Staunton Guided Tours

Three Minute Tour on YouTube
Come with us on a 3 minute tour of Staunton. You will see why Staunton is a wonderful place to visit. Click above

Narrated Trolley Tour: We take the Green Line Trolley (a comfortable 25 minute overview of Staunton aboard the city's trolley), while the guide describes the historic buildings and areas you pass.
11 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:30 pm, Saturdays, April through October, usually lasts about an hour.
Fees: Adults $10, Youth, 13-17, $7, Minimum $20. Children free with paying adult.
Military personnel half price. Shared use of the trolley.
Tours other times by appointment: Adults $15, Youth $7.00. Minimum $20

Add-on Walking Tour: We take the Green Line Trolley (see above). Then we take a 10-block walking tour which includes Beverley Street, Trinity Church, the Stuart House, and the Courthouse (see Sites To See). This tour lasts from 90 minutes to 2 hours. Saturdays, April through October at 1:30. $20 per adult, $10 per youth 13-17, children free with paying adult. Other times by appointment: Adults $20, Youth $10. $30 minimum. Military personnel free. Shared use of the trolley

Historic Houses of Staunton

See the fascinating Victorian and earlier houses in the loveliest naighborhoods and hear the stories about their owners, among whom are:
Jedidiah Hotchkiss, Stonewall Jackson's mapmaker
Edward Echols, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
John Echols, Confederate General, developer of railroads, bank founder
Edmond Cabell, freeman of color and his log cabin
Judge Archibald Stuart, The Stuart House, 1791, in the same family for six generations.

About one hour.
$20 per person, Min: $40, Max: $60
Your car or ours.
Add a stop inside Trinity Church with a dozen Tiffany wndows, $5.00 per person.

Grand Tour
Our best tour includes:
Historic Houses Tour (above)
plus
Blackfriar's Playhouse
Woodrow Wilson Museum and Birthplac
Thornrose Cemetery
Gypsy Hill Park
The Wharf Historic District
Newtown Histroic District
Mary Baldwin College
Stuart Hall School
Stop inside Trinity Church with a dozen Tiffany windows
Other attractions at your request
About two hours
$30 per person, Min: $60, Max: $90
Your car or ours.

Van Tour:
For a large family or small group, a 12 passenger van can be rented. Call for more information.

Step-On Guide: We provide a guide for your motor coach, and an overview of Staunton, seeing many area sites (see Sites To See) This historic tour is 90 minutes to 2 hours. We will also provide an all-day guide to accompany you to the major sites if you wish.
Call for rates.

Civil War Tour: Includes a synopsis of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign and the rise and fall of Confederate fortunes in the Shenandoah Valley, which was a major theater of the Civil War; a trip to Madison Hall, Port Republic, The Coaling, the Lewis houses Lewiston and Lynnwood, Jackson's Prayer Tree, Bonny Doon and the Battle of the Piedmont. Terry Shulman, your tour guide, is a retired journalist and historical writer. He has written for Civil War Times Illustrated and many other national magazines, The Richmond TImes-Dispatch, and the Staunton News Leader's history section, which he wrote and edited for 11 years. He has been writing about and investigating area battlefields for over 20 years. About 3 hours. Your car, $90, Our car, $110.

Power Point Tour:
We have created a tour of Staunton using Power Point, photographs and drawings which can be shared with you or your group. Call or email for more information.

In the Tourism business??
We'd like to invite you along with one of our tours.
Just e-mail us for details.

Create an itinerary to meet your specific tastes,
or pick one or our prepared tours.
Ask for information and rates.
Call 540-885-2430 or e-mail
marney@stauntonguidedtours.com