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PRIVATE Authentic Balinese Cooking Class in Ubud at Putu's Home

Cook alongside Putu in her Ubud home for a three-hour private class focused on authentic Balinese cuisine. You'll prepare two to three dishes from scratch—grinding spices, working the grill, wrapping banana-leaf parcels—learning how Putu's family recipes balance flavour with the healing properties of local ingredients. After cooking, sit down with Putu and her family to eat what you've made together. Hotel transport from Ubud is included.

Alhambra with Nazaries Palaces Private Tour

This three-hour private tour guides you through Granada's Alhambra complex with unhurried attention to detail. You'll explore the Nazaries Palaces—including the Throne Room where sultans held court—wander the Generalife gardens designed for royal leisure, and climb to the Alcazaba fortress for sweeping city views. A dedicated guide unpacks the historical significance of each space, revealing how this 14th-century palace shaped the kingdom of Granada.

Samurai Training Experience KENDO in Osaka

Step into a working dojo in central Osaka and train in kendo under qualified instruction. This two-hour session teaches you foundational stance, footwork, and bamboo sword technique whilst dressed in full traditional gear. English-speaking instructors pitch the teaching to absolute beginners, though experienced martial artists can arrange sparring with a certified master. You'll handle authentic equipment, understand the philosophical roots of samurai combat, and leave with photos in proper samurai kit.

Visit in Pompeii - Pompeii Private Tour with Ada

Ada's private walking tour of Pompeii reconstructs Roman life through archaeological evidence and storytelling across the site's major zones. Over two hours, your authorised guide—fluent in English, French, or Italian—navigates you past preserved homes, forums, and everyday artefacts, building a tangible sense of how residents lived before Vesuvius. Tours can be tailored to your interests, whether focusing on domestic spaces, commerce, or public life. Minimum four participants required.

Go local for a day!

Skip the guidebook routine and walk Málaga like you belong here. This 2.5-hour tour starts at Plaza de la Merced and winds through the city's centre with local guides who know where malagueños actually spend their time—the hidden corners, the neighbourhood bars, the real stories. You'll finish at the Central Market sampling regional products and raising a glass of sweet wine with people who actually live here, not just visit.

Cooking Class in an Italian Family Home : Pasta & Wine near Lecce

Cook fresh pasta by hand in Enza's countryside home near Lecce, learning traditional Salentine recipes passed down through her family. This 3.5-hour evening starts with prosecco and homemade antipasti, moves into the kitchen for hands-on pasta-making, then settles around the dining table for a proper meal with local wine, live music, and genuine conversation. Finish with homemade dessert and limoncello.

Da Nang Authentic Home Cooking Class

Work through Vietnamese home cooking in a local family's kitchen in Da Nang over two and a half hours. You'll prepare traditional dishes alongside your host, learning recipes that have shaped their everyday table for decades. Small groups mean genuine interaction and tailored tips rather than assembly-line instruction. Everything—ingredients, equipment, and the meal itself—is included.

Small Group Skip-the-Line Tour of the Prado Museum

A two-hour guided tour of Madrid's Prado Museum with skip-the-line entry and groups capped at seven. Led by an art historian, you'll move through masterworks by Velázquez, Goya, Bosch and others—not to tick off famous names, but to understand how these paintings articulate human emotion: anxiety, grief, joy, self-doubt. Admission is included.

Private Tour explore Vulcano Island by Kayak & Coasteering

Paddle around Vulcano's volcanic coastline on a two-hour kayak adventure suited to all abilities. You'll navigate sea caves sculpted by ancient lava flows, swim through thermal waters warming the island's bays, and explore hidden grottos accessible only by water. Equipment and safety gear provided. Choose your intensity—gentle paddles for first-timers or technical routes for experienced kayakers seeking caving and wild terrain.

Endangered Monkeys Watching - Red Shanked Douc Langurs

Track red-shanked douc langurs through Son Tra Peninsula's forests on this three-hour guided wildlife outing. These critically endangered primates exist almost nowhere else on Earth, and spotting them requires patience and local knowledge. Your guide reads animal behaviour and knows the trails where groups typically feed and move, significantly raising your chances of an encounter that National Geographic teams have spent weeks pursuing.

Wine Tasting In Paris

Work through six French wines across the country's premier regions in a intimate Latin Quarter venue with Thierry, a certified sommelier trained in Burgundy. Over two hours, you'll taste selections from Champagne, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the Rhône or Languedoc, learning the habits of professional tasters along the way. Groups stay small—maximum 12 people—so there's genuine space to ask questions and linger over each pour.

