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Friendly St. John’s: A Newfoundland Port Self-Guided Audio Tour
- 1.3–1.8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Explore St. John’s, North America’s easternmost city, on this 75-minute walking tour. Starting at the Convention Centre, stroll lively George Street and historic Water Street, lined with colorful saltbox houses, cafés, and breweries rebuilt after the 1892 fire. Learn about local customs like the “screech-in” and unique Newfoundland phrases. Highlights include: The A TIME statue Chinese Headtax Monument Angel’s Corner, War Memorial and Our Dogs statues in Harbourside Park. Walk seaside paths through the Battery neighborhood, ending at the Battery Lookout with stunning harbor views. Along the way, discover how the city’s weather and history shaped its culture and experience the warm hospitality that makes St. John’s unforgettable.
Inclusions
What's included
- Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- App for Android and iOS
- Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
- Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
What's not
- Smartphone and headphones
- Personal expenses for attractions not included during the tour
- Food and drink
- Transportation
Itinerary
Pass by this large stadium, named after Mary Brown's Chicken, one of Newfoundland's most beloved fast food chains and home to the Newfoundland Rogues basketball team.
Catch a glimpse of this historic monument, commemorating the head tax that once existed for Chinese immigrants to Canada.
Stroll along this two-block-long stretch that, according to some sources, has the largest concentration of bars and pubs anywhere in North America.
Pass by this iconic statue dedicated to three Newfoundlander musicians: singer-songwriter Ron Hynes, accordion musician Wilf Doyle, and comedian Tommy Sexton.
Designated as a pedestrian mall during the summer months, walk along the epicentre of cultural life in St. John's.
Peak as you walk past one of St. John's oldest and most beloved watering holes, built well before the invention of the automobile.
Pass by this key haunt, meant to honour victims of violence against women. It was designed as part of a larger national project to shed light on the epidemic of gendered violence in Canada
Catch a glimpse of this historic and ornate monument, honouring the service of Newfoundland soldiers in what was once called the "Great War."
Learn as you walk by these bronze statues, completed in 2003, depicting the two dogs who share names with the province: the Labrador Retriever, and the Newfoundland Dog.
Refresh your senses as you walk by one of the city's great breweries, named after Bannerman Park.
Walk through this delightfully colourful area, once the spot in St. John's where artillery such as mortars, rockets, and missiles were stored.
As you walk, catch a glimpse at one of the main forts that protected St. John's Harbour during the First and Second World Wars.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- This tour starts in front of the St. John's Convention Centre, 107 New Gower St, St. John's, NL A1C 4K2, Canada. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- VoiceMap Audio Tours
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The total tour time includes walking the route and passing by the attractions
How it compares in St John's
- Its from-price is 79% below the median of the 39 experiences we list in St John's.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 29 of 39.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About St John's
St John's is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, a steep harbour city of painted row houses, lively pubs, sea cliffs and Atlantic icebergs.
St John's clings to the hills around a deep harbour on the Avalon Peninsula, entered through a narrow gap in the cliffs known as The Narrows. Fishing fleets from Europe used the harbour from the 1500s. Rows of brightly painted wooden houses climb the slopes, and Signal Hill above the entrance carries Cabot Tower, close to where Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal in 1901.
Top-ranked sights in St John's: Johnson GEO CENTRE.
