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Charleston: French Quarter Guided Walk

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9.8 out of 10
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Overview
  • Marvel at the centuries-old Gothic Revival dripping spires of America's oldest French Huguenot Church
  • Walk along alleyways and cobblestone streets, by redans, and through churchyards as you listen to historic highlights
  • Admire architecture and points of interest you might not see on your own
Activity location
    • Charleston
    • Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • 34 Prioleau St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA | There are benches available and a public parking garage directly opposite the meeting point. There are bathrooms in garage at 25 Prioleau Street.
    • Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Two-hour guided walking tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    City of Charleston licensed tour guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

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  • Not allowed: Smoking
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

The tour highlights include the imposing 4 corners of Law and its four nationally historic registered buildings of St. Michael’s Church (ca.1752), where President George Washington, General Charles Pinckney, and Marquis de Lafayette worshiped, Charleston's Federal building (ca. 1896), Charleston County Courthouse (ca.1790) designed by John Hoban who designed The White House in D.C., and Gabriel Manigault's City Hall (ca. 1800).

The tour swings back down Charleston's longest cobblestone road to see a glimpse of the Dock Street Theatre (ca.1735), the oldest French Huguenot Church (ca.1681), St. Phillip's Church (congregation's history dating back to 1680), the Bermuda stone-built Pink House (ca.1688-1712), historic baracoon / slave hotel, Unity Alley, and ends with the breathtaking view of the harbour castle, forts, islands, and Atlantic Ocean.

Two Hour Option:
Spend an enjoyable 2 hours walking along the old walled city perimeter with its cobblestone roads and alleys in the steps of Charleston's French merchants and other European forefathers. Your native storyteller/guide will show you some of America's earliest architecture and national historic landmarks.

Visit the oldest burial grounds to see the final resting place of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution, and take in the remains of a 17th-century drawbridge.

Admire beautiful parks with historic monuments, and expansive views of Charleston's great harbour with its castles and forts that shaped much of America's maritime and military history.

Charleston's French Quarter is home to many fine historic buildings, including:
• the Pink House (c. 1688-1712)
• the Old Slave Mart baracoon where slaves were confined in the 1850s
• many of America's first churches dating back to the 1600s
• Dock Street Theatre, where the first theatrical performances were held in the US
• the imposing 4 Corners of Law with its 1752 St. Michael’s Church attended by George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette
• the headquarters of General Robert E. Lee
• the Old Exchange Building
• and many more!

Location

Activity location
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    • Charleston
    • Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    • 34 Prioleau St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA | There are benches available and a public parking garage directly opposite the meeting point. There are bathrooms in garage at 25 Prioleau Street.
    • Charleston, South Carolina, United States