Charleston Walking Tour: Edmondston-Alston House Exploration

Explore the historic Edmondston-Alston House on a Charleston walking tour. Discover the rich history of the area and the Alston family before the Civil War. Don’t miss the magnificent view of Charleston Harbor!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Edmondston-Alston House - Tours depart and return to the Edmondston-Alston House. Your tour includes Admission and Guided House Tour of the Edmondston-Alston House immediately following your Charleston Walking Tour.
  • Charleston City Market - Sites along the Charleston Walking Tour
  • Battery & White Point Gardens - Stop to take photos of…
What's Included
  • 1-hour Narrated Charleston City Walking Tour with Professional Guide
  • Tour Charleston’s iconic sites like Rainbow Row, Battery, White Point Gardens, and Charleston Harbor
  • Admission to Edmondston-Alston House with Guided House Tour
Additional Information

This is the exclusive walking journey in Charleston, presenting a visit to the historical Edmondston-Alston House. The peculiar lifestyle and history of Charleston is largely shaped by its geographical position on a tiny peninsula flanked by two rivers. This peninsula’s southernmost point, referred to as the Battery, emerged as one of city’s most valued…

Location
Edmondston-Alston House
East Battery
Walking Tour departs from the Edmondston-Alston House and will return back for an included Guided House Tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Rbb242
Dec 20, 2024
Absolutely marvelous - Ben is an incredibly skilled and knowledgeable historian who can make the even dustiest history sound interesting and engaging. But he is not just throwing numbers and years around. He is able to provide the "behind-the-scenes" details of these major events, why they happened, who benefited from them, what the outcome was for the different stakeholders at the time and a lot more. For us, this was an incredible learning experience ... and it was 2 hours of fun. We would do it anytime again. Thank you, Benjamin.
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Amyhu5531nk
Aug 9, 2023
Great to see and learn Charleston on foot! - We took the walking tour with Benjamin and he was very knowledgeable of historic Charleston at the battery. It was worth the time and price to learn more and see more on foot and get to know Charleston. And it was the just long enough without being too long. Lots of shade and beautiful sights on a hot Charleston day.
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Lbarker5652
Oct 26, 2022
Fantastic tour - Our guide was very personable, funny, knowledgeable, and accommodating. We got an impressive but not overwhelming amount of pertinent info and all of our questions were answered. The tour was just the right amount of time and we even got some lunch recommendations too.
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Passenger640106
Jul 29, 2022
Charleston Walking Tour - Great information and enthusiasm from our guide, Neal. We were 7 adults and 2 children, touring in 100 degree weather, but everyone enjoyed it.
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Janelda_s
Mar 23, 2022
Tour guide was extremely... - Tour guide was extremely knowledgeable enjoyed his ability to share his knowledge in easy to understand terms.
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Lori_u
Oct 4, 2021
Great Walking Tour - Excellent walking tour guide. Very informative and humorous. We learned a lot. Explained the historical information in a simple way that we could understand and remember.
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72jenniferu
Sep 4, 2021
Pearsonable Walking Tour You can't Miss! - Awesome walking tour. Neil has his masters in history and does not disappoint! Answered all our dumb questions with true love of history! Very personable without a script. Highly recommend. We also did another different walking tour with them and had Ben. He was a hoot! A local with lots of information which again is not scripted. A True southern man that had us laughing with his soutern sense of humor.
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Marie_j
Aug 16, 2021
Great tour - Very informative!! Guide was professional, knowledgeable and friendly! The houses are amazing! White Point Garden at the battery is awesome.
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Linda_s
May 9, 2025
The battery area - The itinerary was different from what we saw. The guide was nice and extremely knowledgeable. The house was disappointing.
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Mina_r
Jul 19, 2022
Of houses and men - Great experience learning about the big names of Charleston and their houses. I liked learning about the Middleton families part of history.
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From $50
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).