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• The scariest part was the uninvited stranger who joined our tour

  Banense,

  Nov 19, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  4.00

  I love ghost tours and have done them in other cities like Montreal, Kingston, Ottawa, and Barrie. Always a good way to learn interesting local history and lore. So had to do this one on my first trip to Vancouver. The tour was 1.5 hour long and our guide Vanessa was fantastic, a real professional actress. She was immersed in character and engaging and interactive. She would give one person her lantern to hold at each stop on the tour, and give you a Werther's candy as a thank you. Her professionalism was tested when during our tour, some random guy decided to glom on to our tour. She politely reminded him that the tour was for paying customers only and offered him information to book his own, but he insisted on staying saying he lived there and it was his right to go anywhere he wanted. He followed our tour for a while, and what's worse isn't that he was just there but that he was getting into people's personal space and being purposely annoying and creepy, people said he was probably drunk. After a while of this eventually one of the guests on the tour had enough and he confronted the guy, threatening to call the police, and put his body in between him and the group. A few other guys started exchanging words with this man and he finally left. Vanessa was such a pro that she kept her cool and remembered all her lines even when being distracted by this hanger-on, and she went right back into character. Honestly, this was the scariest part of the tour. That being said, this tour was a little different than other ghost tours I've been on and not really so much about the ghosts (although some of it was) but about the history of Gastown and its past characters. Some memorable to be sure, but if you're expecting to go from site to site being told about the ghosts of all the buildings, it's not like that. Instead, it's an actor as a historical character storytelling about the goings-on of early Vancouver. There were a few sad and creepy stories but mostly not. I later looked up some of the allegedly haunted buildings in Gastown and they weren't even mentioned on the tour (like the Old Spaghetti Factory for instance). Still, it's interesting to learn local history and I would do one of these tours again (like the Stanley Park one) if I ever return to Vancouver, and would recommend it to others. Just know it's not really a traditional ghost tour, more of a storytelling historical tour with a few ghost stories peppered throughout.

  

• Awesome experience

  Tammy M,

  Nov 1, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Our tour was outstanding. Our guide was an amazing storyteller. We leaned a lot about Vancouver history and just over an hour was perfect. We had the added benefit of it being Halloween so lots of fun costumes to see.

• This was the coolest thing

  538sidw,

  Oct 26, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  This was the coolest thing! The tour was extremely enjoyable despite the rain. Our storyteller/guide Cole aka George was wonderful. His tales felt real and gave me a feeling of emotional connection with the events and people he was telling us about. So glad I went on the tour. Thank you! 🙏👍💕☺️

• Amy missed her vocation

  kirs2nb,

  Oct 24, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We did our tour with Amy who was a great guide and she has clearly missed a vocation to be on the stage. She did really well in ushering a large group across many roads and really took time by sharing her lantern to involve as many of the group as possible for a really cohesive feel. Her storytelling was fantastic and she really taught us a lot about the history of Gastown, and that gassy Jack even came from where we live……Yorkshire. My only observation is that on the ticket it said 90 minutes and to end at 8:30 but Amy was still going at 8:50 and we realised we were going to be late for our dinner reservations, so felt quite distracted towards the end. I can see on the website it says 1 1/2 to 2 hours so maybe the ticket could be changed could reflect this and therefore avoid any misunderstanding. Great value and well done Amy for keeping the group engaged and with more than a few laughs thrown in as well.

• HISTORY thru the back allies of VBC

  Karen D,

  Oct 21, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Zoie was animated, personal and had a fun humor about her. Truly enjoyed the experience, her period appropriate clothing and the gin flask!

• Must do

  audreystcyr,

  Oct 20, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had an incredible experience with our guide Billy ! Kept us interested the whole time ! I highly recommend if you want to discover more about Vancouver :)

• Amazing !

  amyliem2025,

  Oct 20, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Thanks to Billy for the amazing tour! We had a great time learning about Vancouver and it’s history. Highly recommend!!

• Kennedy, A Master Storyteller

  overbaughbunch,

  Oct 19, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Kennedy brought us along his journey through the past with stories wrought with tragedy, perseverance and rebuilding. His description of the events coupled with his enthusiastic rendition were enjoyable from the first moment to the last stop.

• Beautiful storytelling and history

  Zachary P,

  Oct 17, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Vanessa is such a talented guide! She really brought the history to LIFE and gave the characters such humanity. I will think about this experience for many years to come.

• Overall a great storytelling experience

  3elijahr,

  Oct 17, 2025

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Very fun and informative tour of gas town. Cole was very performative and had excellent story telling skills. Very fun way to start a trip.

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