Tour Guys Vancouver

Murder Mystery Tour:
Our guide was Leni; she is very charismatic and you can tell she really enjoys her job. Her enthusiasm is contagious :)

I did the Gastown tour with Emma and she was amazing. Vancouver isn't a old "historic" city like what you will find back home in the states, that being said it does have a lot of rich history and Emma was the perfect guide to explain what that history was.

Our tour went a bit over the two hours, and despite the heavy rain it was very informative and everyone there enjoyed it. Well all peppered Emma with questions and she was patient and gracious enough to answer everyone of them.

You won't find a better walking tour.

I love FREE, Culture, history, and having a tour that rolls all 3 together.

We took the Free Downtown & Chinatown Tour with Alex. She pointed out some places of interest, told us the history of Chinatown, took us to a herbal store, and ended the tour at the Chinese Gardens. The tour was over 2 hours, and she gave suggestions for lunch.

I love these type of tours because they are given by people who have lived there for a good amount of time, and who are passionate about what they are presenting. She was no exception.

We were heading to Granville Island when we happened to pass a concrete column with chalk message saying the free walking tour is across the street and begins at 1:00 pm. I check the time and it's 12:50. So on a whim we joined the free walking tour of Granville Island with our guide Jayne. My wife and I are both locals (both born in van) but we love walking tours in every other city we visit. We always talk about doing a Vancouver one and we just stumbled upon the Tour Guys. We weren't the only locals as there were three others who lived in town.

The Granville Island tour is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes and covers mostly the lesser traveled east side of the island. This was a good thing since I don't think I had even been some of those areas. Jayne was a great guide as she was enthusiastic and passionate about Vancouver. This tour didn't cover the market place which is the busiest area. I don't know, maybe there's not much to say about it except for fresh produce and that it's somewhere to eat. But they could do some cool random fact like oh hey this is where Tom Cruise aka Ethan Hunt was standing in Mission: Impossible 3.

Best walking tour available in Vancouver!
A must try out guide Marla, was very knowledgeable charismatic and fluent in Korean! Her description of the history of the downtown tour was Amazing, I learned so much! I highly recommend this walking tour.

Not only can you not lose because this is a FREE tour...but you will gain so much interesting info! I'm sure hopping on and off a bus would be just fine, but for us, with just one short day in this vast city, we were looking for a quick connection, and that's exactly what we got on this recent Sunday.

We met our tour guide, Ali at the designated time (11am) at the designated place, and 20 or so of us enjoyed an incredibly interesting walking tour of Chinatown. There is no way we would have gotten the feel for this city had we not taken this tour. Several folks were repeat tour guy visitors, so they must have enjoyed those as well. Our group had folks from several countries. It is a relaxed tour at a pace that is just right...not too fast and not too slow. Seriously, just right! And absolutely everyone in our group was happy to hand over generous thank you tips. Well-deserved.

Ali was kind enough at the end of the tour to guide anyone who wanted dining suggestions or directions. For us, he was even kind enough to let us walk along with him since we were heading in the same direction. As a result, we were fortunate enough to get an extended tour, as he remained a wealth of Vancouver info as we went along.

Highly recommend!

Free tour with Alex. Our tour of Chinatown was incredibly informative and even lasted over two hours. Alex was excellent, friendly, and even managed to share her humor. I would recommend to all visitors!

Our walking tour was led by Ali and he did an awesome job! I highly recommend going on this walking tour during your stay in Vancouver. Ali did a great job of talking through the history of Vancouver, the downtown area, as well as Gastown. He also went above and beyond with restaurant recommendations and other places to go/see in Vancouver. P.S. Wear comfortable shoes.

Excellent free tour at Granville island. Our tour guide, Alena was very informative.

Recommend for:
-free tours
-pier walks
-great sightseeing in Vancouver

Free tours? Wow. Okay, hopefully you're going to tip your guide well (the only money they make), but even a generous tip works out to less than most companies will charge you.

All the tours are walking tours, which means you can ask as many questions as you want without having to move on to the next destination as the bus/trolley/boat/whatever moves down along the route. Our guide was a fountain of information and with all all our questions the 90 minute tour ran well over two hours.

I took the Chinatown tour, which starts at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Since we had to walk to Chinatown, the first half of the tour actually wasn't about Chinatown. That's not a complaint though; our guide did an excellent job of covering some darker aspects of the city's history (riots, internment, segregation) while still keeping an overall upbeat tone. There were even some locals in our group (with out-of-town friends) who learned new things. And as we ended the tour, we got some recommendations for good places to eat. I ended up with a dim sum assortment to eat in the garden.

I *highly* recommend taking one of these tours if you're in town.

We did the Vancouver Downtown & Waterfront tour today with Erik. It was excellent! Erik was very knowledgeable about the history of the areas and buildings we visited. He gave us lots of interesting facts and stories related to sites we visited. Erik also made lots of good recommendations on places to visit and restaurants to eat at.

It was a very enjoyable 2 hours and I'd highly recommend it.