Things to Do by City - Tours Worth Booking Ahead
Every city list is short on purpose. These are the tours and tickets that consistently earn their price, bookable ahead through trusted partners so you never queue or haggle on holiday.
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Each city page gives you a short, opinionated list of the experiences worth your limited holiday time, in the order a first-time visitor should consider them. Booking links go to our partners Viator and Klook with live prices, instant confirmation and, on most activities, free cancellation up to a day or two before.
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Delhi
Ten things to do in Delhi that earn their price, from Old Delhi food walks to sunrise at Humayun's Tomb, with the...
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Mumbai
Ten things to do in Mumbai, from dawn at Sassoon Dock to the Elephanta ferry and a Bollywood studio, stacked into days...
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Singapore
Ten things to do and see in Singapore, from Gardens by the Bay to the hawker centres, with the tickets worth booking...
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Bali
The ten Bali experiences that earn their price: Mount Batur at sunrise, Nusa Penida and Ubud's rice terraces, with...
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Amritsar
Ten things to do in Amritsar: the Golden Temple at dawn, the langar, the Wagah border ceremony, the Partition Museum,...
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Bangkok
Ten things to do in Bangkok that earn their time: the Grand Palace at opening, the river boats and the food, in real...
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Bengaluru
Ten things to do in Bengaluru beyond work: Lalbagh at dawn, the food, the brewery trail and the Mysore day trip, and...
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Chennai
Ten things to do in Chennai: Mylapore at dawn, the music season and the Mahabalipuram shore temples down the coast. What...
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Colombo
What to do in Colombo: ten things for one good day in the capital, the tours worth booking, and where your other Sri...
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Goa
Ten things to do in Goa, beach and beyond: Old Goa, the interior and the food, the north or south choice, and when it...
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Hyderabad
Ten things to do in Hyderabad: the Golconda clap, Charminar, the Falaknuma Palace, the biryani rule locals apply, and...
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Kochi
Ten things to do in Kochi: Fort Kochi's lanes, Kathakali, the backwater decision, a sadya lunch and a three-day Kerala...
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Tokyo
Ten things to do in Tokyo, including the department store food halls nobody lists, why Shibuya Crossing is just a...
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London
Ten things to do and see in London: the free museums used properly, the view that beats the Eye, a wet-day plan, and...
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Dubai
Ten things to do in Dubai, starting in the old city across the creek: a desert safari worth booking, the Burj Khalifa...
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Kuala Lumpur
Ten things to do in Kuala Lumpur, half of them food: the Batu Caves, a mamak stall at midnight, the Petronas Towers...
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Hanoi
Ten things to do in Hanoi: the Old Quarter at dawn, egg coffee, crossing the road, and why Ha Long Bay is worth booking...
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ten things to do in Saigon: what Australians should expect at the war sites, the motorbike food tour worth booking, and...
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Phuket
Ten things to do in Phuket: kayaking in Phang Nga Bay, which beats Phi Phi, Old Phuket Town, the food, the red flag...
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Manila
Ten things to do in Manila: Intramuros at dawn, Binondo's food, the museums, and the one-thing-a-day traffic rule. What...
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Kolkata
What to do in Kolkata: ten things, from the Indian Coffee House and the last trams to Kumartuli and the street food....
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Kathmandu
Ten things to do in the Kathmandu valley: three Durbar Squares, a night in Bhaktapur, Boudhanath, Pashupatinath and the...
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Ahmedabad
The ten best things to do in Ahmedabad: a dawn walk in the pols, Adalaj stepwell, Sabarmati Ashram and the kite...
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Auckland
Ten things to do in Auckland: climb a volcano, black sand at Piha and white sand the same day, the Waiheke ferry, and...
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Fiji
Ten things to do in Fiji: a kava ceremony, the snorkelling, a village visit, the Coral Coast, and one day of doing...
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