The Rocks Pub Walking Tour: Historical Sydney Exploration with Drinks

Immerse yourself in history and indulge in drinks on The Rocks Pub Walk. Explore Sydney’s oldest pubs, hear fascinating stories and sip on craft beer, wine or cider!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Tread in the footsteps of the convicts, larrikin gangs and locals of the past as you share a drink in 4 of Sydney’s oldest pubs. Between watering holes, your guide will take you through the alleys and cobbled streets of The Rocks, Sydney’s historic area, as they share the gossip, shouts and stories of Australia’s first European settlement.
Tour includes:…

What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Beverages
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in heritage and set out on a journey through Sydney’s most foundational neighborhood with The Rocks Pub Walk. Spanning 2.5 hours, this intimate group cultural stroll takes you through four of the city’s most venerable public houses, pausing at each to enjoy a glass of locally brewed beer, a selection of wine, or a pint of cider. Unearth…

Location
Harts Pub
Gloucester Street
Departure Point: Harts Pub - Look for your guide in Harts Pub with a Dave's shirt and hat. Address: Corner of Essex and Gloucester streets, The Rocks Return point: The tour finishes at The Lord Nelson Hotel, 500 metres from the meeting point
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Michellek285
Aug 9, 2025
Amazing time and learned so much about The Rocks! - Booked this via our travel agent and had such a wonderful time! This tour takes you through the Rocks and our guide Brenton was able to really give us a thorough history of the area. We stopped at four pubs along the way and had a great drink at each. Brenton told the best stories and answered every question we had about Australia from how Sydney was founded to how rugby works. Would absolutely recommend to anyone wanting a fun time with a bit of history.
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Alexandria_b
Aug 4, 2025
Fun Sydney Tour - This tour was a great way to visit bars in The Rocks while learning about the area. We saw new spots and learned a lot during the tour while enjoying four drinks. The pubs can get very busy, but If you’re on this tour, there will be a spot reserved for the group. Doug was a great tour guide! He was knowledgeable of the area and history, and also helped us choose drinks to try. We had a great time and would recommend if you like pubs and history!
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260pamelap
Aug 3, 2025
We are Happy Customers! - After being disappointed with our Hobart Tour, Dave’s gave us our money back and invited us to new tour in Sydney. Our guide Doug was great giving us the history and stories of the pubs and the Rocks. He also guided us to our choice of beer all of which we enjoyed. We are now happy customers!
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157emileec
Jul 27, 2025
A must do for beer drinkers and history lovers - Sooo much fun and really interesting. Our guide, Colin, was fantastic! Would recommend to do while you are in Sydney. The history of the area is so incredible, including the origins of the beers we enjoyed. Our guide was extremely personable and fun to talk to.
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275lp333
Jul 19, 2025
We loved Dave’s Rick’s pub walking tour - What a fantastic afternoon highly recommend. We are from Sydney and drink st these pubs often, it was great to hear about their history
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Safari27630297206
Jun 5, 2025
Beers on the Rocks - Great tour, Dave was very knowledgeable, with great yarns and interesting facts. We visited some great pubs, and tasted some tasty brews. We would definitely recommend it.
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Averagejoe55
May 25, 2025
A lot of fun and good brews and wine - Took this tour with Brennan and had a lot of fun. The four different pubs we visited were each quite good and served excellent local beer. The stories share along the way kept the evening moving at a nice pace and made the time fly by. The distance walking between each pub was just right - less than ten minutes for each. This tour gave us a couple of new ideas of places to return to and that in itself is a great thing too.
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Pamela_p
May 25, 2025
Great beer and historical tour. - Brenton was awesome. Great history. We had so much fun. We laughed like we were old friends. He knew so much about the area and about each pub and the beers. If you want to enjoy an afternoon of conversation and beer this is your tour. Highly recommend.
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Murray
May 8, 2025
So much history and places to see - Pino did an excellent job keeping us all entertained with great history and storytelling. Visiting the old pubs and learning some history of the rocks area with a few drinks and wonderful enthusiasm from Pino was a great way to spend an evening. Well worth it.
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Joanne
May 6, 2025
The rocks History and Pub Tour - Dave Pinno was a brilliant host to the rocks tour, he even helped us to navigate our next trip to his home town of Manly. Would recommend this tour, his knowledge was amazing and he made the tour fun. The pubs visited and bar staff were also great.
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From $75
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).