Charleston Walking Tour: Discover Historic Downtown

Discover Charleston’s vibrant history at your own pace with a 24/7 self-guided walking tour. Explore hidden gems, historic sites, and captivating stories.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Gateway Walk - The tour begins at Gateway Walk, where you’ll have the opportunity to stroll through an easily accessible yet lesser-known path to the Unitarian Church Cemetery and discover its connection to Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Poogan’s Porch - Who is Poogan? Find out about the dog that gave the restaurant its name and see his memorial stone…
What's Included
  • Tour never expires, go anytime
  • Walking tour app access for one tour
  • Go at your own pace, 24/7/365
What's Not Included
  • No food, admission, drinks or in person guide, this is all navigated by the walking tour app
Additional Information

Charleston’s history is vibrant and ever-present, ready to be explored at every turn. Experience it at your own pace, any time, day or night, all year round with this smartphone-guided (app/GPS) walking tour.
On this tour, you’ll explore Charleston’s historic downtown, featuring the renowned Rainbow Row, The Battery, numerous alleyways, hidden treasures,…

Location
163 King St
King Street
The tour starts at the gate of gateway walk just to the left of 163 King St, Charleston, SC 29401. There you will see a gate. Once you get there please open your walking tour app and press start tour. You'll be guided around the city.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Bethsm9286iq
Feb 5, 2025
Educational, entertaining, engaging - Excellent way to experience & learn about Charleston at our own pace. We loved it. Easy to follow app. Local construction added a few challenges to seeing everything & keeping the app with us in real time.
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Amanda_c
Jan 27, 2025
Great intro to Charleston... - Great intro to Charleston for someone who has never visited before. I am sure this would also be useful for a returning visitor who wants to know more about the history of the area.
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Laurie_g
Jan 24, 2025
Excellent self-guided tour - This tour was exceptionally well-priced, clear, and informative. Directions were clear and we both enjoyed it thoroughly. Highly recommended.
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Lsshart
Jan 21, 2025
Great Way to Tour Sights of Historic Charleston on Your Own - My wife and I greatly enjoyed the app and the tour. There is a bit of learning curve as to how the app works, but doesn't it take too long to get the hang of it.
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U9049lddaniels
Dec 31, 2024
Walking tour at your own pace - Spend 5 minutes or so getting familiar with the app, and then it’s easy to navigate. We very much enjoyed doing it at our own pace.
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Explorer53157080932
Nov 10, 2024
A great visit to an important American city. I was unaware of Charleston’s importance in American history but now I do. - A very lovely and interesting tour. Greg seems very knowledgeable about Charleston and presents the city in a loving way.
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Adriane_b
Oct 21, 2024
Great tour - Great self guided tour! Pretty easy to follow the different stops. Wonderful sights and scenery. Great tour info
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Darryl_m
Oct 17, 2024
Great way to experience a new place - Learn at your own pace as you experience a new city. Although it took a while for each of our group of six adults to download the app and then the narration, once we got to walking, each individual was able th gain a quick overview of what we were seeing. Then anyone who had a further interest could listen to in-depth details .
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Nancy_k
Oct 10, 2024
Think you have seen it all… guess again - This was so great bc it was self paced. I am from Columbia SC and almost 51 and had never seen or heard some of these things. It was very informative and the scenery speaks for itself.
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H8185wdteresat
Jan 15, 2025
Self-guided walking tour of Charleston - We really enjoyed the tour and information. The directions were a little bit difficult to follow. A couple of times he said to turn left when it should have been right, or vice versa. We ended up just using Google maps to navigate to each location and then continuing back to his descriptions of each place. I definitely enjoyed doing it ourselves because it gave us the freedom to stop for lunch and to tour a couple of the places.
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