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Atlanta History Tour: From Civil War to Civil Rights
5.0
15 Ratings
Atlanta
Explore Atlanta’s rich history and vibrant future on a private 3-hour tour. Discover historic sites, Civil War stories, and the city’s modern boom.
Explore Atlanta’s rich history and vibrant future on a private 3-hour tour. Discover historic sites, Civil War stories, and the city’s modern boom.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Oakland Cemetery - Established in 1850
- Centennial Olympic Park - Created for the 1996 Olympics, featuring many of Atlanta’s top tourist spots
- Cabbagetown Park - Historic area dating back to the late 1800s
- Inman Park - Atlanta’s first suburb, established in 1890
- Krog Street Tunnel - Famous tunnel adorned with vibrant street…
- Oakland Cemetery - Established in 1850
- Centennial Olympic Park - Created for the 1996 Olympics, featuring many of Atlanta’s top tourist spots
- Cabbagetown Park - Historic area dating back to the late 1800s
- Inman Park - Atlanta’s first suburb, established in 1890
- Krog Street Tunnel - Famous tunnel adorned with vibrant street art, linking historic neighborhoods
- Mercedes Benz Stadium - Constructed near Atlanta’s original founding site
- Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site - A national park dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., including the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, his birthplace, gravesite, and museums
- Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail - Atlanta’s visionary 22-mile rails-to-trails project, fostering development and transforming city mobility
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Join this private, guided tour to delve into Atlanta’s rich history and explore its future. Discover city centers, historic neighborhoods, a national park, and a cemetery as we discuss the city’s founding, its devastation during the Civil War, the Reconstruction era, the Civil Rights movement, and more. Learn about the factors fueling Atlanta’s current…
Join this private, guided tour to delve into Atlanta’s rich history and explore its future. Discover city centers, historic neighborhoods, a national park, and a cemetery as we discuss the city’s founding, its devastation during the Civil War, the Reconstruction era, the Civil Rights movement, and more. Learn about the factors fueling Atlanta’s current growth. By the end of this tour, you’ll have a comprehensive understanding of Atlanta’s past and its future direction.
- Must bring own infant seat or child booster seat
Location
Oakland Cemetery
248 Oakland Ave SE,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(15 Ratings)
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Michaelh
Jan 26, 2025
Excellent Atlanta guide and tour! - Excellent, informative knowledgeable guide who loves the city of Atlanta. Our guide, Chris, structured our tour specifically for us and was able to accommodate an earlier time schedule for us. We were able to learn so much more about the city of Atlanta than we expected. Chris could fine tune his topics of discussion on the fly without missing a beat to answer our questions and our interests. Highly recommend.
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B7926wopetel
Jan 25, 2025
a funky fresh way to experience atlanta! - chris is a good friend of mine, so i wanted to support his venture! the tour was fantastic! & if it wasn't, i would say so. i was stoked to hear all the facts he was ripping off during our with him! & being an artist, he had a lot of insight on some of the murals we saw too! it was genuinely a fun & informative way to see atlanta!
just do it!
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Journey03517262843
Jan 15, 2025
ATL, yo! - How fun was this! I live near Atlanta but had never explored the city or its history outside of the adolescent field trips. An out of town friend came for a visit and specifically wanted to see ATL. Chris made the tour a lot of fun and we learned so much. I really enjoyed the old neighborhoods. They don’t build homes like that anymore. Would totally recommend to anyone local or out of town if you’re looking for a bit of GA history.
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P4910bzjessicac
Jan 13, 2025
Friends From Out of Town - We recently had friends in town and wanted to show them around Atlanta without the larger, more typical tourist spots. Our friends are also big history buffs so we were hoping to tap into that as well. Chris’s Then and Now Private History Tour turned out to be the perfect choice. Our friends absolutely loved it and we got to learn lots about our hometown. We especially enjoyed experiencing the character of the old neighborhoods and Oakland cemetery. Would highly recommend!
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Aekdb
Dec 12, 2024
Great time in the A - Well spoken. Extremely nice and knowledgeable. He really loves the city of Atlanta and his excitement about Atlanta’s growth and change is contagious. A+++ Thanks Chris! Go Braves!
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360bjc
Dec 4, 2024
Super friendly tour guide! - We absolutely loved our tour! Chris was super friendly and incredibly knowledgeable. Also, I felt very safe and taken care of while on the tour. Highly recommend!
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Melindam244
Dec 3, 2024
Great tour! - This is such a great way to feel you’ve really gotten to know Atlanta through its stories and people and places. Chris is knowledgeable and kind and his affection for the city really shows. It really felt like a friend showing us around his home. Chris also has great recommendations for activities, places to eat, other things to see etc. I recommend this tour!
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Tom
Nov 26, 2024
Atlanta brought to you up close and very enlightening presentation - Enjoyed the narrative and the personalization of the locals. The tour guide was exceptionally knowledgeable and that made the narrative that much more vivid...very enjoyable.
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Simmonstb99
Nov 26, 2024
Tour De Force...an amazing day - Amazing tour, filled with fun facts, historical perspectives that made the tour more personalized. I felt transported to the location as they existed at the time. The guide made the locales seem alive in the present and at the same time gave an awesome presentation of why the events being discussed were relevant in today's time.
Whenever we are in this area again, I plan to revisit this tour and enjoy it all over again...it is just that good.
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Shannonmu3928nu
Nov 17, 2024
Family history tour… super cool - This tour was really cool. Made me feel different about ATL. It’s a completely different place than we thought. We did the history tour but Chris showed us a lot more than that. The art we saw was unexpected and showed the artistic talent in the city. Thanks Chris!
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