Ho Chi Minh City Signature Local Street Food by scooter Tour

Explore Ho Chi Minh City's street food scene by scooter, navigating local neighbourhoods to sample authentic dishes at casual roadside stalls. Tours range from 2–4 hours depending on your appetite and budget. Choose between a quick Rush Saigon circuit (scooter only), or food-focused options featuring banh mi, banh xeo, broken rice, and sugarcane juice. Ride behind a local guide or in traditional áo dài for an immersive introduction to how Saigonese actually eat.

2 hours – 4 hoursfrom AUD $23

Hanoi Knife-Making Class:Join the Legacy in Blacksmith's Workshop

★ 5.0 (245)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Vietnam

Hanoi Knife-Making Class:Join the Legacy in Blacksmith's Workshop

Spend two and a half hours in Da Sy, a centuries-old blacksmithing village outside Hanoi, learning to forge your own knife under the guidance of Vietnam's sole officially recognised female master bladesmith. You'll design, hammer, shape and sharpen a functional blade using traditional techniques passed down through generations, then take home a one-of-a-kind knife you've made yourself. This is a working craft preserved by someone who's spent 44 years perfecting it.

Rome: Hands-on Fettuccine, Ravioli & Tiramisu Cooking Class

Roll up your sleeves in a Rome kitchen to build three pillars of Italian cooking: hand-rolled fettuccine and ravioli, plus tiramisu layered with mascarpone and espresso. Over three hours, a chef walks you through dough work, filling techniques, and assembly, explaining the reasoning behind each step rather than just the motions. You'll cook together, ask questions, taste your own food at a shared table, and leave with usable skills and a clearer sense of why these dishes matter in Italian culture.

De Mercados: A Neighborhood Market and Food Tour

Wander through Malasaña, Madrid's bohemian quarter just fifteen minutes from Sol, with a local guide who knows every shopkeeper and shortcut. Over two and a half hours, you'll taste churros fresh from the fryer, sample cured jamón ibérico and cold-pressed olive oil in specialist shops, browse the neighbourhood's working market, then settle into a tapas lunch built around what you've just discovered. Two drinks included—coffee, beer, wine, or soft alternatives—plus answers to your Spain questions and tips for what comes next.

2h 30mfrom AUD $192

Private Curated Tour | Get Tokyo’s Must Sees & Unique Insights

★ 5.0 (237)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

Japan

Private Curated Tour | Get Tokyo’s Must Sees & Unique Insights

Explore Tokyo's most vibrant neighbourhoods—Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Odaiba and Akihabara—on a private guided tour tailored to your interests and pace. Your English-speaking guide steers you towards local spots most visitors miss, sharing insights into how ordinary Tokyoites actually live. Choose your start time and duration (2–8 hours), enjoy a traditional Japanese drink and snack along the way, and leave with photos at iconic landmarks. No crowds, no set itinerary—just you, your companions and a guide who knows where the real Tokyo hides.

2 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $202

Toledo Jewish Heritage Private Tour with expert local guide

★ 5.0 (231)

🛕 Culture & History

Spain

Toledo Jewish Heritage Private Tour with expert local guide

Explore Toledo's medieval Jewish quarter with a specialist guide who unpicks four centuries of Sephardic settlement. You'll walk through narrow streets where ten-plus synagogues once anchored one of Europe's most prosperous Jewish communities, visiting El Tránsito and Santa María la Blanca to see surviving ritual baths, schools, and artefacts. The quarter reads as a complete society—separate yet woven into the city's fabric. Tours run 3 to 8 hours depending on depth; hotel or station pickups available from Madrid or locally.

3 hours – 8 hoursfrom AUD $209

Private Tour With A Different Perspective of Alhambra

★ 5.0 (224)

🛕 Culture & History

Spain

Private Tour With A Different Perspective of Alhambra

A three-hour private guided tour of Granada's Alhambra that moves beyond memorised facts to unpack the palace complex as a living historical landscape. Your guide interprets what's visible and invisible across the Nazaries Palaces, Alcazaba, Generalife and Carlos V's Palace—connecting past, present and future through visual storytelling. Groups larger than six get audio devices for flexibility.

Family Friendly Louvre Museum Private Guided Tour

Skip the queues and explore the Louvre with a guide who speaks your family's language—literally. This 2.5-hour private tour whisks you past the crowds to stand face-to-face with the masterpieces: the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and dozens more. Your dedicated guide crafts the experience around your kids' interests, mixing art history with the kind of stories that actually stick. Entry ticket included, pram-friendly, fully wheelchair accessible.

Gyoza Cooking Class in Kyoto: Traditional Japanese Dumplings

Spend 90 minutes in a traditional Kyoto townhouse learning to fold and cook gyoza from scratch. Your English-speaking instructor guides you through the techniques that transformed this Chinese-origin dumpling into a Japanese staple, whilst sharing stories of samurai heritage and local food culture. Roll up your sleeves, get your hands floury, and walk away with both a skill and a stomach full of dumplings you've made yourself.

