Old Hobart Pub Walking Tour: An Insight into Historic Taverns and Local Lore

Step back in time on a 1.5-hour walking tour of Hobart’s historic pubs. Uncover tales of smugglers, convicts, and local lore while exploring the city’s taverns. Browse our tour now!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hobart - Join the Old Hobart Pub Tour and learn about old taverns, pubs, brothels, smugglers, convicts and the characters involved.
What's Included
  • Local guide
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Experience the historic pubs of Hobart on a guided 90-minute stroll. Dive into the city’s past as you explore its former taverns, drinking establishments, houses of ill-repute, tales of illicit traffickers, prisoners, and other intriguing stories. While beverages are not part of the tour cost, there’s the opportunity to buy your own. Enjoy the intimacy…

Location
Tasmanian Travel & Information Centre
Elizabeth Street
Departure Point: Hobart Travel & Information Centre Corner of Davey and Elizabeth Streets
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Sightsee58431334248
Oct 17, 2024
Gem of a tour - What a gem of a tour. I was in the Info Centre and all the staff but one were busy. I had a simple question which the person answered but then they said they were actually not part of the Info Centre and were dressed with a name tag as they were running a pub tour. I was sold! The next day Sebastian escorted us around the city and had a great deal of history at his finger-tips. I just didn't realise how old, old Hobart actually is. Great stories from the past. I've been to the highest pub in Australia - Ravenshoe and now the second oldest. I'm starting to see a pattern ...
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Melanie_d
Oct 5, 2024
Fantastic, informative - Matthew, our tour guide was fantastic!!! He was so knowledgeable and made the walking tour so much fun!
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851caryns
Sep 21, 2024
Fun times - What an interesting tour we took , loved the old pubs that we frequented . Suggested drink to try is a buttered hot rum 🍹 our guide was knowledgeable and very considerate of the cold weather we were experiencing . Lots of laughs and humour
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Lorraine_h
Mar 3, 2024
Fantastic - Sebastian was a wonderful guide his Knowledge of the area was fantastic And made the trip very interesting
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Ann_m
Feb 8, 2024
Pub Tour with Maggie - It was a terrific tour that provided a really good intoduction to the convict history, the many pubs of Hobart. Maggie brought it all alive brilliantly. We were a group of friends from Perth, WA and we all loved the tour.
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Graham_g
Apr 14, 2024
A Pleasant Evening. - Sebastion is a pleasant and friendly young man who has a good knowledge of his subject. He was on time and took pains to communicate his subject. We had an enjoyable time with him.
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John_m
Mar 17, 2024
Disappointing - Nothing to share as disappointed in the tour as only visited one old pub, the other was not an old pub
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Susan_s
Feb 17, 2024
History tour - Good history of settlement of Hobart. Great group. Expected more pub stops, but those two were nice.
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X9084cvalic
Sep 21, 2024
Not a pub tour - I booked this for 5pm on a Saturday night thinking it would be great to learn about & visit the old pubs of Hobart. Unfortunately we spent 90% of our tour outside on the streets in the cold at night. Out guide was very knowledgeable but gave us a general history tour instead. We visited one old pub and had the opportunity to buy a drink there and be warm inside for about 10 mins. We walked past a few spots that used to be pubs with very little information given about them. Mostly governors, clergy, parks and whaling etc. we finished at our second pub ‘Irish Murphy’s’ …not an old pub of Hobart…huddled in a corner with no opportunity to buy a drink and more historical information not relating to pubs 🤷‍♀️. It felt rude to be taking up 7 chairs in someone’s establishment without purchasing to begin with. I was relieved when it ended and a few of us decided to find out own ‘old pub’ to try and have the experience that we thought we had signed up and paid for! Suggest they rename the tour as it is deceiving. The one pub we did visit and hear the history of was excellent…more of this if you are going to call it a pub tour.
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Mymaschere
Apr 7, 2024
A bit of a let down - With many fine OLD pubs in Hobart you'd think this would be a screamer. We saw abou 8 or 10 pubs. Stopped in the first for a drink (pay for your own), wandered past many. Stopped inside another for a look. Pastb a few more and finished inside a last. No drinks. Maybe I was judging by food walking tours I've done elsewhere, you geta taste and some info. Certainly Tassie has plenty of breweries so you could easily do some sampling. Not a schooner each time, but you can get tasting glasses at verious places.
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