Hobart City Tour, Hobart Explorer Coach Tram
Highlights
Welcome to Hobart's Best City Tour. Hobart is a city of yachts and spinnakers, gardens and galleries, sandstone cottages and stately Georgian homes. Enjoy it all on this very personalised coach tram* tour. This is the best way to see Hobart on this 3 hour city loop, fully guided with live commentary with stops and opportunities to take photos. Walk through the Cascade Gardens to view the exterior of the historic Cascade Brewery building and spend free time at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. Your driver will share personal stories and information about Hobart its history and lifestyle.
included with
* Explorer Coach Tram Tour (Due to operational requirements, sometimes other vehicles may be used)
Live commentary
free time at Botanical gardens
excluded by
* Optional Gratuities
Essential
Information
* Morning Tour departs 9.45 am from Brooke Street Pier and 9.40am from Tasmanian Travel Centre-
Restrictions
* No hotel pick-up or drop-off available on this tour
Itinerary
Your driver will present live commentary sharing local knowledge and experiences of life in Hobart and is on hand to answer any of your queries.
Drive along Sullivans Cove - Hobart's birthplace, pass by Parliament House, the Georgian style warehouses of Salamanca Place and through charming and histoic Battery Point. Travel to the suburb of South Hobart and stop at the Cascade Gardens with an option to walk and view the exterior of the historic Cascade Brewery building. View exterior of the remains of the Female Factory - a one time female prison - featured in Bryce Courtenay's novel The Potato Factory. Experience the city, passing by our parks, historic churches and buildings including the Hobart Town Hall, Penitentiary Chapel. Pass by Government House crossing the Tasman Bridge to stop at Rosny Hill lookout for stunning views of Hobart, Sandy Bay and Mt Wellington. Enjoy some free time to see the exquisite Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. (optional)
* Sullivan’s Cove - Hobart’s birthplace and ferry terminal
* Parliament House
* Salamanca Place - Georgian style warehouses now restored as restaurants, galleries and pubs
* Princes Park - a one time gun battery
* Battery Point - charming historic houses, pubs, boutique shops and restaurants
* St. George’s Church
* Views of Wrest Point Casino and exclusive Sandy Bay
* St. David’s Park
* South Hobart at the foot of Mt. Wellington
* Option to walk and view the exterior of the Cascade Brewery
* Cascade Gardens
* View the exteriorof the remains of the Female Factory - a one time female prison
* St. David’s Cathedral
* Treasury Building and Franklin Square
* GPO and Hobart Town Hall
* Penitentiary Chapel
* Queen’s Domain and Government House
* Cross Tasman Bridge over the Derwent River
* Views over Kangaroo Bay Marina and Bellerive
* Stop at Rosny Hill lookout for stunning views of Hobart, Sandy Bay, Mt Wellington, Tasman Bridge and Glenorchy
* Victoria Dock and Constitution Dock
* Enjoy some free time to see the exquisite Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (optional)
