Where to Sit Down: The 2 Best Tickets Around the World

1.Kyoto: Tea Museum Tickets and Matcha Grinding Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 739 reviews · 1 hour · from $23Our pick

At Chazuna in Uji, an English-speaking instructor guides you through tea history, tencha grinding, and matcha preparation. You will whisk and drink your own tea, then explore interactive museum displays. Instructors including Hideko and Keiko have been praised for warm, funny teaching, while the museum adds useful context.

“The women guiding us through the Matcha experience were very warm and welcoming. From interesting facts about Matcha production to taking pictures of the participants and explaining everything in detail this was a thoroughly great and enjoyable experience we would always come back to and warmly recommend to everyone.”

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2.London: Cutty Sark Entrance Ticket & Afternoon Tea

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 37 reviews · 3 hours · from $64

Visit Cutty Sark in Greenwich with an English audio guide, explore the restored tea clipper, see the sailors’ quarters, take the helm, and walk beneath her gleaming copper hull. Then enjoy afternoon tea beneath the ship, with sandwiches, cakes, and a choice of about 10 teas. Allow roughly two to three hours.

“The food was excellent. great value for money with entrance to The Cutty Sark boat included. I would have given it 5 stars if the afternoon tea tables were maybe away from the general public with children running about screaming past us. I feel they needed to be more away from the cafe. Would recommend though as sandwiches and cakes really tasty. The staff were amazing too”

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