Sydney Sights Free Walking Tour
10:30am daily
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- 10:30am daily
- 2½ to 3 hour walking tour
- FREE (Pay what you think it's worth)
- Tour starts at Town Hall Square (on George St between Town Hall & St Andrew's Cathedral)
Explore Sydney's Sights
During this 2½-3 hour, easy-walking tour we will uncover the history and explore the sites of Australia’s most popular city. Your friendly and knowledgeable Sydney tour guide will give you insights into the people, places and events of our sun kissed city.
From the Town Hall we will explore Sydney’s beginnings and development from it’s early days as a convict colony right up to the major developments that have made Sydney the world city that it is today. We’ll also cover things to see and do in Sydney especially those that are free, to make your stay as enjoyable as possible.
We've got Sydney covered
– Sydney Opera House
– The Harbour Bridge
– The Rock’s District
– Circular Quay
– Sydney Tower
– Events & Transport
– Free things to do & see
– Hyde Park Barracks
– The ‘Rum’ Hospital
– St Mary’s Cathedral
– Customs House
– Parliament House
– Macquarie Street
– Pitt St Shopping Mall
– Martin Place
– St Andrew’s Cathedral
– Cadman’s Cottage
– Reserve Bank of Australia Museum
– Australia Square
– Hilton Bombing
– Underground Tunnels
– Hidden Bar culture
– Queen Victoria Building
– Laneways & Art
– Hyde Park
– Town Hall
– Sydney’s first cemetery
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Please note: We aren’t able to accept groups of 10+ or school / tertiary education groups of any size on the free tours. Instead we offer Private Tours. Separate registration of large groups will not be accepted on the day as it affects the tour for everyone else.
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How are we free?
Our tours are offered on a “pay what you think it’s worth” model so people of any budget are able to turn up and enjoy the tour to discover and learn about our great city.
Join a Tour
10:30am daily
Please note: We aren’t able to accept groups of 10+ or organised, school or tertiary education groups of any size on the free tours. Instead we offer Private Tours. Separate registration of large groups will not be accepted on the day as it affects the tour for everyone else.
At I'm Free we're all about
All I’m Free guides are experienced and knowledgeable locals who are excited to show you around their hometown.
We’re all about being real! Each of us will share with you our honest, local advice about where to explore, eat or drink. We are never paid to promote or advertise to you.
We will share with you the unique and quirky stories of our city as well as the history behind our main attractions.
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FAQs
Yes, we require bookings so that we can manage numbers and guide availability.
Unfortunately, no. Our scheduled tours are designed for individuals and small groups. Instead we can organise a private tour for you, so get in touch an email and we can talk.
Nope. Not due to weather, we walk rain, hail or shine!
We do however, take the current health situation very seriously. In the unlikely event that your guide is at all unwell before the tour and we can’t replace the guide at short notice we may have reschedule. Equally if you’re not feeling well please let us know and we’ll be happy to reschedule your booking to another time when you’re feeling 100%.
Thank you for thinking of us. Yes we can accept, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB and eftpos cards as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay & Samsung Pay. 
Yes. The ‘Sydney Sights’ tour is accessible to both pram and wheelchairs.
At the moment we only offer tours in English.
It can be tricky to find the group once they are under way.
That said we give 5 minutes for people to turn up late and then are at the start point for a few minutes after that.
From there we walk to George St and head north (left) to the southern entrance of the QVB. We then head inside the QVB to the middle of the building and then back out to George St where we continue north (left) along George St and then east (right) along Market St to the south end of Pitt St Mall. From there we continue east along Market St to Hyde Park where we stop near the Archibald fountain at the northern end of Hyde Park.
Thank you for thinking of others to create spaces for them to join.
If you need to cancel or change the date of your booking there is a link in your confirmation email that allows you to do that.
If you need to change the number of people in your booking get in touch and we can adjust it for you.
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