St. John's Downtown Walking Tour
Description
Our Signature Tour is jam packed with fascinating stories, beautiful Newfoundland scenery, and amazing architecture. For the most comprehensive tour in town, join us on our Signature Downtown St. John’s Walking Tour. From Water Street and Duckworth Street to Bannerman Park and the Colonial Building, you will be captivated by the oldest city in Newfoundland & Labrador, its fabulous architecture, and warm welcoming people. Along the way you will be entertained by some great stories. Learn why our government sits on the left, how we turned yarn into nurses, and where the city's bright colours came from. You’ll learn all of this and a whole lot more when you take a walk with us on our Signature Tour. PLEASE NOTE: this tour is in St. John's, Newfoundland NOT Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Itinerary
We'll start our tour on the famous George Street where you'll learn a bit about it's history and what's coming next.
We'll make several short stops on Water Street where we'll tell you some interesting facts and tidbits about the shops and landscape.
Just how many people are buried in the cemetery here? We'll never know...and we'll tell you why.
Find out what makes this park a hub of activity in the summer.
Learn why our ruling party sits on the left and what happened here in 1932.
We'll end the tour near the water and learn about what it was that brought people here in the first place and what keeps them coming back.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(238)
Our guide was Dave and he had lots of stops on the tour to give us the history of the area. He also had some personal stories and ideas of where we should visit after the tour. I felt it was good value for the money.
So glad it felt like great value. Hope his recommendations led you somewhere good!
Very good tour by Sam, in addition to being interesting and attentive, she sings a few songs from the Newfoundland repertoire with a beautiful voice!
Merci pour ce beau commentaire! Sam adore partager la culture et l'histoire de Terre-Neuve avec ses visiteurs, et nous sommes ravis qu'elle vous ait chanté quelques chansons traditionnelles en prime! Nous espérons vous revoir bientôt à St. John's!
Sam was the absolutely best tour guide for St. John’s. She was so informative and gave us so much information. I highly recommend her to tour with you.
High praise indeed. Thanks so much for recommending her and for sharing this with us!
David was an amazing guide! What a fantastic tour. We had a lively time with hin as we explored St. John's and David provided the narration. We learned so much about the history and cultural life of the city, and we appreciated that he wasn't afraid to talk about the difficult parts of history. Would absolutely take this tour again
We really do believe the full story of St. John's deserves to be told. So glad it resonated with you and that you'd come back for more. Thanks for this wonderful review!
Isaac was informative, personal and professional. He had an excellent knowledge of St. John's and it's history. The pace was appropriate for the group. Would recommend as a good overview of this beautiful city!
Thanks for the lovely review.
David was fantastic. He was funny, animated and really knows his St. John's and Newfoundland history. One of the best walking tours we have taken.
Funny, animated and packed with local knowledge - that's David at his best! Thanks so much for taking a walk with us.
Samantha was an excellent walking tour host! The areas we explored were meaningful, informative & beautiful! She made the City of St. John’s come alive! An added joy to the tour was Sam singing to us songs of the loving Newfoundlander way!
Sam has such a gift for bringing St. John's to life. So glad she added that extra special touch to your tour.
David was a great tour guide! Very knowledgeable and passionate about history. I appreciated the discussion and acknowledgement of the Indigenous peoples of Newfoundland.
Thanks for the lovely review. So glad David's passion for the full history of this place came through.
Just finished a fabulous tour with David who is a native of St. John’s. Very interesting history delivered with passion and humor. We cannot recommend this tour enough!
So glad David made St. John's history come alive for you. Thanks so much for the glowing recommendation, it means a lot.
Absolutely loved Tyra a.k.a. “Tyler or T”, on this walk. She was knowledgeable and passionate about everything she told us - from being a ‘townie’ or ‘come from away’, downtown culture, NL sayings and sense of humour, important buildings, jelly bean row, important people, musicians and politics. We felt she was so generous to us with her kindness, time and knowledge. Recommendations: good shoes as 2.5 hours even though relatively short walking distance, feet can be tired. Water. Tyra was very mindful of our needs during the tour re walking, stairs, shade, etc. Thanks for a job well done Tyra!
What a thoughtful, detailed review! Tyra really does pour her heart into every tour, and it sounds like it came through. Thanks so much for this lovely write-up.
