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Victoria Harbour: a Smartphone Audio Walking Tour
Victoria Harbour: GPS-Guided Audio Walking Tour
Victoria Harbour: GPS-Guided Audio Walking Tour
Victoria Harbour: a Smartphone Audio Walking Tour
Victoria Harbour: GPS-Guided Audio Walking Tour

Victoria Harbour: a Smartphone Audio Walking Tour

By Tripvia Tours
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$8 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you discover this historical area of Victoria & the Inner Harbour.

On this easy to walk tour you'll see a variety of historical sites, music venues, artisan shops & marine living that make up the harbour section of the city.

Highlights include Chinatown, Market Square, Waddington Alley, Inner Harbour, the Parliament Buildings, Fisherman's Wharf & more!

GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary will automatically play.

The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your answer.

Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch crowded tour groups, tight schedules and high prices.

Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route.

The number of travellers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.

Trust the platform with over 75 tours & 17,000+ happy customers.

Activity location

  • Centennial Square
    • 1 Centennial Square
    • V8W 1P6, Victoria, Canada, Canada

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Centennial Square
    • 1 Centennial Square
    • V8W 1P5, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Victoria Harbour Walking Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • Opening hours: Tue 12:00 am-11:30 pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
AU$7.80 x 1 AdultAU$7.80

Total
Price is AU$7.80

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedNo time constraints, take as long as you like to complete the tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedDownload on WIFI before (no signal required or data used during tour)
  • What's includedWhat's includedLive GPS map shows route & your location
  • What's includedWhat's includedCustomer Service via Phone & Email
  • What's includedWhat's includedTour guide commentary automatically plays at each point of interest
  • What's includedWhat's includedFlexible dates - tour is yours to keep and enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours for Android or iOS
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSmartphone or tablet
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHeadphones (optional - audio will play from device speaker too)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAttraction Tickets
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded**Recommended attractions may be closed/inaccessible due to season or reasons beyond our control.

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible

Activity itinerary

Centennial Square
  • 3m
Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you discover this historical section of Vancouver and the Inner Harbour. On this easy to walk 4 km (one way) tour you'll see a variety of historical sites, music venues, artisan shops and marine living that make up the harbour section of the city. Highlights include Chinatown, Market Square, Waddington Alley, Inner Harbour, the Parliament Buildings, Fisherman's Wharf and much more! Live GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary will automatically play. The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your guess at the answer. Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch the crowded tour groups, tight schedules and high prices. Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route. Note: the number of travellers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.
Chinatown
  • 3m
As you stroll through Chinatown, we'll tell you about this oldest Chinatown in Canada, some of it's history and what it's famous for today.
Fan Tan Alley
  • 3m
We'll tell you about the narrowest alleyway in Canada and what it was named after.
Market Square
  • 3m
As you explore the Market Square and it's many small shops and restaurants, we'll tell you a bit of it's history. You may even want to stop for craft beer or local coffee and fruit.
Johnson Street & Wharf Street
  • 3m
JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE. We'll point out the beautiful and unusual bridge and tell you a bit about what it replaced.
Waddington Alley
  • 3m
We'll tell you why city councillors, forestry workers, and residents support the continual preservation of these unique building blocks.
Bastion Square
  • 3m
Welcome to the "most haunted site in all of Victoria"! We'll tell you why!!
Government Street
  • 3m
As you stroll along Government Street we'll point out and tell you a bit about some of the interesting businesses and their history.
Bard & Banker
  • 3m
You'll see an incredible three storey white building on the corner. We'll tell you about it's history and how it became a pub.
Rogers' Chocolates
  • 3m
& THE WINDSOR HOTEL. Once you have checked out Canada's very first chocolatiers, we'll move on to the oldest hotel in Victoria.
Inner Harbour
  • 3m
We'll tell you about this beautiful inner harbour with wonderful views to some of our next stops.
Statue of Captain James Cook
  • 3m
Hear in his own words what Captain James Cook encountered when he reached the British Columbia coast back in 1778.
Fairmont Empress
  • 3m
You'll see the impressive Empress Hotel. We'll tell you about it's interesting "muddy" beginnings.
Emily Carr Statue
  • 3m
We'll tell you how Emily Carr, artist and writer, became recognised as a Canadian icon.
The Netherlands Centennial Carillon (Pass by)
& ROYAL BC MUSEUM. We'll tell you why the Dutch community gifted this carillon to British Columbia and just a little bit about the museum behind it.
Royal BC Museum
  • 5m
We'll point out the museum and tell you all about why you'll want to pause the tour and visit!
Thunderbird Park
  • 5m
As you check out the totem poles we'll tell you a bit of their history and who creates them.
Helmcken House
  • 5m
We'll tell you the background of this house, one of the oldest in British Columbia!
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
  • 5m
As you walk through the grounds of the Parliament Buildings, which as of 2020 were open to the public, we'll tell you how it came to be.
Queen Victoria Statue (Pass by)
& VICTORIA CENOTAPH. We'll tell you why the sculptor was so upset about this statue that he refused to attend it's unveiling!
Confederation Garden Court
  • 5m
We've got a surprise for you on this one. A hidden statue for you to find, we'll give you a hint.
Steamship Terminal
  • 5m
We'll tell you the reason for the massive stone columns on the north and south sides of the building.
CJCG+P6 Victoria
  • 5m
FERRIES. We'll tell you how these ferries are so important to the economy of Victoria.
David Foster Harbour Pathway
  • 5m
As you walk along the pathway we'll tell you about some of the marine life that visit the harbour.
CJFF+P9 Victoria
  • 5m
SONGHEES POINT. We'll tell you the traditional meaning of Songhees Point and a bit about it's history.
Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina by APA
  • 5m
As you stroll along, we'll tell you about this resident friendly marina.
Fisherman's Wharf
  • 5m
Here you have the opportunity to stroll through this colourful floating community and see a way of life that is just a little eccentric!
Beacon Hill Park (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Craigdarroch Castle (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Scenic Marine Route (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Ogden Point Terminal & Breakwater (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Abkhazi Garden (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Victoria Bug Zoo (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Government House (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Empress Hotel National Historic Site of Canada (Pass by)
We'll point out and tell you all about this beauty.
Victoria Pier (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
The Bateman Gallery (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Christ Church Cathedral (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Clover Point Park (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Oak Bay Marina (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Beacon Hill Children's Farm (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Carr House (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Mount Tolmie Park (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Westsong Walkway (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Royal Theatre (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
St. Andrew's Cathedral (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Wharf Street (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.
Finnerty Gardens (Pass by)
Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCentennial Square
    • 1 Centennial Square
    • V8W 1P6, Victoria, Canada, Canada

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECentennial Square
    • 1 Centennial Square
    • V8W 1P5, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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