ADJ
- foreign, international, national, nationwide, overseas, provincial, world
- American, UK, etc.
- two-city, three-country, etc.
- The group will shortly go on a ten-city European tour
- whirlwind, whistle-stop
- The president embarked on a whirlwind tour of the provinces
- comprehensive, gruelling, lengthy, long, marathon
- two-week, three-week, etc.
- official
- the prime minister's first official overseas tour
- grand
- He took his degree in 1665 before embarking on the grand tour (= a tour of Europe lasting several months)
- inclusive, package
- an all-inclusive package tour of Austria
- mystery (often humorous)
- We reboarded the coach and set off on a magical mystery tour in search of tea
- coach, cycle, rail, walking
- camping
- cricket, rugby, etc.
- concert, lecture, speaking, study, theatre
- sell-out, successful
- The band is just back from a sell-out European tour
VERB + TOUR
- do, go on, make, undertake
- embark on, set off on
TOUR + NOUN
- company, operator
- date, schedule
- Phone for details of the band's tour dates
- leader, manager
- Our tour leaders are all fluent in English. The team's tour manager called a press conference
- party, squad
- He wasn't selected for England's tour party to Australia
- bus, van
PREP
- on (a) ~
- We met a group of cyclists on a tour in the Lake District. The band is currently on tour in the States
- ~ of
- I'd like to do a tour of Belgium on foot
PHRASES
- tour of duty
- The soldiers were returning from a six-month tour of duty in Northern Ireland
ADJ
- brief, quick, lightning
- Our host gave us a quick tour of the house
- extensive
- grand (humorous)
- Come on, I'll give you the grand tour of the backyard
- conducted, guided, self-guided
- city, factory
- sightseeing
- circular
VERB + TOUR
- give sb, take sb on
- do, make
- I made a lightning tour of the office to say goodbye
PHRASES
- tour of inspection
- The headmaster started his tour of inspection with the staff room