Asheville Walking Tour: Explore History and Culture

Discover Asheville’s rich history, stunning architecture, and unique culture on a guided walking tour with Asheville by Foot. Explore hidden gems and become an Asheville insider!

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pack Square - This is the center of town and our starting point.
  • Thomas Wolfe Memorial - The boarding house where the noted American author grew up.
  • Grove Arcade - One of the great shopping arcades built in the 1920 in the Gothic Revival style.
  • YMI Cultural Center - Important community cultural center that was built by the…
What's Included
  • Experienced local tour guide included
Additional Information

Asheville by Foot offers extraordinary guided walking tours that maximize your Asheville adventure. No matter if it’s your maiden trip or your tenth visit to Asheville, Asheville by Foot helps you gain a profound understanding of Asheville’s in-depth history, magnificent architecture, and distinctive culture. This remains Asheville’s quintessential…

Location
1 S Pack Square
South Pack Square
We meet at the blue glass sphere in front of the Asheville Art Museum on Pack Square.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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214tede
Mar 6, 2025
Excellent tour. - Excellent! Mary was great. Learned a lot about history and architecture. Highly recommend. BTW, downtown Asheville was not damaged by the hurricane.
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Inspire31878
Jan 30, 2025
Tebbe Was Excellent! - Tebbe was an amazing tour guide of Asheville! We lucked into a beautiful January morning. The history and architectural information we learned about the area was fascinating and shared in such a knowledgeable and engaging way by Tebbe. We would highly recommend taking the time to go on this tour.
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Shildon
Sep 29, 2024
Great tour, especially if you do not have alot of time - This is an excellent tour. We learned so much that we would not have been able to learn on our own during our short stay in Asheville. Highly recommend.
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Donnagsp
Sep 27, 2024
Excellent walking tour of downtown Asheville. - We had an excellent tour with Tebbe. He was friendly, informative and enthusiastic. The walk was easy, and the headsets made it easy to hear. One of the highlights was information about Thomas Wolfe, which piqued our interest enough for a follow up tour of the Thomas Wolfe home and visitor center. The tour was $5, and excellent, and the visitor center movie and information were very interesting.
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Shannon_t
Sep 23, 2024
Take the tour!! - Marilyn was an excellent tour guide. She has lived in Asheville for years and is a wealth of knowledge! Thank you Marilyn!
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Morganrv5753co
Sep 16, 2024
Downtown Asheville walking tour - We enjoyed our tour with Tebee. He was very knowledgeable about the history of Asheville. He was great - highly recommend for your next visit!
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Mmhaynes828
Sep 13, 2024
Great tour, highly recommend - This was a very informative tour. Lots of history in Asheville. It was an easy walkabout and headphones were provided, which was a great bonus as you didn't have to huddle together to hear the information presented. Our tour guide, Mary, was great... friendly, knowledgeable, and fun. Highly recommend.
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Williamds
Sep 5, 2024
Fun & Entertaining - Our tour guide, Tebbe, made the tour a fun and entertaining experience. I think the tour is a decent value and would recommend it to anyone stopping by in the city and had some time to spare
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Al_g
Feb 6, 2025
Guide was a "No Show" - Our guide was a No Show. We waited 10 minutes, called customer support. Turns out our guide never even looked at his messages to know he had a booking. So disappointing.
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Inia
Dec 2, 2024
Tour Guide Dropped the Ball - Tour guide Teddy called us right after signing up, said it was too cold to do the tour (it wasn’t) and we needed to cancel through Trip Advisor. Trouble was, we lost all our payment if we cancelled. We called Teddy back to ask him to cancel the trip so we would get our $$ back, and he never responded.
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