Walking Tours

Start your walking tour on Jackson Square; check out the Presbytere and the Cabildo (City Hall) on either side of the St. Louis Cathedral. Both were built during the Spanish period. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase documents were signed on the second floor of the Cabildo. Notice the identical Pontalba Apartments on the either side of the square. They were built by Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba. Walk on Decatur Street to the French Market, then back on Royal Street. If you want to see how the people in New Orleans lived, stop at the Gallier House (built 1857, 1118 Royal Street) or walk on to the Hermann-Grima House (built 1831, 820 St. Louis Street). Walk on to Canal Street and to the Riverwalk (Aquarium and shopping).

Start your walking tour in front of City Hall on Bay Street (limited meter parking), follow Bull Street. Cross four squares, then turn left and return on Abercorn Street. You will have seen the Savannah that General Oglethorpe designed in 1732. If you want to see how the wealthy people of Savannah lived, stop at the Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low Birthplace (14 Bull Street), the Andrew Low House (329 Abercorn Street) or the Owens-Thomas House (124 Abercorn Street). Don't miss the Visitors Center and the History Museum at 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (free parking).

Start your walking tour at the intersection of Meeting Street and Broad Street (metered parking on Broad). Follow Meeting Street south to the Battery. Return on East Battery, take Stoll's Alley to Church Street, and return to Broad Street. If you want to see how Charlestonians lived, stop at the Nathaniel Russell House (51 Meeting Street), or the Edmonston-Alston House (21 E. Battery), or the Heyward-Washington House (87 Church Street). Don't miss the Visitors Center (free parking) and its shuttle service to different sites.

Start your walking tour at the Governor's Palace on the Plaza (there is a parking garage on E. San Francisco Street and Sandoval). Follow Palace Avenue to San Francis Cathedral, return on San Francisco to Old Santa Fe Trail (Loretto Chapel, San Miguel), then East de Vargas, past the oldest house to Canyon Road (galleries, shops, and restaurants). If you want to see Spanish Colonial life in New Mexico, drive to El Rancho de las Golondrinas in Cienega (circa 10 miles from downtown, exit 271 on I-25).

Start your walking tour at the Castillo de San Marcos (metered parking). Enter the town through the City Gates across from the Castillo, follow St. George Street to the Plaza de la Constitucion (Cathedral of St. Augustine, Government House), follow Aviles Street, left on Bridge Street, then Charlotte Street, left on St. Francis. Return to the fort along the Mantanzas River. If you want to see how the first Spanish settlers lived, visit the Spanish Quarter Village (St. George Street), or the Oldest House (14 St. Francis Street). See the Visitors Information Center on San Marco Avenue (across the Castillo).