Sydney & Bondi Beach plus local secrets with ‘Personalised Sydney Tours’

Sydney Trip Overview

SEE SPECTACULAR SYDNEY – THE FAMOUS SIGHTS AND HIDDEN LOCAL SECRETS on a Private Tour of Sydney and the Bondi Beach area.

The places we can visit are the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Rocks, Royal Botanic Garden, Woolloomooloo, Chinatown, Darling Harbour, Paddington, Watsons Bay, Rose Bay.

Visit the Sydney Harbour National Park for local wildlife, stroll to Hornby Lighthouse at South Head or parts of the Bondi to Coogee Walk.

Try a weekend market, art gallery, city winery or micro brewery. Go gift shopping or try local produce at a beachside restaurant. There’s options aplenty.

We are a fun Australian business owned by Ben Barry – a tour guide of over 15 years.

Personalised Sydney Tours have flexible itineraries and it’s your choice whether you want a slower paced experience with a walk or two or one that quickly packs in every sight. Depending on where you have been and what you have seen, we can customise each tour to your interested areas and activities.

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Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Sydney, Australia
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips



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

SEE SPECTACULAR SYDNEY – THE FAMOUS SIGHTS AND HIDDEN LOCAL SECRETS on a Private Tour of Sydney and the Bondi Beach area.

The places we can visit are the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Rocks, Royal Botanic Garden, Woolloomooloo, Chinatown, Darling Harbour, Paddington, Watsons Bay, Rose Bay.

Visit the Sydney Harbour National Park for local wildlife, stroll to Hornby Lighthouse at South Head or parts of the Bondi to Coogee Walk.

Try a weekend market, art gallery, city winery or micro brewery. Go gift shopping or try local produce at a beachside restaurant. There’s options aplenty.

We are a fun Australian business owned by Ben Barry – a tour guide of over 15 years.

Personalised Sydney Tours have flexible itineraries and it’s your choice whether you want a slower paced experience with a walk or two or one that quickly packs in every sight. Depending on where you have been and what you have seen, we can customise each tour to your interested areas and activities.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

See hidden alleyways, convict built hotels and churches, Australia’s oldest bank, pub and police station in the historic old town of Sydney. Take an interesting photo under the Sydney Harbour Bridge of the spanning arch. Get selfies with the Sydney Opera House in the background.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Millers Point, Sydney, New South Wales 2004 Australia

See the Sydney Observatory and the historic area from a great lookout overlooking Sydney.

Duration: 10 minutes

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

See the Sydney Opera House up close for great pictures of its ‘sails’ and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Walk into the foyer area and up the entry steps. Inspiring architecture,

Duration: 15 minutes

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

See the Sydney Harbour Bridge from various parts of Sydney: Circular Quay, The Royal Botanic Garden and from Sydney’s eastern suburbs of Vaucluse and Watsons Bay.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Grand building with Roman columns

Pass By: Sydney Eye Hospital, 8 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Famous sandstone building

Pass By: The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Georgian style architecture of where Australia’s first currency was coined

Pass By: Hyde Park Barracks, Macquarie Street Queens Square, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

A UNESCO World Heritage site of where convicts were housed.

Pass By: Museum of Contemporary Art, 140 George St The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Abstract art and Australian Aboriginal Art

Pass By: Hyde Park, Elizabeth St, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Beautiful gardens, water fountains and views of the Sydney Tower

Pass By: St. Mary’s Cathedral, 2 St Mary_s Road, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Australia’s largest Roman Catholic Church

Pass By: The Domain, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Lovely park where public concerts are held surrounded by large fig trees

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

Sit in the famous chair that Governor Lachlan Macquarie ordered convicts to cut into the rock for his wife.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Drive into the Royal Botanic Garden to see various Australian trees and flowers and stop for the best picture of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House together.

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery Road The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Houses international and indigenous art and hosts the Archibald Prize – Australia’s most popular portrait competition.

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

See the famous finger wharf and naval base

Stop At: Rose Bay to Nielsen Park Walk, Start at the walking track at Bayview Hill Road, Sydney, New South Wales 2004 Australia

Take the Hermitage Foreshore walk through the Sydney Harbour National Park – one of Sydney’s prettiest walks alongside quiet coves with views over Sydney and Shark Island

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Shark Beach, Promenade Rd Nielsen Park, Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales 2030 Australia

Enjoy a tea or coffee at one of the nicest swimming beaches in Sydney Harbour

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Camp Cove, Sydney, New South Wales Australia

Famous spot at a pristine beach where the British raised the flag to claim Sydney

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: South Head, Sydney, New South Wales Australia

Walk to Hornby Lighthouse – Australia’s second oldest lighthouse for grand views of Sydney, Manly and the Pacific Ocean

Duration: 45 minutes

Pass By: Watsons Bay Baths, Marine Parade, Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales 2030 Australia

Watsons Bay is located right at the entrance of Sydney Harbour so has harbour and ocean views.

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

Look for dolphins and whales at one of Sydney’s best lookouts

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Federation Cliff Walk, Raleigh Reserve, Dover Heights, Watsons Bay, Sydney, New South Wales Australia

Majestic views of the Pacific Ocean and the cliff side condominiums and houses

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Macquarie Lighthouse, Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales Australia

Australia’s oldest lighthouse designed by a convict

Duration: 2 minutes

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

Enjoy lunch on the water, go for a walk on the promenade, enjoy a swim, watch the surfers and skaters, go shopping for souvenirs or designer labels.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bondi Iceberg Club, 1 Notts Ave Bondi Beach, Bondi, New South Wales 2026 Australia

Have a drink at the famous Icebergs – a restuarant complex overlooking a rock pool at Bondi Beach

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Bondi to Coogee Walk, Notts Avenue South Bondi, Bondi, New South Wales Australia

Take an optional walk from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach and Bronte Beach along a walkway on the cliffs and coves of Sydney’s eastern beaches

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Great picture stop overlooking the surfers shredding the waves

Stop At: Bronte Beach, Bronte Road, Bronte, Waverley, New South Wales NSW 2024 Australia

Admire the grand architecture overlooking azure blue water

Duration: 2 minutes

Stop At: Centennial Park, Oxford St. and Parkes Drive, Sydney, New South Wales 2021 Australia

See black swans, pelicans, Eurasian coots, ducks and swamphens or take a walk through a rose garden or through a flying fox colony

Duration: 15 minutes

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

See the grand Victorian terrace townhouses in the village of Paddington, drive down famous Oxford St and check out their markets.

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

See the array of Asian shops, restaurants and markets

Stop At: Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia

Walk along the board walk to King St Wharf and Barangaroo – one of Sydney’s busiest waterside location

Duration: 30 minutes



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