Victoria Harbour: a Smartphone Audio Walking Tour

Centennial Square

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

Duration: 3 minutes

Chinatown

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.

Duration: 3 minutes

Fan Tan Alley

We'll tell you about the narrowest alleyway in Canada and what it was named after.

Duration: 3 minutes

Market Square

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.

Duration: 3 minutes

Johnson Street & Wharf Street

JOHNSON STREET BRIDGE. We'll point out the beautiful and unusual bridge and tell you a bit about what it replaced.

Duration: 3 minutes

Waddington Alley

We'll tell you why city councillors, forestry workers, and residents support the continual preservation of these unique building blocks.

Duration: 3 minutes

Bastion Square

Welcome to the "most haunted site in all of Victoria"! We'll tell you why!!

Duration: 3 minutes

Government Street

As you stroll along Government Street we'll point out and tell you a bit about some of the interesting businesses and their history.

Duration: 3 minutes

Bard & Banker

You'll see an incredible three story white building on the corner. We'll tell you about it's history and how it became a pub.

Duration: 3 minutes

Rogers' Chocolates

& THE WINDSOR HOTEL. Once you have checked out Canada's very first chocolatiers, we'll move on to the oldest hotel in Victoria.

Duration: 3 minutes

Inner Harbour

We'll tell you about this beautiful inner harbour with wonderful views to some of our next stops.

Duration: 3 minutes

Statue of Captain James Cook

Hear in his own words what Captain James Cook encountered when he reached the British Columbia coast back in 1778.

Duration: 3 minutes

Fairmont Empress

You'll see the impressive Empress Hotel. We'll tell you about it's interesting "muddy" beginnings.

Duration: 3 minutes

Emily Carr Statue

We'll tell you how Emily Carr, artist and writer, became recognized as a Canadian icon.

Duration: 3 minutes

The Netherlands Centennial Carillon

& 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

We'll point out the museum and tell you all about why you'll want to pause the tour and visit!

Duration: 5 minutes

Thunderbird Park

As you check out the totem poles we'll tell you a bit of their history and who creates them.

Duration: 5 minutes

Helmcken House

We'll tell you the background of this house, one of the oldest in British Columbia!

Duration: 5 minutes

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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.

Duration: 5 minutes

Queen Victoria Statue

& 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

We've got a surprise for you on this one. A hidden statue for you to find, we'll give you a hint.

Duration: 5 minutes

Steamship Terminal

We'll tell you the reason for the massive stone columns on the north and south sides of the building.

Duration: 5 minutes

CJCG+P6 Victoria

FERRIES. We'll tell you how these ferries are so important to the economy of Victoria.

Duration: 5 minutes

David Foster Harbour Pathway

As you walk along the pathway we'll tell you about some of the marine life that visit the harbour.

Duration: 5 minutes

CJFF+P9 Victoria

SONGHEES POINT. We'll tell you the traditional meaning of Songhees Point and a bit about it's history.

Duration: 5 minutes

Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina by APA

As you stroll along, we'll tell you about this resident friendly marina.

Duration: 5 minutes

Fisherman's Wharf

Here you have the opportunity to stroll through this colourful floating community and see a way of life that is just a little eccentric!

Duration: 5 minutes

Beacon Hill Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We'll point out and tell you all about this beauty.

Victoria Pier

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's close by and you can spend as much time as you like here.