St. John's Walking Tours

10/01/2024

The season's not over yet! You still have a few chances to take a walk with us in 2024.
October 2 @ 2:00pm - Signature Tour
October 4 @ 1:30pm - Newfoundland Beer Tour
October 4 @ 2:00pm - Newfoundland Food Tour

Along with select dates until October 13th with a bonus Signature Tour on October 25th.

So if you've been thinking of checking us out, don't wait! 🚶🚶‍♀️

https://trowbridge-photography-and-tours.checkfront.com/reserve/

08/28/2024

Enjoy a cold pint? Like Newfoundland history? Our new tour this year combines both! Come along with us this Friday on our Newfoundland beer tasting tour and learn about our long brewing history on the island while sampling 7 local beer. 🍻

Can’t make it Friday? We have another tour going September 7th and 13th. Details on our website.

Update: Friday's tour is now sold out! But we still have space September 7th and 13th!

08/09/2024

Tune into CBC Radio's On the Go today between 4pm and 6pm and get a bit of a sneak peek of one of our tours! Ariyana Gomes will be coming along to see what our Newfoundland food tour is all about.

07/25/2024

Have you heard of Jiggs' Dinner? It's only one of our most popular traditional Newfoundland dishes. While it's not on our food tour we can hook you up with a Sunday dinner in St. John's.

When you think of Newfoundland food, one of the first things to come to mind is Jigg’s Dinner. Jiggs' Dinner is a traditional Newfoundland and Labrador dish that is often considered a quintessential part of the province's culinary heritage. It is also known as "boiled dinner" or "Sunday dinner" in...

07/23/2024

Our next beer tour goes this Saturday at 1:30pm! If you want to try some locally brewed beer and learn all about Newfoundland's brewing history, come along. 🍻

https://stjohnswalkingtours.com/our-tours/newfoundland-beer-tour/

07/19/2024

"Magnifique visite animée par Axel qui est très sympathique et généreux dans ses informations et renseignements. Cette visite permet d'en apprendre beaucoup sur l'histoire de la ville et de la province. Je recommande fortement cette visite!"
- Geneviève, July 2024

Saviez-vous que nous proposons des visites guidées privées à pied en français ? Vous pouvez choisir notre circuit Signature ou notre circuit gastronomique de Terre-Neuve et choisir l'heure et la date qui vous conviennent. Envoyez-nous un courriel à [email protected] pour plus de détails !

https://stjohnswalkingtours.com/our-tours/visite-a-pied-de-st-johns/

07/18/2024

Tired of the same old team building or corporate event options? Did you know that St. John's Walking Tours offers private tours perfect for small teams? Whether you're interested in a food tour, beer tour, or walking tour you're sure to have fun and learn something new while exploring our beautiful city.

Looking for a unique experience for your team? We pride ourselves in being top-notch hosts. St. John's has been named year after year as a leader in conference destinations in North America. Solely staying at our convention centre and your hotel doesn’t give your employees a true feeling of our ci...

07/17/2024

We love cruise days. We hope our guests love our tours as much as we love having them on them. We look forward to welcoming the Norwegian Star back in port again on August 4th and 12th. Spots are VERY limited for our tours those days so if you've been thinking about it... book now. ;)

Cruise ship coming out of the fog while entering St John's, NL this morning.

The Norwegian Star has arrived in the port with 3,000 passengers.

Credit: Scotty John

07/15/2024

We love the changes they've made to the War Memorial (the last stop on our Signature Tour) in the past year. It's now so much more accessible with fewer barriers from Duckworth Street and a paved path from the top down to Water Street.

Being a city that's over 500 years old, there's still a lot that's not accessible. We know how important it is to remove barriers so this year we've added a new tour to our roster - one that avoids all stairs and steep hills downtown. Walking on Water is a 90min "for everyone" introduction to the city, our history and present day.

It starts a short stroll from the cruise port and finishes right in the heart of the Pedestrian Mall most mornings this summer. Check our website for schedule and availability.

https://stjohnswalkingtours.com/our-tours/walking-on-water/

07/11/2024

In St. John’s, not everything is always as it seems. We love how unique and quirky this city and its history is. Sharing it with our visitors is one of favourite things ever.

07/08/2024

Happy birthday to us! Exactly two years ago today we ran our very first public walking tour. As tour #300-something gets ready to begin on George Street we reflect on how much we've learned (about business, NL history, and everything in between) and how much fun we've had. Here's to many more years of taking walks in St. John's!

