The Darkside of Charleston Tour (Rated R)

It was okay. The guide was interesting and animated. The topic was prostitution only, not other "dark side" topics we expected. We could have sat in an auditorium and saved the rubber on our shoes...or gone out to a nice dinner instead.

Well, there wasn't much walking on this walking tour. For an 1 1/2 time, we probably walked a good block or two. we mainly huddled in groups around tables as he read script from the pictures he showed us. The title fo the walking tour is a little deceiving as well. From the brief description one understood that there was talk of prostitution, brothels, and other taboo subject matter; however, there was nothing about murder, mystery, or many other stories. i Figure this tour was just okay. I did enjoy one of the three stories he told. I hope this was helpful. I would recommend the dungeon or graveyard tours moreso than this one. oh... plus, it said it was for mature audiences, but that must have just been for the words prostitution and transgendered b/c it wasn't very graphic.

I highly recommend this tour to anyone who is fun-loving and free-spirited. This was the first tour we did out of four of them in two days, but this was the most fun and well-worth the money. We felt this was the highlight of our trip. We wanted something carefree and fun to do the night we got married, and this was wonderful!

lots of interesting true stories. would tell anyone to go to see one. lots of walking though.

The tour guide was very knowledgable and interesting. He said he had researched the material for the tour himself. He kept the group engaged and was able to entertain questions on Charleston topics unrelated to the subject matter of the tour as well.

We had a wonderful tour guide who provided much information about Charleston and its lengthy history and secrets. We enjoyed this tour because it provided more information than a typical tour of the city. We had never visited Charleston, and we came away learning more about the city and its history than we anticipated. Our group (which ranged from age 23 to 70) would recommend this for anyone desiring to learn more about Charleston's evolvement from a seedy port town to a city oozing with Southern charm.

The host was great(Eric I think). very knowledgeable and entertaining.

The stories on this tour are somewhat interesting, but what was disappointing is that there weren't really "sites" to go along with the stories. We stood in a parking lot for one, on the street for another, in front of Sax 5th Avenue, etc...The most interesting site was at the tour's close--an old brothel. I think we would have enjoyed this tour much more with a different guide. Our guide--Rebel Sinclair--was very over-the-top. We are not prudes by any means. We don't care about cursing, about crudeness, and are not offended by anything. And we weren't offended by her at all. It was just that much of her cursing and crude talk was done to simply try to shock us, I guess--it was simply done for the sake of being crude. She even began to tell men on the tour how to "please" women sexually, which was just odd. She was just too cheesy for us. I think if we had it to do over again, we would have done a ghost tour b/c at least there are sites involved in that. She was a very enthusiastic guide and perfectly nice--just not very enjoyable. I would not suggest doing this tour in the August. It was miserably hot even at 10pm.

Very informative however thought we would be walking around more to various locations

The tour was ok in general. I felt that there really wasn't enough for a separate tour. It should just be added to one of the others.