Port Angeles Underground Heritage Tour
2 h
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Tour departs from the Port Angeles Visitor Center in downtown Port Angeles. You will head through and explore the city’s underground on a fully guided tour. Even seeing areas in the underground unavailable to the general public.
The tour starts with a fascinating explanation of the history of the city and the construction of the Underground including images of Port Angeles in the early 1900s. Learn about the reasoning for raising the city and what it was like at the time.
After learning the history, the last 90 minutes of the tour will focus on a stroll through the downtown core to visit rediscovered basements and long-forgotten tunnels under the city streets. Also stop in at the city’s original movie theater and venture into a hidden brothel above an unassuming family shoe store. There are several short flights of stairs and multiple opportunities to sit down and listen to stories during the tour.
Your tour guide is a local historian and expert on the city’s underground past.
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The tour starts with a fascinating explanation of the history of the city and the construction of the Underground including images of Port Angeles in the early 1900s. Learn about the reasoning for raising the city and what it was like at the time.
After learning the history, the last 90 minutes of the tour will focus on a stroll through the downtown core to visit rediscovered basements and long-forgotten tunnels under the city streets. Also stop in at the city’s original movie theater and venture into a hidden brothel above an unassuming family shoe store. There are several short flights of stairs and multiple opportunities to sit down and listen to stories during the tour.
Your tour guide is a local historian and expert on the city’s underground past.
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Tourism
90%
Cultural
80%
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