Historic Tucson Walking Tour
ID: GYG430957-776407
Category:
Country: United States
Duration:
01:00 hours
Description
Step into the capitivating world of downtown Tucson, hear tales of ghosts, bank robbers, murals, Spanish forts and a city born of volcanic rock.
Step into the capitivating world of downtown Tucson, hear tales of ghosts, bank robbers, murals, Spanish forts and a city born of volcanic rock. This tour is lead by a James Beard competition winning chef.
Tucson is one of the oldest settlements in North America, the original native tribes installed irrigation for crops over 4000 years ago, the Spanish built a fort here in 1775, Mormons occupied the fort in the 1850's for a brief time and the city now the 1st city of Gastronomy as named by Unesco.
Highlights
- We visit the haunted Hotel Congress
- The tour starts at the historic courthouse where the Dillinger gang was held.
- Tucson has over 1000 buildings with custom murals, we visit some of the best.
- We visit the a rebuilt Spanish fort
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This is an outdoor walking tour that will take place rain or shine.
We meet at the fountain in front of the Pima historic courthouse, there is a parking garage
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
