City: Charleston, SC

Category: Tours & Attractions

Telephone: (843) 870-7901

Address: 9158 Markeleys Grove Blvd.

Description: This company offers four historic tours of Charleston for small groups by car or van. Tour 1 is a general history tour (allow 75 minutes) covering more than 110 points of interest including a stop at the Battery overlooking Fort Sumter. Adults and teen admissions are $28. Tour 2 is a 90-minute trip specializing in specific subjects: the colonial period and the Revolution, the Civil War, black history, and architectural points of interest. Reservations for these tours are required a day in advance, and the cost is $33 per person. Tour 3 offers 90 minutes of general history (same as Tour 1), followed by a guided tour of one of Charleston’s house museums (the Nathaniel Russell House, Heyward-Washington House, or the Aiken-Rhett House). Rates for adults and children are $45. Tour 4 is a private plantation tour lasting about 4 hours. It includes a trip up the historic Ashley River Road and a visit to one of two historic Lowcountry plantations (your choice), either Middleton Place or Magnolia Plantation, or over to Mount Pleasant for a visit to Boone Hall Plantation. This tour costs $25 per person plus plantation admission fees. Guests also pay for any additional options they choose at the site. Discounts are available for booking online. Free pickups from downtown hotels are available. All tours depart from the visitor center. Interested parties may ask about day-long tours of Savannah, Georgia, as well.