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Charleston’s Old South Carriage Historic Tour
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On a carriage drawn by magnificent Belgian and Percheron draft horses, travel with Old South Carriage through historic districts of Charleston to learn about the history of the “Holy City.”
Meet your carriage on Anson Street near the City Market for your 1-hour tour with your knowledgeable guide. Listen to fascinating historical facts and entertaining local stories as your carriage glides through 300 years of history.
Your journey takes you back to the colonial beginnings of Charleston as you pass old churches and antebellum mansions surrounded by lush gardens. Stop outside historic homes such as the Aiken-Rhett House, which was built in 1818 and became the residence of the 61st governor of South Carolina. Be sure to have your camera ready for to snap photos of Charleston’s many picturesque homes and gardens.
While the beautiful homes offer captivating stories, the horse that pulls your carriage provides another highlight of your tour. The horse is much like the draft horses that worked on American farms in the early 1800s. These handsome animals are carefully looked after by their handlers, have regular weeks off and get several months per year to run free on a 65-acre (26-hectare) plantation located just 8 miles (13 km) from their Charleston stables.
Expect to cover more than 2.5 miles (4 km) and 30 blocks of historical homes. At the end of your 1-hour tour, your guide returns you to your starting point where you can make your way to your next destination.
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Meet your carriage on Anson Street near the City Market for your 1-hour tour with your knowledgeable guide. Listen to fascinating historical facts and entertaining local stories as your carriage glides through 300 years of history.
Your journey takes you back to the colonial beginnings of Charleston as you pass old churches and antebellum mansions surrounded by lush gardens. Stop outside historic homes such as the Aiken-Rhett House, which was built in 1818 and became the residence of the 61st governor of South Carolina. Be sure to have your camera ready for to snap photos of Charleston’s many picturesque homes and gardens.
While the beautiful homes offer captivating stories, the horse that pulls your carriage provides another highlight of your tour. The horse is much like the draft horses that worked on American farms in the early 1800s. These handsome animals are carefully looked after by their handlers, have regular weeks off and get several months per year to run free on a 65-acre (26-hectare) plantation located just 8 miles (13 km) from their Charleston stables.
Expect to cover more than 2.5 miles (4 km) and 30 blocks of historical homes. At the end of your 1-hour tour, your guide returns you to your starting point where you can make your way to your next destination.
Included
- Driver/guide
- 1-hour carriage tour
Not included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Please note: you MUST check-in 15-minutes prior to your scheduled tour time. Failure to do so may result in your reservation being cancelled with out refund.
- Carriage can transport up to 16 passengers per departure.
- Children 3 years and under are free provided that they sit on the lap of a parent or guardian. If you want your child to have a seat, you must purchase a child seat.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
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Cultural
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I would definitely recommend this it was one of the best experiences me and my wife had on our vacation and Charlie the horse was great
We loved our tour guide Janice, she was great. Also Sammy the horse was the best. I think they both deserve a break
Excellent Tour! Wished it lasted 2 hours. Toured west side of Charleston and I will do the tour again.
Our guide was informative, funny, and well versed in the area. The horses are beautiful and it's good to get the back story on how they ended up pulling the wagons for the tours. Most people are severely uninformed on the truth about this type of business. These horses are lucky and treated SUPER well.
Very nice tour of downtown Charleston. The trips are on a lottery system to keep the carriages evenly disbursed over downtown. You could take the same tour and see a completely different section of the city. We got there early and they talked to us about the horses, where they came from, how long they had been there and the farm where they go for rest and relaxation. We went in March and they had blankets for the trip too. Everyone was very nice. The guide was very informative and fun! A very nice trip.
Austin and the dear horse,Bill, made the carriage ride through parts of Charleston very special. Our whole family of 9, all ages, enjoyed every minute. Austin's humor and knowledge were exceptional. We highly recommend Old South Carriage company.
It's a fun little tour to see the sights of Charleston. You don't get to see everything because thr route is a lottery pick so you could be sent anywhere. It was still enjoyable
Carriage Tour guide, Janice, was very fun and a wealth of information on the area. Stories of buildings and the people of past times added to our visit. Vern who pulled the carriage thru the town was fun the watch and gave us a smooth ride.
The tour was great. The only issue we had was that the driver was hard to hear. Next time we will take the private tour.
Great tour informative guide very knowledgeable. Could have been longer. Great horse Bill. He gave us a lot of little know facts.
I would definitely recommend this tour. Charleston is beautiful. We stayed in Myrtle Beach for the week and drove to Charleston for the day. Next trip will be to Charleston directly!
Great fun, wonderful driver and guide, charming. Much better deal to buy on Viator than to book through the cruise ship's excursion desk!
The ride, the stories, the enthusiasm of the driver was wonderful. At some points she did make some things too political noting sanctuary cities is based on the actions of the confederates. She repeated herself too much about how we need to appreciate conderate history. Overall, it was great and I recommend it, but she should not try too hard for us to be okay with confederate history as no one questioned her or critiqued it.