Downtown-East Walking Tour: Explore Historic Landmarks

Discover Downtown-East’s rich history on a walking tour. Explore iconic landmarks like the Gateway Arch, Old Courthouse, and Eads Bridge.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Downtown St. Louis - Discover the rich architectural heritage at the city’s core. From the lively riverfront of French-American pioneers to the towering skyscrapers of the 20th century, you’ll encounter renowned architectural and engineering wonders.
What's Included
  • Curated, guided tour of highlighted downtown buildings
What's Not Included
  • No transportation is provided.
Additional Information

Starting with its roots as a French fur-trading spot, followed by its evolution into the fourth largest city in the country, the city’s early history can be traced through the historic architecture at its core. Discover the beginnings of the ‘Mound City’, from the vivacious riverfront instigated by French-American businesspersons to the renowned…

Location
48 N 4th St
North 4th Street
Luther Ely Smith Square, across the street from the Old Courthouse which is currently under renovation. TOUR GROUP GATHERS BY THE SIDEWALK FACING THE OLD COURTHOUSE.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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311lachlanw
Aug 9, 2025
East City tour with Glenn - Glenn was a great guide. Very friendly and happy to offer advice for other things to do whilst staying in St Louis. A great way to find out the history or St Louis and gain an understanding of the city. Would highly recommend.
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Fellowtraveler298981
Jul 14, 2025
Such a great tour of St Louis! - We took the West Tour of STL in April with two other couples. We enjoyed it so much that we recently took the East Tour. It was so much fun to see various landmarks and architecture, coupled with much interesting history. Glen was our Guide; he was so hospitable and engaging, really knowing his stuff! Thank you for a great morning. I learned so much, even though I grew up in this area. I loved it and highly recommend.
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Drtgemw
Jul 12, 2025
Outstanding - This was one of the most fun and interesting tours in St Louis that we have done. The guide was very knowledgeable with a touch of humor.
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Pioneer23296005778
Apr 5, 2025
Glenn, the tour guide, is awesome! - The tour guide was wonderful! Glenn!! He was full of information. Plus he was funny! The world needs more tour guides like Glenn!
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Noreen_c
Oct 13, 2024
Highly recommend this tour! - Great tour! Glenn was a great guide, very knowledgeable and fun, and added few surprises along the way that made the experience even more special. We used to live in St. Louis, but we learned a lot we didn’t know about its history on the tour. Highly recommended it!
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H1825mqalessandrag
Sep 2, 2024
Best time with Glein! For a good purpose… - I took this tour only last day I was staying in St Louis because I wasn’t able to find a tour before. I really should have plan this before my arrival. It’s really worth it! We visited the main spots, listen to historical facts and had a tasty Gooey butter cake! Definitely highly recommended!
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Katherine_b
Jun 23, 2024
Enjoyable walking tour - Nancy was a fabulous guide - knowledgeable, kind & enthusiastic! We sure enjoyed how she customized the tour for the group. Learned about the architecture & saw so many fabulous sites.
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Pepemunich
Apr 28, 2024
Very nice and interesting - The tour guide and his companion were extremely friendly and knew the history of St. Louis very well. It went a bit slowly, as the tour guide can't walk that fast, but otherwise very very nice
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Carrie_b
Jun 23, 2024
Gems - Meeting others who were interested in learning and sharing about the city Getting a glimpse of history
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C2215djtimothys
Sep 7, 2024
Extremely disappointed - I went to the Old courthouse on 4th Street and waited for an hour and no one showed up to lead the tour. I arrived there at 8:30 a.m. not one person showed up. I'm very disappointed in the experience and unfortunately it was $15.90 wasted.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).