Erika was a great tour guide, gave us a lot of interesting information and answered any questions we had.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Local English, Spanish, or French-speaking guide (you choose!)
- Recommendations for the best food, entertainment and nightlife
- Passionately researched local history
- Introductions & discounts on must-do experiences
Excludes
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Meet at Waterfront Station, next to the Starbucks inside the station at 601 W Cordova St. Look for your Toonie Tours Guide with a red Toonie Tours umbrella.
Return
- Meet at Waterfront Station, next to the Starbucks inside the station at 601 W Cordova St. Look for your Toonie Tours Guide with a red Toonie Tours umbrella.
Itinerary
With breath-taking view of the north shore mountains your guide will make introductions with the group and share the story of the Lions, and indigenous story about two women who will forever be immortalized within the mountain.
Your guide will take you along the seawall to a beautiful square where the beautiful sculpture from to 2010 Winter Olympics stands. Get the perfect picture of Vancouver with the mountains in the background!
Built in 1930 this incredible architecture is a favourite among visitors. Both the outside and inside have details engravings within the walls that are unique the history of Vancouver and showed the culture of the city. Be sure to see the inner panels of the elevator for an instant wow!
With a small oasis within the skyscrapers of Vancouver you will gaze upon a beautiful mural by Ola Volo and learn about it's extremely unique features and how it is supporting women in Vancouver. Your guide will also be able to answer any questions that you may have about public transit as this stop is located beside one of Vancouver's most popular subway stations.
From the previous spot we will walk uphill through Fairmont Vancouver to Robson Square, a three block park with the incredible Vancouver Art Galley & Vancouver Court House to complete the sites. The landscape of this square is incorporated in the buildings which blends nature into the center of the city. This won landscape architect Cornelia Oberlander a significant award.
Your guide will share with you the history of this beautiful street and photos of what it was and the contrast of it today. With Granville street being the new lights capital of the world at one point, it has come a long way to be one of the main shopping districts in downtown Vancouver.
This incredible architecture has a hidden meaning behind it that your guide will be excited to share with you. Moshe Safdie created this beautiful piece that will leave you in awe, inside and out. This is also where we take a short mid-way break along the tour to use the restroom and see an incredible rooftop patio.
This memorial is of one of Canada's most impressive hero's. He was a humble young man who had a huge dream that he over achieved. This heart wrenching tale will show you what it means to be Canadian, and inspire you to reach for greatness.
On the edge of the Stadium District and Gastown lies a cenotaph with a rich story. The square is diamond shaped and is the spot many historic stories of Vancouver & Canada. Your guide will share the one that connects with him or her the most and will leave you excited to enter one of Vancouver's most sought after neighborhoods; Gastown.
Vancouver's most beautiful neighbourhood with cobblestone streets and old brick buildings it suggests a simpler time. They shopping throughout this district is great, as well as the eateries, and nightlife. Your guide will give some key local recommendations for you to consider after your tour.
This is the most photographed site in Vancouver by a long shot. It is a clock that is run by steam and built by Raymond Saunders, if you're lucky you might even see Raymond visiting the clock yourself. It's happened before and it can happen again. If he's not around, your guide will be able to answer any of your hard-pressed questions.
As the transit hub of Vancouver the building is bustling with city energy. The ceilings have beautiful art with a dark tale, and it's the perfect place to plan the rest of your day. Don't forget to ask about the SeaBus that leaves from Waterfront Station every 15 minutes
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Reviews
Great tour overall, Fiorella was an excellent guide and it was a great way to start my Vancouver trip. Would highly recommend ✨✨✨
Vancouver is not that old! Our guide was very good at answering all of our questions and setting the tour at our pace.
Pedro is a perfect guide, the guide you would ask for. A very kind person, and very well prepared. We visited with him the city of Vancouver during 3 hours. We appreciated a lot the fact that at the beginning, he asked us which kind of tour we expected. We had a very nice visit, mixing history, historical facts and cultural curiosities. He indicated also us very good restaurants and areas of true canadian places. We surely recommand Pedro for a visit. Thanks again to him. Thierry and Valeria (from France and Italy).
