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This theatrical walking tour takes you through Gastown and back to Vancouver's frontier-town past. Your guide, a professional local actor, plays a character from the era and leads you by lamplight along cobblestone streets and back alleys, telling the story like a one-person play. Hear tales of the Great Fire, the smallpox outbreak, unsolved murders and the ghost legend of the Lady in the Well, all based on Vancouver's recorded history and real events. Unlike a typical sightseeing walk, it lets you experience Gastown in a spooky, dramatic atmosphere.

Follow an actor-guide with a lamp
into Gastown's past
Meet your guide, a professional local actor, outside Monaco Cafe on Water Street to start the tour. Follow the light of the guide's lamp along the cobblestones, past the mist of the Gastown Steam Clock and deep into the heart of old Gastown.
Meet history through a one-person play

Unlike an ordinary walking tour, your guide is a professional storyteller who plays a character and performs a one-person traveling play. Stories of heartbreak, murder and revenge unfold, and every story is based on Vancouver's recorded history and real events.
Hear chilling tales in Victorian-era back alleys

Explore the back alleys and small streets of Victorian-era Gastown while hearing about the Great Fire, the smallpox outbreak and unsolved murders. You will also discover the ghost legend of the Lady in the Well. The tour lasts about 1 hour 30 minutes and ends near 1 Water St.
※ This tour is designed for adult audiences and includes some references to mature themes.
Meeting point :
Monaco Cafe
356 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B6, Canada
Meeting point information:
Meet your guide outside Monaco Cafe at 356 Water Street to start the tour. The tour ends near 1 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2H9.
356 Water St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B6, Canada