Enjoy a narrated stroll through America's Grandest Victorian Neighborhood! As recommended by The New York Times!
Relive the past on one of our award-winning tours of Old Louisville - America's Grandest Victorian Neighborhood!
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Thanks to our Florida friends Albert and Jan, and Ham and Julie, who joined David on a customized Louisville city tour today! In addition to seeing the highlights of downtown, Old Louisville, and the Highlands, they enjoyed the sites and bites of NuLu. Want a private or customized tour for your small group? Text or call 502-718-2764, and weâll set you up. đ
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Welcome, winter! We hope you'll spend these chilly months nestled inside our cozy dining room with a warm meal, great company, and signature cocktails.
12/17/2024
Our amazing tour guide Angelique Stacy led a creepy Friday the 13th Christmas time tour! We even met the Head Witch at the Witchesâ Tree for a spell. We run tours year long, so come on out and join us for a spooky holiday time!
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We were thrilled to have these kind visitors join Angelique Stacy on her special of on Friday the 13th! They flew in all the way from Australia to see the neighborhood because they read about it in Voodoo Days at La Casa Fabulosa by David DominĂŠ, the Bluegrass Peasant!
Thanks to the Louisville Bourbon Inn for opening their doors and inviting the group inside!
12/10/2024
Bundle up to join popular tour guide Angelique Stacy this Friday the 13th for a spirited walk through America's Most Haunted Neighborhood and we'll provide the hand warmers!
To celebrate this spooky day, we will be augmenting this Friday's regular 7:30PM Old Louisville Ghost Tour with lots of goodies, so get your tickets while they last! As you wend your way through gaslit walking courts and past Victorian mansions, Angelique will channel the sprit of Annie Whipple, Old Louisville's legendary governess who learned the hard way it's not advisable to dabble in the dark arts, while sharing tales of some of the area's most famous hauntings as well. Besides popping in for a visit to the lovely Louisville Bourbon Inn, tour-goers will receive local sweets, souvenirs, and a special good luck spell to ward off the evil eye from Taya, one of Old Louisville's favorite witches!
The tour will last about two hours, and tickets are $27.50 per person. Plan on departing the corner of South Fourth Street and West Ormsby Avenue right at 7:30PM. Get tickets here: https://louisvillehistorictours.com
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Recommended by The New York Times! Guided Walks of a Grand Victorian Neighborhood...
Relive the past on one of our award-winning tours of Old Louisville - America's Grandest Victorian Neighborhood!
We offer the original Old Louisville walking tour! Recommended by The New York Times!
Since 2004, Louisville Historic Tours has been offering fascinating and informative walking tours of Old Louisville, America's Grandest Victorian Neighborhood â so make sure to plan a visit to this stunning historic preservation district the next time you're in Louisville, Kentucky. With well over a thousand historic structures spread out over some 40 square blocks, this is the place for people who love old houses and Victorian charm. Let Louisville Historic Tours show you why this neighborhood directly south of the downtown area has been billed as the "next Savannah or Charleston" of the United States.
Currently, we have daytime walking tours that highlight the history and architecture of Old Louisville and a very popular evening ghost walk designed to show you the spookier side of the neighborhood. Read on to find out more:
the "America's Most Haunted Neighborhood" tour
The most haunted neighborhood in America? Thatâs what many are calling Old Louisville, an extensive preservation district filled with old mansions and strikingly beautiful homes in Kentuckyâs largest city. Wherever you go in this eye-popping neighborhood, it seems that a haunted house is not far away. Or a haunted church, a haunted street corner, or a haunted park. Over the last two decades, so many stories of supernatural activity have surfaced here that Old Louisville has gained the reputation as being the spookiest neighborhood in the entire country. Join a guide for this nightly tour that introduces you to the ghostly past and paranormal hotspots in Americaâs Most Haunted Neighborhood. Best enjoyed against the backdrop of gas lamps and hidden walking courts, this haunted history tour has received awards and accolades from national and international publications such as Southern Living magazine. Offered daily at 7:30 pm from March 15 to November 15 (call 502-718-2764 for times during the off-season), this walking tour takes approximately 90 minutes and costs $20 per person. This tour is based on David Domineâs book True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from Americaâs Most Haunted Neighborhood. David himself is very often the guide.
the "America's Most Exuberant Neighborhood" tour
Since it was declared a historic preservation district in the 1970s, many have considered Old Louisville the most architecturally exuberant neighborhoods in the country. With more than a thousand old homes, itâs one of the largest as well. Constructed primarily between 1880 and 1905, the residences in Old Louisville showcase a wide variety of building styles, including Châteauesque, Richardsonian-Romanesque, Italianate, Victorian Gothic, and Queen Anne â just to name a few. If you like old homes and fabulous architecture, this is a tour you wonât want to miss. A knowledgeable guide will share stories and architectural details while you walk the neighborhood and view its most impressive structures. At the same time, you will learn about the bourbon barons, racetrack royalty, and to***co titans who lived there and hear the stories of how they and other colorful characters made this historic district Americaâs Most Exuberant Neighborhood. Offered daily at 11 am and 1 pm from March 15 to November 15 (call for appointments during the off-season), this walking tour takes approximately 90 minutes and costs $20 per person. This tour gets its name from David Domine's popular book Old Louisville: Exuberant, Elegant, and Alive and the author himself might even show up and be your guide.
All tours depart from in front of the brown âWelcome to Old Louisvilleâ sign at the corner of Fourth and Ormsby!
