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Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour of Banff Avenue & Central Park

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Overview

Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you explore incredible Banff! On this 5 km (return) sightseeing tour, you'll explore Banff's past and present as we point out historical buildings, sculptures, sights & attractions. Highlights include the Banff Administration Building, Luxton Home Museum, Central Park & the Cascades of Time Gardens! Don't just see the beauty of Banff, hear what it has to say! GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary automatically plays. The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your answer. Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch crowded tour groups, tight schedules & high prices. Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route. The number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to. Trust the platform with over 75 tours & 25,000+ happy customers!

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Tour starts on the Banff Avenue bridge.

Language Offered

English-AUDIO

English-WRITTEN

Itinerary

1. Buffalo Nations Museum

Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you explore incredible Banff! On this 5 km (return) sightseeing tour, you'll explore Banff's past as well as it's present as we point out historical buildings, sculptures, sights & attractions. Highlights include the Banff Administration Building, Luxton Home Museum, Central Park & the Cascades of Time Gardens! Don't just see the beauty of Banff, hear what it has to say! Live GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary will automatically play. The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your guess at the answer. Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch the crowded tour groups, tight schedules and high prices. Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route. Note: the number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.

Duration: 5 mins

2. Banff National Park Administration Building

You'll be in awe at this incredible building. While you stare (it's ok to stare in this case), we'll tell you all about it!

Duration: 5 mins

3. Cascade Gardens

Discover this magical 4-acre park built in the 1930s that features gardens terraced into the scenic hillside. The garden includes two separate points of interest you'll experience: the Cambrian & Devonian pavilions.

Duration: 15 mins

4. Banff Pedestrian Bridge

As you stare out over the majestic Bow River from the pedestrian bridge, we'll tell you about all about the man known as Mr. Banff!

Duration: 5 mins

5. Buffalo Street & Muskrat Street

See if you can find the elevation marker (looks like a coin) that's implanted in the sidewalk. While you look, we'll tell you what it means!

Duration: 5 mins

6. 514 Buffalo St

We'll point out the Crandell Peck Cabin, one of Banff's oldest buildings. It was built by the original owner, Edward Henry Crandell in 1907, using almost entirely locally sourced materials.

Duration: 5 mins

7. Buffalo Street & Otter Street

Any idea what an inukshuk is? We'll point one out and tell you all about it.

Duration: 5 mins

8. 525 Buffalo St #521

You'll stroll by the Banff Powerstation and learn how it powered the town's streetlights and homes in 1905.

Duration: 5 mins

9. Ken Madsen Path

While you venture down the scenic path, we'll tell you a bit about the history of Banff.

Duration: 5 mins

10. 117 Grizzly St

We'll point out one of Canada's historic places, the Tarry-a-while residence. This was the home of Mary Schaffer Warren. Mary was well-known for her early explorations, writings and paintings chronicling the Canadian Rockies.

Duration: 5 mins

11. Otter Street & Caribou Street

While you walk to the next point of interest, we'll keep things 'cool' and tell you about Banff's climate!

Duration: 5 mins

12. The Luxton Home Museum

You'll see the historic home, which features a glimpse into the life of this pioneer family, and of Banff, over a period of nine decades.

Duration: 5 mins

13. Caribou Street & Banff Avenue

You'll take in Caribou Corner while we tell you about when the Brewster family came to Banff in 1886 and set-up shop right here.

Duration: 5 mins

14. 204 Banff Ave

We'll point out the four sentries sculpture, a mainstay on Banff Ave.

Duration: 5 mins

15. Box 3100

We'll point out a big mural on Banff Ave that depicts the Cave & Basin site, which is the perfect opportunity to tell you all about it!

Duration: 5 mins

16. Banff Visitor Information Centre

We'll point out the visitor centre where you can get more information on the all the amazing things to do in the area.

Duration: 5 mins

17. St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

We'll tell you about this beautiful church that was built in 1930, but the story starts well before that as St. Paul’s church was established in 1887.

Duration: 5 mins

18. Banff Avenue & Elk Street

Go ahead and have a seat at the fire, warm up a bit! Well, it's made of stone, so we'll just tell you about the monument instead.

Duration: 5 mins

19. Caribou Street & Bear Street

You'll see the old Cascade lodge, home to the Banff Freemasons.

Duration: 5 mins

20. Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

You'll learn about the museum, which seeks to preserve and make accessible the history and culture of the Rocky Mountains.

Duration: 5 mins

21. Central Park

You'll take a stroll through Central park, and we'll tell you about a big pile of rocks in the middle. Seriously.

Duration: 5 mins

22. Banff Park Museum

You'll learn about the National Historic Site of Canada, which was established in 1895. It's purpose was to house an exhibit of taxidermy mounted specimens of animals, plants and minerals associated with the park.

Duration: 5 mins

23. Banff Avenue & Buffalo Street

We'll point out the Dave Whyte block, which has significant heritage value as one of the oldest remaining, largely intact, commercial buildings in Banff.

Duration: 5 mins

24. 107 Banff Ave

You'll see Harmony Lane, a prominent commercial building built in the rustic National Park style, with beautiful river stone pillars.

Duration: 5 mins

25. Rundle United (Ralph Connor Memorial United Church)

Learn about the man behind the church's name, from the man himself! Er, our tour guide Don doing his best Mr. Rundle impersonation I mean.

Duration: 5 mins

26. Beaver Street & Buffalo Street

You'll see the Superintendent's Residence and learn about the responsibilities of the Park Superintendent, who live here.

Duration: 5 mins

27. Royal Canadian Legion Col. Moore Branch 26

Finally, you'll see the Banff Legion and the cenotaph that was built out front in 1920!

Duration: 5 mins

28. Parks Administration Building

You'll see this amazing building!

29. All In The Wild Gallery

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time as you like here.

30. Banff Avenue

You'll walk up and down this famous Avenue during the tour.

31. Canada House Art Gallery

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time as you like here.

32. Cascade Shops

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time as you like here.

33. Ink Pots

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time as you like here.

34. Surprise Corner

Not a point of interest on the tour, but you'll pass by and can spend as much time as you like here.