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6 City Tours to Build an Afternoon Around

6 tea experiences  ·  from $18 a head

The good city tours hold about eight people and fill up weeks ahead. Below: the 6 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.

Melbourne City Cruise with Tea, Coffee, and Commentary - Upstream past gardens, bridges, and the MCG
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Melbourne City Cruise with Tea, Coffee, and Commentary

1.Melbourne City Cruise with Tea, Coffee, and Commentary

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 189 reviews · 1 hour · from $29Our pick

Choose an upstream cruise past the Royal Botanic Gardens and MCG, or a downstream trip through Docklands toward Hobson’s Bay. You’ll get live English commentary, panoramic indoor views, an outside sun deck, and complimentary tea or coffee for $29 per person.

“The ferry trip was wonderful, with a lovely breeze blowing. Only one complaint: the windscreen where the ferry captain sat was badly cracked. Not safe.”

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Tea of Taipei: Small-Group Tour with Taipei City Sightseeing - Tea history at the promotion center
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Tea of Taipei: Small-Group Tour with Taipei City Sightseeing

2.Tea of Taipei: Small-Group Tour with Taipei City Sightseeing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 63 reviews · from $230Top rated

Spend about 8.5 hours exploring Maokong and northern Taiwan’s tea country with hotel pickup, a gondola ride, tea tastings, plantation views, and a traditional ceremony. Guides such as Jeff, Summer, Henry, and Fiona are praised for making the history and customs easy to understand. Lunch is extra.

“Erik, our tour guide was excellent. I enjoyed every aspect of the tour...tgye gondola ride, the tour of the Tea Oreservation and Promotion centre, the stops on the way to the tea Making class and the class best of all. Bring cash for a lovely lunch in the village mid-day... delicious abd amazing view ✌️”

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Private Shanghai City and Zhujiajiao Combo Tour with Boating, Tea Tasting, Lunch

3.Private Shanghai City and Zhujiajiao Combo Tour with Boating, Tea Tasting, Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · from $228

You’ll spend about eight hours with a private English-speaking guide and driver, visiting Zhujiajiao, riding a traditional boat, tasting tea, eating local lunch, and seeing Nanshi, Yuyuan Old Street, and Tianzifang. Guide Ella and coordinator Jenny have been connected with the experience.

“I was in Shanghai for Mid-Autumn. Jenny warned me that traffic in and out of town will be heavier than usual. In discussion, she made it possible to start the tour a little earlier to minimize the time on the road.”

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City Of Side:Turkish Bath with Traditional Turkish Tea - Foam massage and the question of pressure
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City Of Side:Turkish Bath with Traditional Turkish Tea

4.City Of Side:Turkish Bath with Traditional Turkish Tea

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 14 reviews · 1.5 - 3 hours · from $18Best value

At Side Wellness, you’ll follow a traditional hammam routine with sauna, steam, salt room, body scrub, foam massage, oil massage and Turkish tea. The 120-minute package costs about $18, with optional transfers from several Side-area resorts. Extra massage time and creams cost more.

“No mud bath and no Turkish tea but the cheapest hammam by far in Side”

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Dubai: Bustronomy Panoramic Afternoon Tea City Tour - The Savory Course Comes Before the Sweets
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Dubai: Bustronomy Panoramic Afternoon Tea City Tour

5.Bustronomy Panoramic Afternoon Tea City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 7 reviews · from $68

Ride through Dubai for 90 to 120 minutes beneath a panoramic glass roof while enjoying savory bites, sweets, tea, coffee, juice, or non-alcoholic prosecco. The route passes icons such as Burj Khalifa, with multilingual audio commentary and a return to the V Hotel meeting point.

“Lovely experience. Great service and food. Air conditioning was not sufficient.”

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From Colombo: Virgin White Tea and Galle City Tour - Lunch in Galle, With the Bill in Your Hands
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From Colombo: Virgin White Tea and Galle City Tour

6.Virgin White Tea and Galle City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 4 reviews · 11 hours · from $115

Leave Colombo at 8:00 AM for Handunugoda Tea Factory, where you’ll see how Virgin White Tea is made without human contact. After a coastal stop near Ahangama, enjoy free-choice lunch and a guided walk through Galle Fort with an English-speaking chauffeur guide.

“Our guide Pereira went beyond our expectations. We followed the excursion itinerary and he also suggested other things to do like the turtle nursery, the pole fishermen, etc. It was a great excursion.”

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Pick a kind of tea day

A ceremony, a garden, a tasting bench or a tiered stand.

The ceremony

Tea CeremoniesIn KimonoMaking ClassesBrush & BowlSweets & Tea

The gardens

Plantation DaysFactory FloorsTastingsFarm Visits

Afternoon tea

Afternoon TeaBus TeasBoat TeasCakes & Sweets

And the rest

MatchaTurkish TeaBubble TeaCoffee