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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

Sun 06 Oct

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Starting at $49.95

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Sun 06 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)

Susan W

May 2021

Scott was fantastic. Not only was he extremely knowledgeable about the history of the city but he was very entertaining. Would highly recommend him & Palmetto tours.

PeterJG20

May 2021

The entire experience was fantastic and I would recommend reserving a tour with this company over the others every single time. My tour guide was Scott & the horses were Tom & Jerry. He shared interesting facts about Charleston that we would have never known about if we hadn’t taken his tour. He incorporated his humor into it & made sure to ask every family/group where they were originally from which made the tour feel a lot more personal. Overall I learned a lot about Charleston through this tour and had a great tour guide that obviously cared very much about his job, the horses, and every guest he gives a tour to. Thank you Palmetto Carriage Works!

C S

May 2021

Made our reservation the evening before our ride. We showed up and were on our way within 15 minutes of our assigned time. There were enough people for 3 carriages and the efficient and friendly employees were organized and had us loaded and ready to go. We enjoyed our horse drawn carriage tour through historic Charleston. The city has a system in place to assign each carriage a separate route so the streets don't get overrun with carriages. Because of this, you won't know which area you will see until the route is assigned. Our driver Ian was knowledgeable and engaging and Harmony the horse responded very well to him. Ian shared some historical information about the city and several of the churches, houses, and streets we passed. This is a must-do activity while visiting Charleston and I definitely recommend Palmetto Carriage Works.