Trolley City Tour of Kingston
Description
Kingston Trolley Tours take you on an in-depth tour of Kingston's historic downtown and waterfront, passing by all of the city's most well-known visitor destinations including Fort Henry, the Penitentiary Museum, and Queen’s University. The Trolley is the ideal way to enjoy Kingston’s history and attractions. Your experienced tour guide will provide an informative, engaging overview of Kingston’s more than three hundred years of history.
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Itinerary
Explore the history of Canada's first capital aboard a comfortable thirty-two passenger trolley. The Trolley is the ideal way to enjoy Kingston’s history and attractions. The GPS-triggered narration system in English, French, German and Chinese will complement your experienced English-speaking tour guide; together they provide an informative, engaging overview of Kingston’s more than three hundred years of history. The trolley route covers all of Kingston’s historic old town and downtown shopping district, including Fort Henry, the Penitentiary Museum, and Queen’s University. Trolley City Tours (offered only from April 19th to May 17th and from October 15th to October 27th) are a round-trip 75 minute tour only, they do not include hop on, hop off stops. All Tours depart from in front of Visitor Experience Center at 209 Ontario Street, Kingston, ON.
See historic Kingston City Hall
The trolley stops at all of Kingston's historic downtown sites including Fort Henry.
See Kingston's Farmer's Market
See the historic PumpHouse, Murney Tower National Historic Site and City Park
See the home of Canada's First Prime Minister
Get a view of Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston's Penitentiary Museum and historic Portsmouth Village
See the beautiful Gothic architecture of St.Mary's Cathedral.
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What's included
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide (English & French)
- Only selected departures are wheelchair accessible, please inquire when booking
Reviews(37)
Been on the tour twice now in the last 4 years. Very enjoyable and the guide/driver Richard was amazing both times. You can tell he loves kingston and his job. Adding the scary girls and changing the tour route was a good surprise for us, since we had already been on before. Definitely going again next time were visiting kingston!
Do this at the beginning of your stay to get a good overview of what you would like to visit.
Terrible. Could not hear one word said by the driver. I am sure it was informative and entertaining but the sound system was the absolute worst. All passengers had the same experience. Never again
Practical and easy to use. Good choice of activity. I will use it again. I will recommend it to friends and family
Fast and easy to book and amazing experience. Good way to get to know Kingston. The trolley driver offers a very informative and sometimes humorous narrative about the history of the city.
The PA system on the trolley was very poor. No one could make out what the driver was saying & although we told him, he could do nothing about it.
This guided tour turned this cold and very rainy day into a beautiful day of discovery. The guide was very generous with his stories and comments, and the bus was warm enough to keep us comfortable. We now know the city better thanks to this tour and look forward to returning to visit the guide's suggestions.
Such a great tour ,Jonathan our driver/tour host was amazing g,so full of facts and so friendly,great tour
This was an excellent 90 minute tour of Kingston and attractions. We enjoyed it so much because our guide (a gentleman originally from Newfoundland) was friendly, funny, knowledgeable, was a great story teller and safe driver. The tour started and ended on time. We learned alot about the city of Kingston, its history and famous people, the limestone and brickbuildings, Royal Military College and Queens University. Highly recommend this trolley tour.
This tour was excellent. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and interesting. He made me fall in love with Kingston.
