New South Wales NSW 2024 Australia

Family friendly beach.

Pass By: Paddington Markets, 395 Oxford St Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales 2021 Australia

Paddington, as in the suburb.

Marvel at the Victorian terraces.

Fashion district!

Pass By: Aurora Rooftop Hotel, 324 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010 Australia

As in Surry Hills & Darlinghurst the trendy suburb where the locals play.

Pass By: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Oxford & Flinders Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010 Australia

Darlinghurst is where Sydney’s Mardi Gras takes place every year (usually in March).

Pass By: Chinatown, George St, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Paddi’s Markets!

Pass By: Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Entertainment district in the old working harbour



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