Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Sydney uncovered on urban gourmet tour

Mon, 04/09/2012 - 12:19 — Anonymous While most top-end hotels make every
effort to keep paying customers happy, fed and watered on-site, the
InterContinental Sydney is taking a very different approach from this month
in pushing guests out the door on a food-centric tour of the city. The
hotel's Sydney Gourmet Tour costs from $511 per night and includes a stay
for two, breakfast at the Café Opera restaurant and the main attraction -- a
choice of two tours of Sydney's finest eating and drinking spots. Expert
guides from tour operator Ultimately Sydney pick up guests by limo at the
hotel after breakfast and usher them round either the Asian and Mediterranean
riches of the South Sydney Tour or the European accents on the Inner West
Tour. Each four-hour-plus excursion promises seasoned buying and tasting
guidance on bounty from Taiwanese dumplings and Lebanese snacks to handmade
chocolate and local wines. Migrant heritage Back at the hotel, the
InterContinental's chief concierge, David Patt, explains the appeal of the
Gourmet Tour.read more

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