Best Self-Guided Walking Tours in Hobart (2026)

Hobart has 2 self-guided audio walking tours on Roamer, covering history. Every tour is free to start, so you can preview roughly the first 30% before you pay. The routes run from about 75 to 80 minutes and 2.6 to 3.2 km on foot, at your own pace with GPS-triggered narration.

Australia's second-oldest city, a convict-era port on the river Derwent under the shadow of a mountain, on the land of the muwinina people. Its harbour, Sullivans Cove, keeps one of the best-preserved Georgian waterfronts in the country: the great sandstone warehouses of Salamanca Place, the convict-cut Kelly's Steps, and the tiny cottages of Battery Point crowded around a village green at Arthur Circus. Around the docks stand the customs house that became a parliament, the oldest building in Tasmania, and the chapel and courts of the convict system. Beyond the town lie the harder memories of a penal island and of the near-destruction of the Tasmanian Aboriginal people. Read the sandstone port and its history at your own pace.

Self-guided walking tours in Hobart

Tour	Focus	Length	Distance	Stops
Salamanca Place: Hobart's Sandstone Waterfront	History	80 min	3.2 km	7
Sullivans Cove: The Convict Port Where Hobart Began	History	75 min	2.6 km	7

Every route above is free to start in the Roamer app, with roughly the first 30% of stops unlocked before an optional purchase.

What each tour covers

• Salamanca Place: Hobart's Sandstone Waterfront: Read Hobart's honey-coloured Georgian waterfront like a page, from the convict-cut warehouses of Salamanca Place up Kelly's Steps into the sailors' and shipwrights' village of Battery Point.
• Sullivans Cove: The Convict Port Where Hobart Began: A level walk around Hobart's working harbour reads how a convict port on the far edge of the world grew into a capital city, told soberly, with its Aboriginal history held plainly.

How much does a walking tour in Hobart cost?

Every Hobart tour is free to preview. A single tour is $4.99 for lifetime access. If you plan to take more than one, a 7-day pass is $12.99 and a 30-day pass covering every tour in every city is $19.99, which works out to well under a dollar a day. There is no group booking, no start time, and no tip.

Is Hobart good for a self-guided walking tour?

Roamer's Hobart routes cover about 2.6 to 3.2 km on foot, with up to 7 stops on the longest tour, so they are built for walking at an unhurried pace. Because the tours are self-guided, you choose when to start, how long to linger at each stop, and which stops to skip. That makes Hobart easy to explore on your own, whether you have an hour or a full afternoon.

Related walking tour guides

This guide is part of self-guided walking tours in Australia.

More cities in Australia: Melbourne, Sydney.

By theme in Hobart: History.

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