Sassi di Matera guided tour with Giulio

Walk through Matera's ancient Sassi district with a local guide who knows the neighbourhood's layered history. This 2–3 hour tour takes you past the carved stone dwellings, church façades and hidden corners that make the area distinctive. You'll stop at key landmarks and hear stories that rarely make it into standard guidebooks, giving you a genuine sense of how people have lived here across centuries.

2 hours – 3 hoursfrom AUD $25

Lake Como Private boat tour from Bellagio with a local

★ 5.0 (212)

🐠 Water Activities

Italy

Lake Como Private boat tour from Bellagio with a local

Explore Lake Como's shoreline from Bellagio with a local skipper who knows the lake's quieter corners. This 1–2 hour private boat outing takes you past grand lakeside villas and mountain-framed coves reachable only by water. Prosecco and bottled water come aboard. You'll set the departure time that suits you, and pick-up can arrange from Bellagio town centre or nearby villages like Varenna, Tremezzo or Menaggio.

1 hour – 2 hoursfrom AUD $483

The Florence Pottery Experience: Factory Tour & Masterclass

★ 5.0 (211)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Italy

The Florence Pottery Experience: Factory Tour & Masterclass

This two-hour pottery experience transports you from Florence's crowded centre to Montelupo Fiorentino, a village that has been shaping ceramics for over seven centuries. You'll tour a working factory where Salvatore and his team handcraft every piece, then take a seat at the wheel yourself to create something tangible to take home. Your finished work gets fired, glazed, and shipped worldwide—a genuine souvenir born from your own hands rather than a shop shelf.

Canggu Scooter Lessons

Learn to ride a scooter in Bali's chaotic streets with confidence in two hours. This Canggu-based outfit has spent nine years coaching thousands of travellers through the fundamentals of two-wheeled navigation. You'll master throttle control, cornering, and traffic awareness in a safe setting before venturing onto actual roads. Scooter rental becomes far less daunting once you understand how locals get around.

The Essential Louvre Masterpieces Tour - Limited to Six Guests

Skip the crowds and explore the Louvre's heavyweight collection in a group of no more than six. This 2.5-hour tour cuts straight to the iconic works—think Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory—while your guide unpacks the significance of pieces spanning from ancient Mesopotamia through French Romanticism. It's the smartest way to navigate one of the world's largest museums without feeling lost in the throng.

Paris E-Scooter Tour with fun & informative guide (small groups)

Zip through Paris's most iconic neighbourhoods on an e-scooter with a knowledgeable local guide. This three-hour tour covers major landmarks—the Louvre, Notre-Dame, the Seine—at a pace that lets you see more without exhausting your legs. Small groups keep things personal; your guide steers you toward photogenic spots and shares the stories that bring the city to life. Runs daily at 10 AM and 2 PM from central Paris.

3 hoursfrom AUD $109

Paris Highlights: Half Day Private Walking Tour

★ 5.0 (186)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Paris Highlights: Half Day Private Walking Tour

This three-hour private walking tour surveys Paris's most recognisable landmarks, starting with the Louvre and finishing at the Eiffel Tower. You'll move at your own pace with a knowledgeable guide who steers you through the city's architectural and cultural heart. It's designed as a gateway to understanding what draws people to Paris—the scale of its monuments, the coherence of its public spaces, and the layers of history compressed into a few square kilometres.

RECREATIONAL DIVE (certified divers only) : Explore Canarian Sealife

A three-hour guided dive for certified divers exploring the Canary Islands' underwater landscape. Small groups work with experienced guides operating from the boat, with flexibility to visit two different sites in a single session. The operation emphasises adaptability—dives are tailored to your interests and comfort level, whether you're after macro life, reef exploration or specific marine encounters. Equipment, photography service and hot beverages included.

Ghisallo Pilgrimage - Road and E-bike Tour

Ride from Bellagio to the Madonna del Ghisallo Cycling Chapel on the official Giro di Lombardia climb—a route that's challenged professional cyclists since 1919. This 3.5-hour guided tour on either road or e-bike winds through switchbacks with Lake Como views at every turn, finishing at the sanctuary dedicated to cycling's patron saint and the adjoining museum housing over a century of Italian cycling artefacts and memorabilia.

Hanoi Coffee Class learning 5 famous coffee in Hanoi

Learn the craft of Vietnamese coffee in a heritage Hanoi café, where you'll spend two hours exploring five distinct brewing styles. Handle beans at different roast levels, discover how coffee arrived in Vietnam and became embedded in local culture, then brew and taste five drinks yourself—each paired with light snacks. A hands-on introduction to what makes Hanoi's coffee scene distinct from the rest of the world.