This tour is a great way to see downtown Vancouver in a short period of time. You get to see the highlights without wasting time on lesser areas.
Daniel is an excellent guide. He has an amazing amount of knowledge about Vancouver and is able to share that knowledge in a clear and concise way.
Daniel was a delightful informative guide. He clearly enjoys sharing his knowledge about the city! What a great way to spend the afternoon!
Fernando was excellent, very knowledgeable and imparted information well. We learnt a great deal about the history of Vancouver and modern day existence. Fernando has a very good delivery style and made it a fun 3 hours.
Ridwaan was great, friendly, funny, knowledgeable and made the tour veeeeery interesting and engaging with his cinema insights and fun facts. 100% recommended
Great tour an awesome guide on Fran. She really knew her stuff and had a great sense of hunour also which made it informative and fun. Highly recommend Fran and the tour
Best tour ever! So informative and our guide was so funny. Best money spent! While it was three hours, you do stop often to receive information. Do this tour!
Francesca was engaging, knowledgeable and fun. Her expertise on all things Vancouver and Canada was shared with us in such way as to give us all a real insight as to what awaits us should we choose to it. The walk was easy and took in so many different (historical and fun) locations in the 3hrs we had with her. She also emailed us all the info (there was lots of it) All in all an excellent, value for money insight into Vancouver which set us up for days ahead we had in this beautiful City. Thanks Fran, we’ll not forget you.
Our guide, Fran, was excellent. Polite, fun and amusing, extremely knowledgeable and accommodating. We covered many, many ‘attractions’ in 3 hrs. Interesting, good itinerary. Highly recommend … and worth the reasonable amount of money for a private tour. We were six … ages 25 to 80.
Fantastic day to discover the little highlights you might otherwise miss. Our guide Andrew is the most delightful and entertaining host and brought fun and professionalism to the whole day.
Fran led our tour of people from around the world. Her stories about the city and buildings were fascinating. She also gave practical tips on transportation, where to find great food and more. She kept our group together walking around town among the crowds, which isn’t easy. She communicated instructions well. We enjoyed our tour with her.
Set up this tour via Viator.com and it was just what we wanted... someone to walk us around town and point out information, history, and sites that we wouldn't know on our own and provide some places to shop, eat, and see while we were in town. Its at your own pace so you can rest when you want and catch up with the group later if necessary. Learned quite a bit about Vancouver and visited areas we wouldn't have found on our own. Would recommend.
We went on the 3 hour walking tour and it was excellent. The guide, Sarah, was very informative and knowledgeable - she also went out of her way to help us with bus routes for other places to visit (looking up timetables for us). The tour gives you a good overall view of the downtown area with a good variety of places.
This trip was extremely informative, and we learned so much about the history of Vancouver. I particularly appreciated that our tour guide started with the land acknowledgment, and included indigenous history as an important part of the information she shared.
Hey Fran! We had great time, we really enjoyed your company and your knowledge of the city of Vancouver. The restaurant recommendation was on point, the food was delicious. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. We wish you all the best ✌🏽
Enjoyed the tour and learnt about YVR. We had done the Victoria tour and booked this because it had been a great tour. This still did the business but had just too many people at 30, really impractical to have this amount wandering round the city. Also hard to hear our guide Fran. She did well recommending other ideas and things in YVR followed up with an email of all the advice which was a nice touch.
Our family of 8 adults went on a private walking tour of Vancouver. Our tour guide Jameela was wonderful! She was so sweet and very knowledgeable about the city. We learned so much in a very short period of time. Would definitely recommend it.
This was a great way to not only get an overview of the city but to hear some facts you won't get anywhere else. Andrew did a great job with this tour (and we had a fairly large group) and had a great sense of humor.
The free walking tour really went above and beyond my expectations. As a first time solo traveler I was feeling a bit shy, but my guide Joshua did such a great job getting the group to engage with each other. I was chatting with my fellow travelers right off the bat. I met some cool people from the UK and Montreal - even had the opportunity to go out to lunch with my new Montreal friends. This was such a perfect way to start my travels! The stops and stories were really interesting. I grew up learning about Terry Fox is school but have never heard such a heartwarming and heartwrenching recount of Terry's journey. Well done, Joshua!
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