07/06/2024

Bartholomew Roberts, born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical career, he took over 400 prize ships, although most mere fishing boats, a number of them Newfoundland fishing boats.

It was June 21, 1720 when Black Bart set his eyes on Trepassey. Merchants and fishers alike fled at the sound of the approaching pirate ship, which angered the captain. Perhaps this is why he lingered in town.

300 years ago, Trepassey was an important port in the Newfoundland migratory cod fishery and, compared to a lot of other stations on the coast, it was well-provisioned. During his two-week occupation of Trepassey Bart managed to capture 22 merchant ships and upgrade his own, replacing Fortune with the newly crowned Good Fortune. He also managed to persuade a few local men to join him, including John Walden (aka Miss Nanny).

He was killed in battle just two years later by the British Navy off the coast of Africa and the Newfoundlander who joined him was hanged was piracy.

Just one of the many things we've learned while diving deep into Newfoundland history for our tours. Want to know what else we've learned? Come for a walk with us this summer. 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️

07/03/2024

Want to discover a real hidden gem of a St. John's restaurant? Come out for a walk with us on a Newfoundland Food Tour. You'll get more than a meal on this tour - you'll also learn a little about what makes us tick.

"Food was delicious and plentiful. Learning history of St John’s was amazing. Loved our guide, she was knowledgeable efficient and friendly." - James

https://stjohnswalkingtours.com/our-tours/newfoundland-food-tour/

06/02/2024

Curious about what we get up to when we're not guiding? Last week Melissa and Pierre were in-studio guests for the Signal on CBC Radio talking about what travel and living abroad has taught us. Why not check it out on YouTube?

Today's conversation dives into what you can learn from travelling or living away from home and how it can change you. »»» Subscribe to CBC NL to watch more ...

05/21/2024

Why launch one new tour when we could launch two?? 🍻

Introducing the Newfoundland Beer Tour by St. John's Walking Tours!

On this tour you’ll enjoy a wide variety of local brews, from a sour brewed with Newfoundland sea salt to a complex stout with ales and lagers in between. We’ll make stops at three different breweries and bars for stories and tales and 7 samples of beer brewed right here.

Learn about Newfoundland’s long and rich beer history, from our earliest brewing endeavours to our thriving modern craft beer industry. Along the way your guide will entertain you with stories of prohibition and the gangsters that came with it, an accidental port discovery, and the local beer connection to Jimmy Kimmel. In addition, our enthusiastic local guides give you a crash course on how to taste craft beers, while sharing their knowledge, recommendations, and personal anecdotes about how St. John’s became the city it is today.

Our first Newfoundland Beer Tour will head out June 14th and will run on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoon until Thanksgiving.

From now until June 20th, book a spot on the Newfoundland Beer Tour or Walking on Water and get 20% off with the code TOURLAUNCH24.

https://stjohnswalkingtours.com/our-tours/newfoundland-beer-tour/

05/20/2024

🎉 NEW TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎉

Short on time? Don't like the hills and stairs of downtown? Looking for some new fun stories about our city and history? We've got a tour for you!

Introducing WALKING ON WATER - a 90min downtown St. John's walking tour!

Starting on June 20th until Labour Day (and select cruise ship days until October), Walking on Water will run every Wednesday-Sunday morning. Join us on this “for everyone” fully accessible 90 minute tour (no hills or stairs!) for an entertaining and informative introduction to St. John’s along one of North America’s most historic streets.

Explore with us as we uncover the past and reveal the present of the street that was once the centre of one of the world’s largest and most important fisheries.

And that's not all... make a booking on our website between now and June 20th using the promo code TOURLAUNCH24 and get 20% off your Walking on Water tour!

https://stjohnswalkingtours.com/our-tours/walking-on-water/

05/13/2024

Not long now! Our 2024 tour season officially kicks off this Saturday with our Signature downtown walking tour at 2pm. We're also starting our 2nd season of Newfoundland food tours with expanded availability - now 5 days/week at 2pm!

There are still some spots left for this weekend if you want to come take a walk with us. Book your place on our website: https://stjohnswalkingtours.com

02/28/2024

Looking for a great part-time position this summer that will get you out from behind the computer and into the outdoors meeting a ton of local visitors to St. John’s?

We’re hiring for the 2024 walking tour season and are looking for an energetic, personable tour guide to lead walking and food tours. Is it you? Do you know someone?

https://stjohnswalkingtours.com/careers/