Vancouver Holiday History and Hot Chocolate Tour

Overview

Available languages

English

1 hour 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

This holiday season, step inside downtown’s grandest heritage buildings and hear the tales of intrigue, jealousy, and murder that lurk inside their walls. Start your adventure with a hot chocolate from award-winning Trees cafe. With warm cocoa in hand, delight in holiday displays in our city’s grandest hotels and finish off with a private viewing inside Vancouver's Art Deco masterpiece, the Marine Building. What better way to celebrate the holidays in Vancouver?

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Hot Chocolate - Dairy and Non-Dairy Options available

Guide

Gratuities

Private transportation

What To Expect

We'll start the walking tour here with a warm cup of organic hot chocolate from legendary Vancouver cafe, Trees!

5 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Vancouver Art Gallery

Built in 1906 as the city's courthouse, this neo-classical beauty is one of the city's most loved heritage buildings. Just wait till you hear the story of what happened to the architect who designed it!

10 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Options

Vancouver Holiday History and Hot Chocolate Tour

Reviews

5.00

8 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

A most wonderful way to get to know Vancouver
TannisRob,
Apr 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We have done most of the Forbidden City Walking Tours and enjoy all of them. This one was just as awesome! We were taken all over the downtown portion of Vancouver, and heard so many stories! The best part is at the last stop - the Marine Building. It is stunning!!
Art deco treat
Zachary H,
Mar 27, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
best tour on our trip. guide was acoomodating and very knowledgeable and friendly. couldn't have asked for a better art deco treat!
Entertaining walking tour
RaeRaeC,
Dec 30, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Such a fun activity and a great way to learn more about the history and the scandalous past of Vancouver. Glenn was our storyteller and he was very entertaining and also checked in with all members of the group to ensure everyone was ok and following along. Highly recommend for both lower maintains locals and tourists to the area. Also the hot chocolate from Trees was delicious!
An amazing experience with Aislynn!
Melanie S,
Dec 15, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had a great time on our tour of Vancouver with Aislynn. We learned so many interesting things about the scandalous history of this beautiful city. If you love history or just enjoy an interesting and engaging storyteller, I highly recommend that you book this tour! We also enjoyed checking out all of the beautiful hotels decked out for the holidays. Thank you Aislynn!
Great experience!
H8072XNjackieb,
Dec 11, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Highly recommend taking a tour with Forbidden Vancouver. Rob was our tour guide and was incredibly knowledgable, friendly, and entertaining. We took the hot chocolate history tour and it was exactly what we were hoping it would be. We learned a lot and got to see some beautiful buildings and some holiday decorations. The tour was well organized. Rob made sure everyone could hear/see and kept a good pace throughout. Very impressed and would happily take more tours from them.
Great introductory tour
Ambygirl92,
Dec 5, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great introductory tour to Vancouver. The guide was very knowledgeable and added humor to the history. He did a great job of keeping track of the group on the busy streets and showing us some lovely buildings
Such a fun and informative tour!
Zachary H,
Nov 25, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Will was such an informative and fun tour host who explained part of Vancouver’s histories I’ve never heard before. The hot chocolate was amazing and the tour featured a lot of architectural descriptions which I find fascinating. Including a lot of art deco buildings to look at. Thank you, Will!
Excellent tour
Farnoosh T,
Nov 22, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We really enjoyed learning about our own city and especially the history of the buildings we see from outside everyday. We didn’t want the tour to end! Our guide was great too!