Hotel tours: Savvy tours uncover the local's favourite haunts

By Natasha Dragun
November 1 2014 - 12:15am
Walk way: A guided coastal walk traces the heritage and culture of Tasmania's Paredarerme people.
Walk way: A guided coastal walk traces the heritage and culture of Tasmania's Paredarerme people.
Island life: Tasmania's  Saffire Freycinet Resort offers tours to give visitors an insight into the local indigenous people's history and culture.
Island life: Tasmania's Saffire Freycinet Resort offers tours to give visitors an insight into the local indigenous people's history and culture.
Walk way: A guided coastal walk traces the heritage and culture of Tasmania's Paredarerme people.
Walk way: A guided coastal walk traces the heritage and culture of Tasmania's Paredarerme people.
Walk way: A guided coastal walk traces the heritage and culture of Tasmania's Paredarerme people.
Walk way: A guided coastal walk traces the heritage and culture of Tasmania's Paredarerme people.
Island life: Tasmania's  Saffire Freycinet Resort offers tours to give visitors an insight into the local indigenous people's history and culture.
Island life: Tasmania's Saffire Freycinet Resort offers tours to give visitors an insight into the local indigenous people's history and culture.
Walk way: A guided coastal walk traces the heritage and culture of Tasmania's Paredarerme people.
Walk way: A guided coastal walk traces the heritage and culture of Tasmania's Paredarerme people.
Island life: Tasmania's  Saffire Freycinet Resort offers tours to give visitors an insight into the local indigenous people's history and culture.
Island life: Tasmania's Saffire Freycinet Resort offers tours to give visitors an insight into the local indigenous people's history and culture.
Island life: Tasmania's  Saffire Freycinet Resort offers tours to give visitors an insight into the local indigenous people's history and culture.
Island life: Tasmania's Saffire Freycinet Resort offers tours to give visitors an insight into the local indigenous people's history and culture.
Art stay: Lima's Hotel B is furnished with an impressive collection of Peruvian art.
Art stay: Lima's Hotel B is furnished with an impressive collection of Peruvian art.
Art stay: Lima's Hotel B is furnished with an impressive collection of Peruvian art.
Art stay: Lima's Hotel B is furnished with an impressive collection of Peruvian art.

From visiting art galleries after the crowds have dispersed to sipping sake with the brewers,  hotels are increasingly devising tours that offer a glimpse of life once only afforded to in-the-know locals. As travellers become increasingly savvy, so to do hotel tour offerings.

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