Charleston Carriage Ride & Sightseeing Tour

This is a must if its your first time in Charleston. I had been there 2 times before and hadnt taken the Carriage ride and I now wish I had... Lots of information and very interesting.

What I loved most about this trip were the little stories that our guide told about each of the homes we stopped to view. It was also nice to take this one hour tour to get a feel for the lay of the land and ideas about where to tour and go see in further detail. Guide was very knowledgable and the workers at the departure station were very welcoming and friendly.

The carriage tour was definitely one of the highlights of our trip and I would definitely recommend this company. The guide was super interesting and easy to listen to. The check in was easy. Worth the money!

I fell in love with the beautiful Belgian draft horse (Larry) who pulled our carriage and was quite vocal (very amusing) along the tour route. Even though it rained on us a bit that day, our guide - Christof (sp?) was fantastic. He was so knowledgable and interesting! I would love to take another tour with him, just to catch more of what I probably missed. I highly recommend this carriage ride tour of Charleston.

The ride was awesome, the quide very funny and knowledgeable of Charleston. The girls helping with the ride even wished my boyfriend a Happy Birthday, which they remembered from when I made the reservation a month before. We will be back and with family. Thank you for a wonderful evening!

I would recommend this tour. It is good for all ages. Children may get bored about the history part but the horse and ride will keep them interested. If it is hot, you want to bring some bottle water and a snack for a very young children to keep them happy on the ride. The city picks the tour you will take not the carriage company. You want know what area you will see. We toured the area were oldest homes were and churches. The guide takes the time to answer all the questions. Be sure to arrive earlier than expected to find parking and walk to the starting point. We actually left early.

We ere delighted with our tour via open horse drawn carriage. The day was very warm so I worried that it would be too hot. However, there was a lovely breeze once we were in the carriage. Our tour guide was Steve, who had an "endless" fund of history and tales of the areas we visited. He was charming and sociable, and displayed a high degree of knowledge and respect for the city and its history. Also, very interesting and humorous. Horse was "Bob" who himself was a lovely character, well-behaved and responsive. The staff who scheduled our tour were friendly and accommodating. We thought we would be able to make a tour at 2pm, realized we couldn't, called by cell phone the number provided by Zerve, and they were kind enough to schedule us for a tour at 4 pm with no surcharge. While our out-of-town guests from Korea could not understand a word, they nonetheless enjoyed the trip thoroughly. Thank you to all!! PS We were grateful there was a restroom, but recommend making it a little more user friendly. Even a nail in the wall to hang a handbag or camera would be nice! PPS Not too thrilled at Charleston's attempt at limiting where the carriages can go. While I understand the necessity of limiting volume of tours, this was not a busy day and it was disappointing not to go around the Battery and see Ft. Sumter from the shore as I had promised our guests. This was TOTALLY NOT the fault of the tour company, but a "lottery" system by the city.

My daughter was in Charleston for business coming from PA. I live in Aiken and decided to join her for a few days prior to her meetings. I have been to Charleston many times, however, this was my first carriage ride. I must say that Anne did a great job. It was a pleasure and we both learned a lot. Plan to take my next group from PA on a carriage ride in mid-October and will gladly use the same group.

Our reservations were in order when we arrived, and tour began on time. Stable was clean, animals were obviously well-cared for and cared about. Best of all, we had FUN! Charleston culture was the main event, but driver guide made it interesting enough for children as well as adults. We were taken down some little travelled streets that visitors to our lovely city probably would not have seen on their own. Showed the true beauty of Charleston. I'll choose these folks again any time.

We truly enjoyed the carriage tour! It was a warm, sunny day - but the carriage was covered and helped block the sun for most of the tour. The tour guide was very knowledgeable; we learned a lot on this tour plus he had a good sense of humor! Our guide was Tyler and the horse was Henry - and we enjoyed them both! :) What we were not informed of was that there are three different tour routes around the city. We just so happened to luck out with "route number one" which takes you through rainbow row, the battery and other highlights. Bring a bottle of water and your camera. You will probably be sitting (very) close to the person next to you.