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Daytime Horse-Drawn Carriage Sightseeing Tour of Historic Charleston

Daytime Horse-Drawn Carriage Sightseeing Tour of Historic Charleston

Overview

Experience 25-30 blocks of Charleston’s historic downtown district on this 1-Hour Daytime Palmetto Carriage Horse-Drawn Carriage Tour. See houses, gardens, mansions, churches & parks, learn about buildings, history, architecture, flora & the people that make up the “Holy City."

Palmetto Carriage Works is the oldest carriage tour company in Charleston and has developed the greatest carriage experience in the city! A Palmetto Carriage tour offers a blend of knowledge, wit, humor, and history and is exciting and ever-changing; a seamless fusion of 19th-century conveyance in a 21st-century city.

City: Charleston

Sat 05 Oct

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Starting at $49.95

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Sat 05 Oct

Starting at $49.95

Make a reservation

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What's Included

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

See a mixture of houses, gardens, mansions, churches, and parks

Professional Guide

1-hour Horse Drawn Carriage Ride of Historic Charleston

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately

What To Expect

Charleston City Market

Our Barn is located just off of the Charleston City Market. You will meet your certified tour guide here and then you will depart on your hour long horse or mule drawn carriage tour. The carriage will go through the City gate at the market where the tour guide is assigned a tour route. You will see about 30 blocks of the historic district which will include beautiful architecture, churches, buildings, gardens and more. The tour returns to the Big Red Barn.

Palmetto Carriage Works

This is where you will meet your tour guide and your horse or mule drawn carriage.

Joe Riley Waterfront Park

Bright green public space overlooking the Charleston coast.

Battery & White Point Gardens

Public Garden and outdoor space located in the Battery

Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon

Completed in 1771 as the New Exchange and Customs House, and recognized today as South Carolina's most historic building.

Rainbow Row

The longest cluster of Georgian row houses in the United States.

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (1000)

JamieK76

Jun 2021

My 9 yr old daughter and I took a tour with this company because it’s the one the Visitor’s Center has a relationship with. We stopped by their to get info and they offer $5 off a ticket. It was quite a hike in the heat to get down to the barn. Speaking of which, it’s not that easy to find. When we got down to the historic market, we saw a Palmetto booth. We thought that’s where we were supposed to check in. The staffer told us to go find the red barn and gave us a brochure. It was not a very good map. We walked down and couldn’t find it. We ended up asking a rep for another carriage company who was on a corner down there where it was. He was kind and directed us. Later in the day, we walked past there again and heard someone else asking where Palmetto Carriage was. The check in process was easy. Ample space with Dan’s and two bathrooms to wait in. A staffer calls out your name and you load up. It’s a very tight fit. The pack 4 to a row. Even average sized adults will be very snug. Apparently the drivers don’t know where they will go until they check in shortly after departure from the barn at a city-run shack that has a lottery type system that tells them what route to assign a driver. We expected to see Rainbow Row but we didn’t. We saw some beautiful churches and historic homes. A carriage driver (can’t recall her name but she’s a middle aged woman who has been doing these tours for years) was entertaining and informative.

elizabethsexton

Jun 2021

Loved this tour! Recommend to everyone. It’s just an hour, which is perfect in this heat. Our guide was great. Each carriage goes in a different part of downtown so you could do it more than once and go somewhere different.

Esco_B

Jun 2021

The history was interesting and we just love the horse’s. Great tour through the downtown city of Charleston, SC