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  • Ages: All ages
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Time: 10.30 a.m. & 1.30 p.m.
  • Availability: Daily

Adult

Ages 17+

A$ 40

Child

Ages 5 - 16

A$ 20

Family

2 Adults & 2 Children

A$ 99

Concession/Student

A$ 35

Infant

Ages 0 - 4

Free

Sydney & The Rocks Historic Walking Tour

Hear the story of Colonial Sydney from the beginning as you stroll around the historical precinct, The Rocks with our experienced guides. Discover the nooks and crannies and get up close and personal with the living history and heritage of Australia’s first British settlement as you wander down hidden alleyways, into shady courtyards, and along cobbled lanes.

What’s Included

  • 90 minutes guided walking tour
  • Specialist trained guide
  • Guide has amplification for ease in hearing commentary
  • Umbrella (if required)

Tour details

Group size: up to 20 people

Start Location: Clocktower, Shop 5, corner Argyle and Harrington Streets, The Rocks. Please check in at our office 15 minutes prior to your tour departure time.

End Location: Clocktower Square

Language: English speaking only

Heritage area: A few flights of stairs, ascents and descents and uneven surfaces. Therefore, a moderate level of fitness and mobility is required.

Accessibility: Tours are conducted with a slightly modified route so as to be wheelchair/ pram friendly; we kindly ask if we can be made aware of this at the time of booking or, if possible, prior to the tour’s departure.

Old description –

There is no better way to get up close and personal with the living history and heritage of Sydney than on foot with Sydney’s foremost team of friendly and enthusiastic guides at The Rocks Walking Tours.

Join Sydney’s most experienced tour guides on a 90-minute leisurely walk around Sydney’s historic Rocks district.

Hear the story of Sydney from the beginning as you stroll along the shoreline of sparkling Sydney Harbour with views of the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, past Campbell’s Cove and Cadman’s Cottage.

Wander down hidden alleyways, into shady courtyards, and along cobbled lanes. Discover the nooks and crannies and get up close and personal with the living history and heritage of Australia’s first British settlement.

Be amazed by stories of the First Fleet 1788, Nurses Walk, the Rum Rebellion 1808, Suez Canal, the Argyle Cut 1840, the plague 1900, the Sydney Harbour Bridge 1920s, the diabolical 1970s plan to demolish The Rocks and the green bans that saved it. And of course, hear of the characters and rogues who called it home.

Today, The Rocks is renowned for having the oldest streets in Sydney which are dotted with beautifully restored nineteenth-century buildings.