Newcastle Afoot Walking Tours and Local Experiences

Cultural and Theme Tours

Newcastle Afoot’s walking tours and local experiences are the ultimate guide to Newcastle, taking you on an adventure through the past, present and future of their beautiful city. Newcastle Afoot’s small group tours give you a choice between heritage and street art walks, eat and drink tours, and local experiences through inner city suburbs away from the usual tourist centres.

Newcastle Afoot also run informative school excursions fun and challenging scavenger hunts for large groups and teams.

Services

$60

The ultimate way to get to know Newcastle. Seascapes to Laneways walk is five-star rated on all review sites, and it is a great for those recently arrived in Newcastle as well as locals who want to learn more about their city.

Newcastle Afoot created this tour to provide a fun introduction to Newcastle’s fascinating history and modern day cultural delights. Travelling by foot from beaches to laneways, you explore highlights of the thriving new arts scene and learn about how new businesses have revitalised the city centre.

You will also explore Newcastle’s heritage by learning about Aboriginal heritage, colonial, maritime, and industrial life, and secret architectural wonders.

Disabled Access

Family Friendly

$90

Come on a fun and social walking tour of Newcastle West and discover the stories of their boozy history. You will enjoy a delicious exploration of three of Newcastle’s best and classiest small bars.

On this walking tour they visit three of Newcastle’s best small venues and try specialty food from each (think gourmet arancini, sliders, seasonal tapas or similar). Along the way you will be entertained with interesting stories about Newcastle’s unique history, drinking culture and radical movements. Their tour changes regularly to capture the best festivals and once off events.

They will give you recommendations for your drink purchases, or you can have a chat to the small bar managers for ideas as you go.

Disabled Access

From $80 to $110

Newcastle Afoot Local Experiences are private local tours on foot for those who want to get from Newcastle what no guidebook or internet search could offer. You will be shown little-known pockets of inner city neighbourhoods and get to know the Newcastle community in a deeper level.

You will spend three hours with Newcastle Afoot’s owner Becky, wandering through her local suburbs and exploring her favourite streets, old hidden houses, inner-city wineries, waterways, and cafes. This experience includes food and tastings and introductions to local business owners.

Disabled Access

Family Friendly Pet Friendly - Enquire

$50

The best way to explore this beautiful city and delve into Newcastle’s history, stunning historic architecture and recently developed public spaces with a local from the creative scene. You will see some of Newcastle’s most exciting new street art from The Big Picture Fest and hear some of the stories of how the murals were made.

Disabled Access

Pet Friendly - Enquire

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