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Asheville Historic Center: Self-Guided Walking Tour App
4.3
12 Ratings
Asheville
Explore Asheville’s historic city center at your own pace and schedule with our self-guided walking tour app. Stop for drinks, meals, or to browse unique shops. Professionally narrated and never expires.
Explore Asheville’s historic city center at your own pace and schedule with our self-guided walking tour app. Stop for drinks, meals, or to browse unique shops. Professionally narrated and never expires.
Duration:
1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- North Pack Square & Southwest Pack Square - The tour starts at the corner here where you’ll hear about the founding of Asheville.
- O. Henry’s Office - The tour stops at the O. Henry’s plaque, and you’ll her his story, and other notable people of Asheville.
- The S&W Building - The tour stops outside the S & W building where you can stop…
- North Pack Square & Southwest Pack Square - The tour starts at the corner here where you’ll hear about the founding of Asheville.
- O. Henry’s Office - The tour stops at the O. Henry’s plaque, and you’ll her his story, and other notable people of Asheville.
- The S&W Building - The tour stops outside the S & W building where you can stop and pause the tour to explore more.
- Woolworth Walk - The tour stops at the Woolworth Walk, a famous storefront where you’ll learn it’s story, and explore.
- Asheville Iron Sculpture - It’s a giant Iron! Outside of the Iron building!
- Wall Street Steps - See the hidden steps covered with a waterfull mural, and hear the story of how they got here.
- Grove Arcade - We will walk past the Grove arcade, you’ll hear it’s history and have a chance to pause the tour and explore.
- Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr - The tour stops outside the famous Basilica, you’ll learn a bit of it’s story, and get a chance to pop in if it’s open.
- Asheville Masonic Temple - The tour stops outside the Masonic Temple.
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial - Stop at the Thomas Wolfe shoe footprints and step in his shoes to see what the city looked like in his day.
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial - The tour stops outside of his house where you’ll learn a bit of his story.
- Pack’s Tavern - The tour stops outside of Packs Tavern where you’ll learn about it’s prohibition prohibition history.
- The Jackson Building - The tour ends at Pack’s Square and the historic Jackson building.
What's Included
- tour never expires
- go at your own pace and schedule
- smartphone-guided tour via our walking tour app
- tour never expires
- go at your own pace and schedule
- smartphone-guided tour via our walking tour app
What's Not Included
- no food, drink, entrance tickets or human guide, it’s an app
- no food, drink, entrance tickets or human guide, it’s an app
Additional Information
Embark on a self-guided journey through the historical heart of Asheville via our smartphone walking tour app.
The benefits of this tour include:
- The freedom to explore at your own speed and schedule. Your tour has no expiry date.
- Take breaks whenever you want, indulge in a drink or a meal, investigate, and resume at your convenience.
- Access…
Embark on a self-guided journey through the historical heart of Asheville via our smartphone walking tour app.
The benefits of this tour include:
- The freedom to explore at your own speed and schedule. Your tour has no expiry date.
- Take breaks whenever you want, indulge in a drink or a meal, investigate, and resume at your convenience.
- Access your tour after completing it in person.
- Enjoy professional production quality complete with compelling narration and ambient tunes.
Throughout this tour, we will encounter various sights of interest. Don’t hesitate to pause the tour to explore the myriad of unique boutiques, art galleries, or to take a breather at any of the excellent restaurants or pubs. The tour will calmly await your return on the sidewalk, ready to proceed when you are.
This level of flexibility is unparalleled in group tours. Are you prepared? I’ll see you at the Asheville Art Museum’s blue orb at Pack Square.
Location
North Pack Square & Southwest Pack Square
The tour starts at the corner of N Pack Square and SW Pack Square at the Crossroads Monument.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(12 Ratings)
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Kellyddobs
Sep 2, 2025
Fun way to spend a few hours - Super fun! Easy to follow. Learned a lot and popped into a few shops. Would be fun to do with family, friends or solo. I would do another one in the next city I visit.
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196suziew
Dec 20, 2024
Ashville downtown historic tour - This is a really good tour! You go at your own pace and get to see the historic places of Ashville down town. It was very interesting!
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Angela_m
Feb 11, 2024
Not a bad afternoon - The price is right and the host speaks clearly. The GPS feature is also helpful. I got lost a few times and wore myself out backtracking because I was on foot but all in all a good experience. I would recommend it.
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Susan
Jan 2, 2024
The way to go! - This was the way to go! It was so much better than wandering around on our own not knowing what we were looking at or its history, and it was so much less expensive than a live guided tour! We especially liked that we could stop and pause and shop or eat at our own pace instead of following a Guide.
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P9584uhelizabethh
Nov 15, 2023
Tour of Asheville - Easy to follow! We enjoyed this tour very much!! We appreciated the arrow on the app that told us where to go.
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Lindamoraski_m
Oct 30, 2023
Walking tour around AVL - Entertaining and informative. Excellent walking directions. It was a beautiful sunny day and we enjoyed our tour.
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Laura_r
Nov 2, 2025
A great solo activity - This is simply an app that you download and it walks you through the town. I had a day and I was by myself, so it was fun to do. I would not recommend it with a group as you should each listen alone. It was a nice tour of the city With historical facts. The directions are easy to follow. I would recommend it if you want a quick tour of the city with a little bit of history.
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Nani_s
Oct 29, 2025
Useful app for walking tours - I purchased tour for Asheville and discovered the App where there are guides for a lot of places. I tried to purchase few more guides through app but unfortunately in vain… Would be good is I could
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Velvet_f
Mar 10, 2024
Asheville walking tour - Difficult connection-I would recommend for solo traveler only as it is difficult to hear, find the spots and deal w walking in traffic sharing a device-will not
Do this kind of tour again. That is my preference. The Viator portion was good.
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Simon_m
Sep 22, 2025
Useless app with wrong instructions - It didn’t work at all. We reached the starting point, and the virtual guide sent us to another spot a few blocks away. At this second spot, we were told to return to the starting point. Then, back to the same other spot again. And once more, to the starting point. After that, we gave up and wandered around downtown without any input from the guide on the phone. A completely useless app with confusing instructions.
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