Photoshoot Experience in Palermo

Spend 90 minutes exploring Palermo's historic core with a professional photographer who'll guide you through centuries-old quarters, baroque piazzas, and hidden architectural gems. You'll roam from Teatro Massimo's grand façade through labyrinthine side streets, pause at the four-cornered Quattro Canti crossroads, uncover quiet angles around Piazza Pretoria and the cathedral, then finish at La Cala's waterfront. Leave with professional-grade images of moments you'll actually want to revisit.

Cooking class in a villa with Palermo view

A three-hour cooking class set in a Palermo villa where you'll prepare dishes using vegetables picked fresh from the instructor's garden. Work in the kitchen with views across the city, then sit down to eat what you've made while taking in the surrounding landscape. Most ingredients come directly from the property, connecting you to the food from soil to plate.

Private Tour - City Center

Walk through Rome's historic core with a knowledgeable local guide over two and a half hours. This private tour threads together the city's most iconic landmarks—from the Spanish Steps down through the Pantheon to Navona Square—revealing layers of Roman, Renaissance and baroque architecture. You'll move at your own pace, hearing stories that connect ancient ruins to the streets you're walking, with entry tickets included.

Sassi of Matera: complete tour for up to 15 people

Navigate Matera's layered past with a guide who connects the dots between its hewn churches, cathedral and inhabited caves. This three-hour tour covers the Sassi district's most substantial monuments—the Cathedral, Madonna di Idris rock church, San Giovanni in Monterrone, and a lived-in cave dwelling—without the trial-and-error of exploring alone. Groups up to 15 people move together through streets carved into pale limestone, uncovering how people built and worshipped within these ancient formations.

3 hours – 3h 15mfrom AUD $75

Osaka Sake Tasting & Takoyaki Cooking Experience

★ 5.0 (158)

🍜 Food & Cooking

Japan

Osaka Sake Tasting & Takoyaki Cooking Experience

Spend two hours in Osaka learning to craft takoyaki from a sommelier-turned-guide who doubles as a sake expert. You'll shape and fry your own octopus balls using an elevated recipe featuring wagyu and cheese, then taste your way through 10+ sake varieties to understand brewing, history, and how to spot quality bottles at restaurants. By the end, you've cooked a meal and developed a genuine appreciation for sake beyond the tourist experience.

Bali Airport Transfer Service in Private

Skip the taxi queue and arrive at your Bali accommodation refreshed. This private transfer picks you up at the airport terminal with a name sign, then drives you door-to-door in a cool, comfortable car. It's just you, your travel mates, and a driver who knows the routes—perfect if you've got luggage, jet lag, or simply don't want to negotiate transport after landing. Covers up to four passengers plus bags.

1 hour – 4 hoursfrom AUD $33

Akihabara Tailor-made Private Tour for Anime Fans

★ 5.0 (155)

🛕 Culture & History

Japan

Akihabara Tailor-made Private Tour for Anime Fans

Navigate Akihabara's anime culture with a local otaku guide who knows which shops stock what and where the genuine experiences hide. This 3–4 hour private tour starts at JR Akihabara station and covers the district's most relevant spots for your interests. Your guide has tested every maid café in the area and will take you to an underrated gem most visitors miss. Bring a wishlist of items or locations you're after, and the itinerary flexes to match your priorities.

3 hours – 4 hoursfrom AUD $179

Tour in the ruins of Pompeii with an archaeologist

★ 5.0 (152)

🛕 Culture & History

Italy

Tour in the ruins of Pompeii with an archaeologist

Walk through Pompeii's frozen streets with an archaeologist who unpicks the city's final hours. This 2.5-hour private tour navigates beyond the main drag to reveal domestic spaces, shops, bathing complexes and civic centres where temples once dominated. Your guide reads the site's material evidence—frescoes, mosaics, plaster casts of those caught in the 79 AD eruption—to reconstruct how ordinary Romans actually lived. Routes adapt to your pace and interests, whether you're bringing kids or chasing newly excavated areas.

Gold Coast 2 hour Sunset Sailing Cruise with Drinks&Tasting Plate

A 2-hour evening sail on a 38-foot yacht for up to 10 people along the Gold Coast, timed to catch the full arc of sunset. You'll get two drinks—choose from sparkling wine, beer or water—and a plate of cheese, biscuits, fresh fruit and a sweet treat. The hinterland forms a dramatic backdrop as daylight shifts across the water. No experience needed.

Hot Air Balloon Flight over the castle of Chenonceau / France

Launch from the Loire Valley floor and drift above Château de Chenonceau, one of France's most photographed Renaissance landmarks, on a 3.5-hour hot air balloon adventure. You'll rise with an experienced pilot guiding the flight, drifting over the château's distinctive arches spanning the River Cher, surrounding vineyards, and medieval forests. The journey combines the stillness of altitude with sweeping countryside views—a perspective few travellers get of this UNESCO region.

3h 30mfrom AUD $383

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