Enjoy a beer or wine at each pub that you visit
Discover the fascinating history of balmain and all its character and dark stories
Learn about the gangsters, convicts and hard times of Aus back in the day whilst enjoying a nice drop
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
3 hours walking Tour
Choice of a craft beer, wine or soft drink (285ml or 10oz) at each of the 4 pubs
Local Guide
Additional food and drinks
Meeting Points
Departure
East Village Hotel Balmain
Return
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Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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If you ask a Sydneysider about Balmain, they think of 3 things: the Balmain Tigers footy team, Olympic swimming champion Dawn Fraser and pubs. Lots of pubs. In fact, Balmain has the highest pub-to-person ratio in Australia.
This 3-hour walking tour of this peninsula on Sydney Harbour covers Balmain's sordid history of escaped convicts,dodgy gangsters and corrupt politicians. In between weaving the backstreets, you'll stop for a drink of craft beer, wine or cider in 4 of the area's most iconic and oldest pubs.
You can enjoy a choice of craft beer or wine in each pub that you visit!
Tour highlights include:
Balmain's Oldest Pub
The Balmain Watch House, and stories of Balmain gangsters
The Balmain Tigers' 'Team of the Penitentiary'
Duelling colonists
The murderous confectioner
The hidden treasure of Australia's most audacious robbery- and many more tales of murder, vice and intrigue Loc