Small-Group Tour: Charleston Old Walled City Historical Walking Tour

You have found the best tour in Charleston! Our Small Group Tour takes 15 people max, allowing for questions and photo opps. This leisurely stroll through the city's oldest neighborhoods is a 2-hour guided experience. Follow your licensed guide as they delve into the history, legends, and culture of Charleston, one of America's great cities. Explore the historic French Quarter and admire the stately mansions South of Broad Street, viewing virtually intact blocks of 200-year-old houses that stand among the best in North America. Your Charleston walking tour concludes at the "High Cotton" mansions along the High Battery and take in breathtaking views of e Charleston harbor and Fort Sumter, where the American Civil War began. Our guides have extensive knowledge of both Charleston and National history, and your input might inspire a changein direction! We hope that when we part ways, you will share our passion for Charleston, America’s Most Historic City!

1. 1

   Circular Congregational Church

   20 min

   This congregation has worshipped on site since 1681. The church of the Colonial townspeople contains an incredible collection of clearly legible slate tombstones from the eighteenth century. Narration in the graveyard.

2. 2

   The Powder Magazine

   5 min

   A city under constant seige built a gunpowder storage facility by 1713. It is the oldest surviving public structure between St Augustine and Williamsburg. Sidewalk narration.

3. 3

   St. Philip's Anglican Church

   10 min

   The oldest Congregation in the Carolinas (1680) was the Church of Planters and Politicians. National figures, including signers of the Declaration and the Constitution , are at rest in the graveyard. Sidewalk and graveyard narration.

4. 4

   French Huguenot Church

   5 min

   This elegant Gothic Revival Church is home to the only active French Calvinist congregation in North America. They have worshiped on site since 1706.

5. 5

   Dock Street Theater

   5 min

   An 18th century style playhouse built as a WPA project in 1937. It is built on the very site of the first playhouse built in British North America in 1736.

6. 6

   Stop 6

   5 min

   This intersection has been dedicated to public use since 1680. Ripleys Believe It or Not! deems it the only intersection worldwide where the four governing laws of mankind intersect. Sidewalk narration.

7. 7

   Old Slave Mart Museum

   5 min

   The only surving structure in Charleston used as a showroom for slave sales houses a museum chronicling the sordid history of Slavery in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

8. 8

   Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon

   7 min

   This Revolutionary War Museum was the scene of events that founded the Nation. President Washington was entertained here four times in 1791. Sidewalk narrative.

9. 9

   St. Michael's Church

   7 min

   the oldest surving church(1761) was targeted during the British Seige in 1780 and the Federal Seige from 1863-1865. Two signers of the Constitution are at rest in the graveyard.

10. 10

    Rainbow Row

    5 min

    A grouping of 18th century commercial buildings painted lovely pastels that harken back to Charleston's early connections to Barbados, Antigua and Nevis. Sidewalk Narration.

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    Stop 11

    10 min

    Grand waterfront mansions, many built in the first half of the 19th century as party palaces for the Winter Season. It was from one of these houses the General Pierre Beauregard gave orders to Fire at Fort Sumter, commencing the first battle of the Civil War.Sidewalk narration.

12. 12

    Fort Sumter National Monument

    8 min

    View Fort Sumter from the High Battery seawall. Hear the story of the siege and bombardment of both Fort Sumter and Charleston's civilian population. Hear about the dramatic fall of the city after 587 days.Sidewalk narrative.

13. 13

    Nathaniel Russell House

    10 min

    We enter the garden at the Russell House (1808) to discuss horticulture and garden design. We discuss the layout of a an 18th century Charleston property. And then there is the story of the joggling board! Garden narration, no house admittance.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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