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: 24 hours
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…
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…

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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(173 Ratings)
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C1190gopatriciac
Nov 9, 2025
Great 90 Minutes of History - Six family members boarded the bus at 12:30 pm on Nov 9th to a very friendly and personable driver. She began giving us interesting facts early before we even left the Visitors Center. She played a game to find out where all the passengers were from. The minibus was comfortable and the driver was funny and informative. We saw so many wonderful things and received our complimentary combo tickets to the Charleston History Museum. We thoroughly enjoyed the 90 minute tour. Highly recommend the Grayline tour.
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Terence_m
Oct 4, 2025
Guide extremely... - Guide extremely knowledgeable and did a great job giving historical information. Very good tour. Highly recommend.
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Rebecca_g
Sep 29, 2025
History - Excellent historical tour! Our tour guide was knowledgeable and detailed! He interjected a bit of humor at times and really knew his stuff
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Anthony_z
Sep 28, 2025
The tour guide was very... - The tour guide was very knowledgeable of the history of Charleston. We enjoyed this tour a lot. It was very enjoyable.
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Robert_g
Sep 18, 2025
Good tour - Good tour. Very comprehensive for a two hour tour. Were able to get a good introduction to Charleston.
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Maria
Sep 3, 2025
Great Tour of the beautiful Charleston! - The driver was very knowledgeable and nice . The tour was really nice. I recommend it, especially you get the museum experience as well.
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David_m
Aug 31, 2025
Wine Tasting Group - John was knowledgeable and personable with a great sense of humor. A class act tour guide and driver.
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Judith_n
Aug 30, 2025
Judi and Al - Our driver John was very knowledgeable, friendly and funny. We learned a great deal of Charleston history.
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Msharma65
Nov 16, 2025
Didn’t quite meet our expectations - 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.
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Cheryl_m
Nov 15, 2025
Beverly, our driver/tour... - Beverly, our driver/tour guide was a hoot. Good info and very entertaining. We enjoyed seeing other parts of Charleston and the different architecture of homes.
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From $43
up to 9 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).