| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender [v] |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great Tour
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| Thu, Aug 2, 07 11:00 AM |
rvmatthews |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| The food tour was excellent. I plan to return and take another tour from Capital City Colonials. This tour went well beyond my expectations. Outstanding. |
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Fun and well organized
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| Sat, Nov 14 10:45 AM |
wjkane |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My wife and I spent the weekend in Annapolis in Nov. 2009. We decided to learn about the city and eat some food as well. The tour was very informative and fun. The leader, Susan was fantastic and very personable and fun. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking to learn some neat things about Annapolis history and just have a fun experience. |
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Great time!
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| Sat, Sep 26 11:00 AM |
TravisPloege |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Satisfying food tastings, enthusiastic and knowledgeable tour guide. Would recommend! |
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Great Time!
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| Sat, Sep 5 11:00 AM |
Dave_Deroian |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Other |
| Great mix of history, entertainment, and food. What more could you ask for and all at a reasonable price. Our guide was personable and knowledgeable of the various points of historic significance around town. Highly recommend this tour to anyone looking to have fun, learn more about Annapolis, and get some good eats too! We especially liked the small wireless headsets that enabled us to walk at our own pace while still being able to hear every word from our guide. Great time. |
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Much that I was unaware of
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| Sat, Aug 8 11:00 AM |
Paperiello |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| My wife and I live about an hour from Annapolis in Montgomery County, Maryland. We have lived here over 16 years and have visited Annapolis often. Suprisingly over 2/3's of the places visited, we had never been to. Some, we will go back to on future trips. The tour was excellent. We went out on a sailing schooner afterwards but had enough food during the walking tour that we decided not to have dinner before we came home. |
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Mildly fun but not worth the money
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| Sat, Apr 11 11:00 AM |
chappy711 |
Male |
20-29 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| The information on the tour was fun. The guide was very informative about the historical significance of almost every house we saw on the tour. The disappointing part was the food. You get maybe half a bite of food at each stop. It's not enough to even experience the place you stopped at. And I had to buy lunch afterward because I was still hungry. This tour would be better if it was more like $20 a person. It definitely is not worth the money. |
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Fun and Worth It All
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| Fri, Sep 26, 08 11:00 AM |
mdwadams |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our guide was great! She was knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The food on the tour was more than I imagined. It was a great way to enjoy refreshments on the walk while taking in the history. I very highly recommend it. |
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I was full from the history lesson...not the food
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| Sat, Aug 30, 08 11:00 AM |
currelle |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| i have been on several food tours in NYC and have a formed a baseline for my expectations for the Annapolis food tour. and i can honestly say, the food was subpar.
first off, my gf and i where the only two people on the tour. so it was a more one on one experience with the tour guide. Our guide, "squire" james was very friendly and helpful. he was definitely a very knowledgeable in the area and was very fun to hang out with. my gf and i had a blast joking around and taking about each others personal lives. the various tour stops along the way were nice mix of both historic locations and more modern tourist spots.
food wise..i thought it was sub par. first we had some ice coffee and some book store/cafe. nothing special. then some fried crab balls at some tavern. (ehh..it was so so). then some gelato (bleh...i was getting sick from all the weird food in my belly). the some crab dip at philips (food was so so...bread was kinda stale...they gave us nice souvenir glasses). had some fried coconut shrimp (nothing special). had some more ice cream (was getting sick from all the weird food combos)
my 2 cents...dont go expecting a great meal from it...we ended up getting beers and burgers afterwords which was 100x better then everything we ate before this. the historic tour of the city was worth it...so feeding us along the way was a decent bonus. |
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Exceeded expectations, excellent value
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| Fri, Aug 1, 08 11:00 AM |
timjohnston |
Male |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Highly recommend to others. The quality of the tour was largely due to our guide, who was top-notch and courteous, not a dull moment on the entire tour. My wife and myself (form PA) were joined by another couple (from GA) and our guide (5 total in group). Did not feel rushed at any time on the tour. Immediately impressed with warm reception by guide at meeting place, the audio receiver and earpiece provided (necessity when walking thru town), courtesy bottled water and coffee. Tour office surervisor checked two times to make sure everyone was satisfied. Each destination was ready for our arrival and all involved were very friendly and open to questions. Food / drink samples at various eating establishments were great. We returned to Irish restaurant across from State House for lunch following day. Will return to restaurant at Maryland Inn again in future for popovers. Two suggestions for improvement: 1) Provide larger bag at beginning of tour to hold bottled water and misc. trinkets provided by restuarants along the tour; and, 2) add color coded depiction of historic landmark plaques on map handout with key / legend to show time period. In the words of our guide, Marco, all of the above Tis True, Tis True! |
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What an outstanding guide on this tour!
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| Sun, Jun 1, 08 1:00 PM |
df4821 |
Male |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Marcos provided my wife and I with an amazing tour of eating establishments and individual homes with a great amount of information on each stop. I must say, the tastes of different foods at each stop provided us with enough nourishment to keep us satisfied until we returned home some hours later.
I didn't realize how much ground we covered till we returned to the place where we started and the tour guide gave us his summary of the tour. The tour was so interesting that the time passed quickly.
I will recommend this tour to all my friends who are going to Annapolis for a visit and also to some friends who live in the area. |
