Group Carriage Tours

Experience Charleston’s Downtown Historic District by carriage. Take a relaxing 1 hour fully narrated group tour through the quaint and charming streets of downtown Charleston. Let our passionate and engaging guides bring to life the history and architecture of Charleston for you. You will see beautiful gardens and parks, stately mansions, historic churches and buildings all the while learning about the people and events that shaped the history of this “Holy City."

Tours depart from the Historic City Market approximately every 30 minutes between the following hours:

• 9:30am-5pm, daily during daylight savings time (March – Nov)
• 9:30am-4pm, daily (Nov – Feb)

Please check in at the ticket office at 45 Pinckney St on your selected day prior to your preferred time of departure and you will be assigned to the next available tour. Please note that during peak season and on weekends, wait times may vary.

Once guests are loaded onto the carriage and cleared for departure, it is a requirement by the City of Charleston Tourism Officials that they check in at the gate prior to departure. For tax reasons and traffic flow, the city is in charge of randomly doling out one of four routes that each carriage will receive through the historic district of Charleston. This is determined by a spin of a bingo ball machine. The color that comes up determines the route or “zone” that particular carriage is allowed to tour.