Charleston City Bus Tour: Historical Exploration with Museum

Embark on a historical exploration of Charleston with a city bus tour. Discover the city’s rich history and visit over 100 points of interest, including Rainbow Row and the Old Exchange Building. Plus, enjoy admission to America’s first museum, The Charleston Museum.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Gray Line of Charleston - 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.

What's Included
  • 90-minute narrated tour of Charleston’s history
  • Explore over 100 points of interest
  • Guidance by professional driver/guide
  • Comfortable travel in an air-conditioned minibus
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Embark on a nostalgic expedition in the historical city of Charleston, as your guide unravels the enchanting allure of one of America’s oldest cities. Grasp the historical significance of Charleston and its monumental contribution to American history by visiting over 100 noteworthy sites such as Rainbow Row, Colonial Lake, the Old Exchange Building, and Whitepoint Gardens.

As an added advantage, your City Tour also includes an entry to America’s first-ever museum, The Charleston Museum located in the heart of Charleston. Take a self-navigated tour of this well-loved attraction.

  • Please plan to arrive at least 10-15 minutes prior to departure to allow for check-in and boarding
Location
375 Meeting St
Meeting Street
Departure Point: Charleston Visitors Center 375 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29403
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Phyllis_e
Aug 22, 2024
Stuff you didn't learn in history class! - We enjoyed the information about the sights we were seeing. Our guide gave us some good historical facts that we never learned in our history classes.
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S568tzlauram
Aug 14, 2024
Easy and fun way to get to know the city! - Packed full of history! Comfortable ride! Funny! Can’t get to know the city of Charleston any better way! Worth the 💲💲added the Charleston museum and wasn’t disappointed!
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Fuscomt74
Jul 28, 2024
A gateway for further exploration - The tour provided an excellent overview and history of the historical neighborhoods covered leaving us wanting to return to explore more in depth. The museum was larger and more interesting than we had anticipated. The Visitor's Center was great-particularly the very clean bathrooms.
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Jill_n
Jul 16, 2024
Enjoyable tour - We thought the tour guide was very knowledgeable and the sights we saw were interesting. We even went back to a few on our own to see them up close. We had the tickets for the museum as well which we thoroughly enjoyed.
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Terrimv8133uh
Jul 14, 2024
Interesting Fun! - The tour guide was awesome. She was bubbly, funny& informative. Unfortunately, I did not get her name but she referred to herself as the crazy bus lady :)
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Karen_a
Jul 13, 2024
Entertaining - Our driver was phenomenal! Very entertaining! She was very knowledgeable and a lot of fun. She made sure everyone was comfortable.
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Doug_s
Jul 7, 2024
Wonderful Tour - Driver was totally awesome, amazing, knowledgeable, sweet, and wonderful. Her enthusiasm for her job showed. Would take this Tour again if so he was driver/narrator.
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Jay_r
Jul 2, 2024
Very informative tour - Seeing citadel and the old houses. Also learning about the city streets & how safe it is there!! ————————————————————————————
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Janice_w
Jul 28, 2024
Pick up details - Tour and the homes, tour guide was very nice and informative..this survey is to long we should be able to say few thing and submit it. Only other thing I would say The tour guide should walk an announce where we are loading.
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Lindsay_w
Jul 23, 2024
Skip - The tour guide focused on being amusingly entertaining. As a result, she told a number of funny stories, but I wanted to know more about history and architecture.
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