Charleston City Tour & Daytime Carriage Tour Package

Charleston City Tour

Embark on a captivating journey through the heart of Charleston aboard our custom-built vehicles in air-conditioned comfort. Our expert guides bring the city’s rich story to life, blending entertainment with education for an unforgettable experience. Discover iconic landmarks, from the historic Battery and Rainbow Row to the bustling Charleston City Market. The tour includes two brief stops at Hampton Park and Battery Point, where your guide and vehicle will wait for you, along with an additional stop near City Market that gives guests the option to end the tour closer to downtown. Don’t just visit Charleston, relive it with Old Town Trolley Tours.

City Tour Stops

1. Charleston Visitor Center
2. Hampton Park
3. The Battery
4. City Market (optional end-of-tour stop)

The guide and vehicle will stay with you at each designated stop for a seamless tour experience. Guests have the choice to end their tour at City Market or remain on board for the return to the Visitor Center. Tours begin and end at the Charleston Visitor Center, 375 Meeting Street.

Daytime Carriage Tour

Palmetto Carriage Works is the oldest provider of Charleston horse carriage tours and has developed one of the best Charleston historic tours in the city! A Palmetto Carriage tour offers a blend of knowledge, wit, humor, and history and is exciting and ever-changing. Explore our historic city on an unforgettable one-hour Charleston, SC carriage ride!

Experience 25-30 blocks of Charleston’s historic downtown district.

See houses, gardens, mansions, churches, and parks.

Learn about buildings, history, architecture, flora, and the people that make up the “Holy City.”

Charleston Visitor Center
375 Meeting Street*
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*Tickets sold at the ‘Explore Charleston’ Operated Desks inside the Visitor Center.
Please ask for Old Town Trolley Tour tickets.

Tours offered daily.

To view tour times, select Buy Tickets on this website then choose tour product to open availability calendar.

Closures:
Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

Old Town Trolley Tours Boarding:
Charleston Visitor Center
375 Meeting Street

Palmetto Carriage Works Boarding:
Big Red Barn, 8 Guignard St.

Reservations are required – Date, time and boarding location are confirmed with booking. Ticket and receipt sent by e-mail at time of purchase. Reservation-based tickets are non-refundable. You may reschedule up to 24 hours in advance of tour time. Carriage tour: The City of Charleston’s mandated lottery system determines which of the five routes is taken within the historic district on any given tour. Routes and/or landmarks cannot be guaranteed.