Gray Line City Tour with Charleston Museum Admission
Description
On this historical Charleston tour, journey back in time as your guide reveals the beauty and charm of one of America's most historic cities. Learn about the history of Charleston and discover its pivotal role in American history with visits to more than 100 points of interest including Rainbow Row, Colonial Lake, the Old Exchange Building and Whitepoint Gardens. Bonus: Included with your City Tour is admission to America's first museum, The Charleston Museum located in downtown Charleston. Make your way there for a self-guided tour of this popular attraction.
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Enjoy a guided tour of Charleston by mini-coach and learn about the city’s significant history. With your professional guide, explore the former city walls; visit the famous Battery Waterfront district; and stop at Charleston’s picturesque Battery Sea Wall for closer views of Charleston Harbor, Fort Sumter and Patriots Point. This tour will entertain you with more than 300 years of Charleston’s rich history, from the American Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Learn from your guide about the city’s pivotal role in America's history with visits to famous sites such as Rainbow Row, Colonial Lake, the Old Exchange Building and Whitepoint Gardens. Bonus: Included with your City Tour is admission to America's first museum, The Charleston Museum located in downtown Charleston. Make your way there for a self-guided tour of this popular attraction.
Visit the famous Battery Waterfront district; and stop at Charleston’s picturesque Battery Sea Wall for closer views of Charleston Harbor, Fort Sumter and Patriots Point.
Included with your City Tour is admission to America's first museum, The Charleston Museum located in downtown Charleston. Make your way there for a self-guided tour of this popular attraction.
Visit the famous Battery Waterfront district; and stop at Charleston’s picturesque Battery Sea Wall for closer views of Charleston Harbor, Fort Sumter and Patriots Point.
Visit the famous Battery Waterfront district; and stop at Charleston’s picturesque Battery Sea Wall for closer views of Charleston Harbor, Fort Sumter and Patriots Point.
This tour will entertain you with more than 300 years of Charleston’s rich history, from the American Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Learn from your guide about the city’s pivotal role in America's history with visits to famous sites such as Rainbow Row, Colonial Lake, the Old Exchange Building and Whitepoint Gardens.
Learn from your guide about the city’s pivotal role in America's history with visits to famous sites such as Rainbow Row, Colonial Lake, the Old Exchange Building and Whitepoint Gardens.
You'll also see St Phillips Episcopal Church, the Public Market and more than 100 other points of interest. It's a great comprehensive overview of this charming historical city!
Historic home located in downtown Charleston
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please plan to arrive at least 10-15 minutes prior to departure to allow for check-in and boarding
Reviews(181)
It was very enjoyable but not for 8 and 12 year old. Our driver knew her history and was a good driver. A little too folksy and chatty for me 🤷♀️
We had the best time with Brandon. He was so engaging and had the best stories about the city! Perfect amount of walking and talking
We booked a Grayline bus tour of old Charleston (there are several other lines that operate the same basic route). Meeting the bus was easy, we were very comfortable, and our driver/tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly.
Our tour guide John was absolutely phenomenal. He was a perfect combination of funny, educational, and historian. This tour was great because we got to see everything from the battery to the historic area, both sides of the river but you don’t get with a walking tour. There wasn’t a question we asked that he didn’t know the answer to. Every street was packed with historical facts, stories about architecture, history, and the city and the war. My ticket included a ticket to the museum, which was quite phenomenal. Don’t hesitate book now.
Thank you for the fantastic review! We’re so happy to hear John made your experience so memorable with his knowledge, humor, and storytelling. It’s wonderful to know you enjoyed both the tour and museum experience, we truly appreciate the recommendation!
We tried to go to the museum the day before our bus tour. We did not realize that our museum ticket was given to us at the tour bus.
Went well n affordable xxxxxxxx
The bus driver/tour guide was very informative and entertaining! Very patient with traffic (foot and vehicle) and passengers. Enjoyed the tour! Parking adjacent in structure since lot at visitor center was full. Would recommend to do for a good feel of the City. Lots of history and awesome architectural houses to see.
It was a great tour I wish I remembered our guide's name I can't but he was super knowledgeable he said he was obsessed with history and he knew everything literally I used to live here and they were things I didn't know that I learned today
You gain so much information and see many parts of Charleston in 90 minutes. John was a great guide and we also went to Charleston Museum which was very interesting
My husband and I both love history and thought we would get a little bit more of that on this tour. In addition, there was a food and wine festival going on the same weekend and the normal meeting place was the visitor center, and when we tried to follow the directions on where to go on meeting Street, they basically told us that that parking lot was closed. You would think you would receive some sort of notification about an alternative location that the bus would be picking us up from, but never received any message from the tour operator or from TripAdvisor. The tour operator said that I may not have gotten the message because it was booked from a third-party which I thought was a ridiculous excuse. When we called the tour operator, we were rescheduled on another tour at noon for the same meeting point where we supposedly were supposed to take our earlier tour, I wasn’t feeling very confident so I called again and another person told us that the meeting location had changed to the Charleston museum. Very frustrating because it messed up the only day we had because we were originally booked at 10:30 but had to go later. The operator accommodated us doing the Charleston museum tour first before our rescheduled bus tour at 12 which was nice.
