Are you curious about the history of Huntsville? Want to learn more about the grand homes and gardens downtown? Interested in Huntsville’s haunted places?
Answer these questions (and more) by taking one of the Downtown Huntsville tours available this summer.
Historic Downtown Walking Tour
Location: Leaving from Alabama Constitution Village
Days and Times: Fridays @ 9am: 30 minutes long
Price: $5
Learn about the history, architecture, and buildings of the Downtown Huntsville square area. For more information, call Alabama Constitution Village @ 256 535-6564.
Breakfast Trolley Tour
Location: Leaving from Alabama Constitution Village
Days and Times: Saturdays @ 10am; June- September
Price: $15 per person
Enjoy a light breakfast and coffee aboard a 1920’s vintage-inspired trolley bus, while touring downtown Huntsville and the Twickenham historic district. Narrated by Historic Interpreters, you’ll hear stories about people and places from Huntsville’s Past worth repeating, and some definitely worth repeating!
Tickets are available with credit card by calling (256) 535-6564 Tues.-Sat. from 10am-3pm. Seats may also be purchased by visiting the Confectionary Shop during business hours. For more information, call Alabama Constitution Village @ (256) 535-6564. Read more about the Breakfast Trolley Tour.
Huntsville Ghost Walks
Location: Leaving from Harrison Brothers Hardware
Days and Times: Saturdays @ 6pm; June through November 1 (Trolley tours- August through October only)
October only: Fridays @ 6pm; Saturdays @ 6 pm and 8pm
Price: $10.00 for adults,$5.00 for children 12 and under; Trolley- $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for children 12 and under
Get a little bit of ghostly fun with a lot of Huntsville history from the Huntsville Ghost Walk. You can expect wonderful storytelling as well as accurate peeks into Huntsville’s past. All walking tours are approximately 2 hours long with completely different stories and all are equally wonderful.
The one-hour Trolley Tours are available August through October only. Seating is limited and tickets can be purchased at Harrison Brothers Hardware Store. Call the Huntsville Ghost Walk @ (256) 509-3940 for more information.
Spring Garden Tour
Location: Self guided tour of five private gardens in the Twickenham and Old Town historic districts
Days and Times: Saturday, June 7 @ 10am- 3pm
Price: $10.00
- Available for advance purchase at Harrison Brothers Hardware, Brooks & Collier, Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau, In Bloom, Lawren’s, Salon Katerra and The Greenery
The diverse group of gardens that will appeal to everyone – from the informal garden that peeks from behind a bungalow to the more formal, structured garden that graciously embraces a federal style home. Tickets will be sold at the gardens on the day of the tour.
Read more about the Spring Garden Tour.
Self Guided Tour
Travel through the past in our downtown historic districts at your own pace. Twickenham, Old Town, and Five Points are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and this brochure, available for free from The Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau, includes locations such as Harrison Brothers Hardware, Church of the Nativity, the Thomas Bibb House, and the Weeden House Museum.
FREE
Brochure and/or CD available at The Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau Visitors Center
500 Church Street NW, Suite One
Huntsville, AL 35801
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