Landemærker Downtown-West Walking Tour

The guide David did a wonderful job explaining in detail the history of each building on the tour. He also brought along a handy notebook containing vintage photos showing what the buildings/streets looked like over a 100 years ago. I HIGHLY recommend anybody interested in St Louis history to take both the East and West tour even if you THINK you know a lot lol.

We really enjoyed the tour! All of the sights were interesting, and our guide (Dave) also knew a lot about many buildings along the route. Our city has so much history and beauty, and we could tell Dave loves the city like we do! Looking forward to more exploring!

Being a St Louis area native I know a lot about the history of the city.However, I learned a whole lot more having a fantastic and accommodating guide like Dave from Landmark.He took us inside Union Station,the main library and the soldiers memorial among others. Dave explained in detail and handy photos he brought along the history of the west side of St Louis. After doing this tour and the St Louis East tour I highly recommend those interested in St Louis to book a tour!

We enjoyed the experience very much and plan to take in, on our own time, some of the sites we visited but didn't have enough time to explore. It was a great day for all of us. My only critique, and it's a minor one, would be that I believe there is a story to weave together there that wasn't done. It was more about the architecture than the development of a city. I'm sure there are interesting things about each site that could be woven into the story. The bit about the film Monuments Men is an example of how a larger story could be told. We plan on doing these east tour next!

Very knowledgeable guide. Small group. Comfortable pace. Learned a lot about St. Louis architecture and history even though I grew up here.

Charlie was very kind, patient, and easy to approach. Love all the anecdotes and pictures. Had a great time.

Great discovery of St. Louis. Charles was a nice guide. Interesting historical facts, nice architectural tour as well. I recommend this tour.

We really enjoyed our walking tour in St Louis. Warren and Sharon were delightful guides. They were knowledgeable, attentive and fun. It was really interesting to hear the history of the area around where we were staying. This activity definitely ensured we got more from our visit. We enjoyed meeting the other people in the group and had a great morning.

Terrific architectural sights and historical information about St Louis West city area

My review is based on my husband's and my experience at the Landmark West Walking Tour on Sept. 13, 2025, with the tour guide at that time. We have lived in St. Louis for over 20 years and are familiar with the building,s but we wanted to learn about their architecture as advertised. Our guide introduced himself as a retired history teacher who taught at a local catholic private school. During the tour, it was evident that he did not know much about the architecture of the buildings, and knew more about the history of St. Louis. He pointed out buildings by name and would very briefly talk about the history of the building, but not about their architecture. In fact, I had to ask him to talk about the architecture, but his knowledge was evidently very limited. He seemed to know more of the city's history after he repeatedly pointed to the Stifel Theater as Kiel Auditorium without explaining that the building has been called Stifel Theater since 2018. In fact, Kiel auditorium closed its doors in 1991 and sat empty for 2 decades, re-opened as Peabody Opera House before it became Stifel Theater in 2018 - a fact our guide failed to mention. Beyond the guide's lack of knowledge about the building's architecture, he would also rant about his political and religious beliefs and ideologies, which were highly inappropriate for the tour. He also talked about his racial biases when he referred to St. Louis as a Catholic City that changed gears to accept refugee muslims - again, highly inappropriate! This is supposed to be about the architecture of landmark buildings. I had heard some really good things about this tour from friends, and we decided to try it out for ourselves. We left the tour after only about an hour when we realized our tour guide was not knowledgeable about the architecture and was more apt to rant about his political and religious beliefs. I'm sure this company has other tour guides who are more knowledgeable and better trained.