Charleston Historical and Cultural Walking Tour

We pride ourselves on researched history and anecdotes of the city and its people. We try to tailor the tour to our guests' interests and make connections to further explain Charleston's history and make it fun.....not just another boring history lesson! Come see what makes Charleston such special place to visit. Whether being your first visit or your twentieth, Charleston always has more to see and learn! We keep learning as well!

Meeting Point

122 E Bay St

122 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA

We meet on the north side of the building. There is a tree and two park benches next to a Gillon Street (cobblestone).

What's included:

• Tour guide

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon

122 E Bay St, , Charleston, 29401-2103, South Carolina

Our starting point is one of the most historical buildings in South Carolina, c. 1771. The Declaration of Independence was read here in 1776, it was used a British prison for roughy two years during the American Revolution, US Constitution ratified in SC in 1788, George Washington was entertained during week-long visit in May 1791, plus many more events.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Rainbow Row

83-107 E Bay St # 107, , Charleston, 29401-2544, South Carolina

See the longest row of attached Georgian row houses in the country. These were mariner's stores in the 18th & 19th centuries. Restored in the 1930's during Charleston's preservation efforts to a bright Caribbean color scheme.

5 minutes

Old Slave Mart Museum

6 Chalmers St, , Charleston, 29401-3005, South Carolina

Known as Ryan's Slave Mart in the 1850's, this building was an auction site of the interstate slave trade. We will speak about Charleston's role in the slave trade. The City of Charleston operates the museum and tours are available on site. We do not enter the building.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

French Huguenot Church

136 Church St, At the corner of Church and Queen sts., Charleston, 29401-2802, South Carolina

A beautiful Gothic Revival building from 1845 houses one of the only practicing Huguenot (French Protestant) in the country.

5 minutes

Dock Street Theater

135 Church St, , Charleston, 29401-2899, South Carolina

Entrance depending on availabilty. Built on the site of the first theater in the British colonies, The Dock Street Theatre, c. 1937 was restored from the old Planter's Hotel, c. 1809. The Charleston Stage company operates as the largest professional theater company in South Carolina. Roughly 120 performances take place every year.

10 minutes

Charleston City Hall

80 Broad St, , Charleston, 29401-2225, South Carolina

This building sets on one the "Four Corners of Law", named by Robert Ripley (Ripley's Believe it or Not). Built in 1801 as a bank, City Hall has been as such since 1818 and is one of the oldest continuously run city hall's in the country. During the weekdays, visitors can enter the council chamber and see their collection, complimentary.

2 minutes

St. Michael's Church

71 Broad St, Charleston, 29401-2902, South Carolina

Entrance depending on availability. Oldest house of worship in the city, c.1761. We speak about Charleston's religious history of the past and present. The building has much of the original woodwork and beautiful Tiffany stained glass windows. John Rutledge and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, US Constitution signers, are buried in the churchyard.

15 minutes

Nathaniel Russell House

51 Meeting St, , Charleston, 29401-2536, South Carolina

We enter the garden of this beautiful Federal style townhouse built in 1808 and owned by Nathaniel Russell. Reigning from Rhode Island, he was a wealthy merchant involved in shipping.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Edmondston-Alston House

21 E Battery St, , Charleston, 29401-2740, South Carolina

We walk up on the High Battery wall to take a look at the waterfront mansions and discuss the beginning of the Civil War. Ft Sumter is in view. The Edmonston Alston House has been in the family since 1838 and was a site where Gen. Beauregard watched the bombardment of Ft. Sumter with other onlookers.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included