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M o t o r i
z e d T o u r s
ADVENTURE SIGHTSEEING TOURS
1090 Fort Sumter Drive, Charleston, SC 29412, 762-0088 or
800-722-5394. 24 hrs. Reservations accepted 24 hours. The
best Historic Charleston: see mansions, churches, Rainbow
Row, Catfish Row, Market, see Ft. Sumter from the
Battery. The old and the active Citadel, etc. 75 minute,
90 minute, two hour tours and Citadel Dress Parade Tour.
Free pick-up at the Market, downtown lodgings, and City
Marina. Our tours are the most comprehensive in
Charleston. Call for your discount tickets and departure
times. African-American tours, group walking tours and
step-on guide service by reservation. Fun and
informative.
CHARLESTON
TOURS
545 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407, 571-0049.
9am-6pm. Plantation and city tours. We do it all! Take
the tour recommended by the late great travel writer,
Charles Kuralt. The tours depart daily from the Visitors
Center. Treat yourself to "Real Southern
Hospitality"...See the Historic District and the
charm of the Old South at one of our famous plantations.
"DOIN
THE CHARLESTON" TOURS
763-1233
or 800-647-4487
P.O. Box 31338, Charleston, SC
29417-1338, e-mail: videker@aol.com.
8am-10pm. Our tour covers over five times more area than
carriage tours! Free pick-up from city lodgings and
marina. History comes alive! All major points
covered with a stop at the famous Battery. A 90-minute
live narrated mini-bus tour with laser-disc IMAGES and
MUSIC. Humor, charm and drama, air-conditioned comfort
and large viewing windows. Native Charleston guide. Not
recommended for small children. Tours depart daily from
the Charleston Visitor Center at 9:30am, noon, 2:30pm and
5pm (4:30 in winter). Rates: adult $13, child (6-11) $9.
Meet at Charleston Visitor Center for (adult) discount.
Call for group rates.
GRAY
LINE BUS TOURS
PO Box 219, Charleston, SC 29402, 722-4444 or
800-423-0444. Open 7:30am- 5:30pm. America's premier
sightseeing company offers you quality and dependability
with experienced guides relating the complete history of
the area and its attractions. Tours depart daily,
year-round from the Charleston Visitor Center and
downtown hotels by reservation. Enjoy your visit with
Gray Line!
TALK
OF THE TOWN
2166 St. James Drive, Charleston, SC 29412, 795-8199.
Reservationist 24 hrs. Enjoy panoramic viewing of the
Battery, Rainbow Row, and all major downtown landmarks
from a minibus designed for touring Charleston. Guides
average eight years experience. Two-hour tour includes a
35-minute fully guided tour of the Nathaniel Russell
House or the Edmondston Alston House. Pick up at downtown
hotels. MC, V.
TAYLORED
TOURS OF CHARLESTON
1300 Lenevar Drive, Charleston, SC 29407, 763-5747 or
888-449-TOUR. Open 7:30 am - 11 pm. Tours at 9:15, noon,
2:45 and 5 pm. Largest selection of historic tours and
museum houses. Two hour tours stop at either the
Nathaniel Russell, Heyward Washington or Aiken-Rhett
houses. All Tours cover 90 points of interest and four
historic areas. Special interest tours: Civil War, black
history and colonial period. Free pick-ups downtown,
group rates and discounts available.
Ethnic & Cultural Tours
CHAI
Y'ALL TOURS
316 Confederate Circle, Charleston, SC 29407-7431,
556-0664 or fax: 556-8355. A proud Jewish heritage has
enriched America's most historic city, South Carolina and
America. Your knowledgeable, experienced licensed guide
has conducted tours for Jewish museums and special
groups. Sharing facts, stories and sites of Jewish
interest from 1695 to the present will be a
"mechayeh" for you. All private tours only for
you. Guides for bus groups, youth groups, small walks and
private guide with private car.
GULLAH TOURS
9 Trachelle Lane, Charleston, SC 29407, 763-7551.
Monday-Friday 11am & 1pm; Saturday & Sunday 11am,
1 & 3pm. Alphonso Brown, Owner/guide. Gullah tours
explores the places, history and stories that are
relevant to the varied contributions made by Black
Charlestonian's. Get to see the unseen, hear the untold
history of Charleston, meet the people, see the strange
graveyards, but best of all, meet National Folk Treasurer
and Blacksmith/iron worker, Phillip Simmons.
SWEET GRASS TOURS
316 Confederate Circle, Charleston, SC 29407-7431,
556-0664 or fax: 556-8355. See and learn of Afro-American
influences to Charlestons architecture, churches,
culture, cuisine, Gullah, history, music, persons plus
sites and stories of importance for visitors wanting
accurate facts and information of Charleston's important
black history. Knowledgeable registered historic guides
to accompany your church, school, family reunions and
historical groups by bus or walking tours.
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