Book Charleston's Most Educational History Tour!
- 2h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover Charleston through the eyes of a real historian with three college degrees, including a PhD. This experience is a conversation built around you — what you care about, what you’re curious about, and what you hope to understand. Cooper starts by learning what matters most to you, then shapes the experience around your interests. Along the way, he’ll reveal things you never knew, challenge things you thought you knew, and give you the deeper context that makes Charleston’s history so fascinating, complicated, funny, and unforgettable. Using a storytelling style filled with humor, insight, and plenty of thought-provoking questions, Cooper leads you from Waterfront Park south toward the famous Charleston Battery. You’ll see beautiful landmarks, walk historic streets, and explore the colorful, surprising, and sometimes irreverent story of early Charles Towne. By the time the tour ends, you’ll be close to where you began — but you won’t be the same traveler who started.
Inclusions
What's included
- Professional historian with a PhD
- Dad jokes and lots of laughs :)
- Education, Knowledge, and Discussion
What's not
- Gratuities, cute puppies, surfboards, fishing gear.... the list goes on :) LOL
Itinerary
We start out by the water, walk mostly in the shade - and take as many breaks as people may need. Please keep in mind. We’re not walking fast, and we take our time. However, Charleston isn’t known for its straight and level sidewalks – that’s why we don’t recommend wheelchairs and walkers on a tour like this. Strollers are fine. However, young children may need a little extra care on the narrow sidewalks. It’s very hot and humid in in Charleston this time of year. In addition to comfortable walking shoes, and a great attitude - you may want to bring a bottled water.
Beautiful cobblestone streets and we'll stand in Charleston's first fish market
Think history is gone? Think again. Tradd street was built back in 1720
A breathtaking view among the hundred years old Live Oak trees.
Many places show you where George Washington slept.. this is where he lived while he was here in Charleston!
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.9
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Ratings come from 155 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- We meet at the waterfront park, directly across the street from the Harborview Inn. There is a parking garage across from Fleet Landing restaurant one block up from our meeting place. Please wear/bring weather appropriate clothing, and arrive a few moments early, since we can not wait for you.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 15 travellers
- Operated by
- Chucktown Walking Tours
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Charleston
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 30 city tours we list in Charleston.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 18 of 30.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Charleston
Charleston is a South Carolina port city of pastel row houses, cobbled lanes, church steeples, Gullah culture and Lowcountry cooking.
Charleston was settled in 1670 and grew on a peninsula between the Ashley and Cooper rivers, and it is one of the best-preserved colonial-era cities in the United States. Rainbow Row, thirteen pastel Georgian houses on East Bay Street, is the best-known sight. The Battery, a seafront promenade with old cannon and oak-shaded White Point Garden, looks out to Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861. The city is nicknamed the Holy City for its many church steeples.
Top-ranked sights in Charleston: Charleston City Market, Rainbow Row, Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon.
Special offers in Charleston
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
