You are missing out if you haven't taken a tour with Raleigh Walking Tours. Raleigh Walking Tours…read moreare provided by Tricia who is a very personable tour guide. Her dedication shows in all the research and details provided on the tours. Raleigh Walking Tours started with tours of Oakwood, so I discovered the company as I love seeing the historic houses and the different styles of architecture. Oakwood has Queen Annes, Second Empires, Neoclassical, mid-Victorian Venacular, Shotgun, and Craftsman. I get them all confused but Tricia can tell you about each of them and why they have a certain porch or roof, window and door placement and other features. I've taken the tour enough times I should remember but my mind just appreciates looking at them. The Oakwood tours now are offered a few times in the spring and in the fall when the houses are decorated for Halloween. The spring tours is different from the fall tour so you will see and learn about other houses. The Halloween House and the Nightmare on Elm Street houses are part of the fall tour. Besides the Oakwood tour, Raleigh Walking Tour has many other tours. The tours all have different starting points, and you are provided with detailed information as to where to park beforehand. The True Crimes and Curious Tales is my favorite tour. You get to learn about different crimes that happened in Raleigh and some strange happenings. I also enjoy art and street art has been something I look for so there are mural and public art tours as well. Raleigh has a lot of it, and I wouldn't have discovered as much as I did without the tour. But just seeing it is one thing and on the tour you get to learn more about it. A new tour is at Raleigh Iron Works. I did not know of the history of RIW before the tour. I just knew of the mixed use development that opened. But it had been a steel company with a fascinating history, and in WWI was a munitions and artillery shell plant. The buildings are neat to learn about then there is art to see on this tour too. Then there are Haunted History, Ghost Tours, Women's History Tours. I feel like I am forgetting a few others. But there are a variety of offerings. If you want to take a tour, just register on the website. Tours are pay what you think the tour was worth. If you are visiting from out of town or a local, you will learn something new on these tours.

I really enjoyed my 1st Raleigh Walking Tour Downtown for the Fall Historic Oakwood Tour. Historic…read moreOakwood is one of my favorite neighborhoods in Raleigh to gaze in amazement at many Victorian and Queen Anne dream homes. The neighborhood is a National Register of Historic Places and is North Carolina's largest, intact 19th Century residential neighborhood. These dream homes belong to many wealthy and artistic homeowners. Each home makes you feel like you've stepped back into time centuries ago never losing the beauty of the house's true age. During the holidays you can expect for each home to be all decked out. Oakwood is home to Jesse Jones and the famous " Halloween Oakwood House". A true spooky sight to see each year in October. The Walking Tours are an excellent way to learn about the area and get your steps in. Tricia was our tour guide and she was wonderful. She was organized and provided lots of details prior to the event. Parking is plentiful in Oakwood and we started the tour at the NC Medical Society. Tricia has a talent for what she does and shared amazing facts and history on each home and business. Her knowledge on architecture was impressive. We walked the blocks of Elm, Lane, Oakwood, Person and Linden learning the history of homeowners like Annie Brantley. You make a donation at the end of the tour and pay what you see fit. I plan to attend a candlelight Oakwood Tour soon and look forward to attending another local walking tour.

What a wonderful walking food tour with a great tour guide. She curated a good list of different…read moreplaces to check out. I don't want to give away too many pictures of what you will see so you can enjoy the sites and scenery when you go. Highly recommend travelers and locals alike to go!

I have to say that Jacqueline really knows her Raleigh history and is very passionate about what…read moreshe does Four restaurants us just perfect for this tour and there is ample time at each one. Food at two of the places was crazy good. One place was very nice and the fourth place was meh...dirty, loud and the food was meh. Take this tour. Great history. We laughed a lot and made new friends.

Absolutely great tour! Just moved to Raleigh and it was a fun way to get to know the city: Great…read morefood and Sam was a great guide. Highly recommend.

I've lost count of the Taste Carolina Food Tours I have taken. I've taken the Raleigh tour the…read moremost. My first Raleigh food tour was a great introduction to Raleigh and how I learned to get around in Downtown Raleigh. So since then I always try to find a food tour while traveling. Even though I've taken the Raleigh tour multiple times it has not been the same exact tour as the restaurants rotate so the route changes. Taste Carolina has tours in Raleigh; Durham; Hillsborough; Asheville; Winston Salem; Greensboro; Chapel Hill; Charlotte and Wilmington. Besides Raleigh, I've been on the Hillsborough tour; Durham tour and Wilmington tour. The only tour that wasn't up to par with the other Taste Carolina tours was the Wilmington tour. I do not recommend that tour. The website is easy to use and book the tour you want to take and you can list any food restrictions or food allergies. They try to accommodate. Then you are provided a starting location and parking suggestions. On tour day, you meet your guide and you are off exploring the town as well as discovering restaurants you might not have heard of before. Back when I started these tours, my palate was limited. These tours exposed me to foods I never would have ordered. Some I loved and others not so much but that is all part of the experience to try new things. Generally there are about five or six stops on the tour. You will be given your dish then usually the chef or owner comes out and tells you about the dish and the history of the restaurant. On my last tour I took the Durham tour a second time. At the stating point, the guide had the route we'd be walking on a map with all the restaurants we'd be stopping. I learned some new areas in Durham and went to new restaurants. I regularly eat at several restaurants I was introduced to on the first Durham tour. I've tried to take the Asheville tour for years but the weeks it runs never meshes when I am in town. March will take me on the Greensboro tour though. This was recommended to me by someone on my Durham food tour.

Ghost story walking tour of the most notable haunts in downtown Raleigh, narrated by Brad. We met…read moreat the Wake a county Courthouse for check in. Yarborough House Hotel :Silent Gentle 1852 fun and informative and lots of great spots definitely check them out !!

This was a really fun thing to take my family on while they were visiting. Almost everywhere in NC…read moreis claimed to be haunted because of the civil war and all sorts of things. I never miss an opportunity to go on a ghost walk. The company gives you the address of the meeting spot at 7:30pm and they made it incredibly easy to find them. The tour was about 90 minutes around downtown Raleigh. We were able to book the same day online, no issues. Tickets were only $17 per person. So really cheap fun, while getting a little history lesson.

My wife and I booked the walking tour of Downtown Raleigh. I made a reservation with Brad…read more We spent a delightful couple of Hours walking the streets of this very interesting City. Brad was very knowledgeable, interesting and informative. We enjoyed learning the history of Raleigh and North Carolina. It's amazing how much you can learn in just a few hours. We were very impressed. Arne and Lynn

We loved our ghost tour/pub crawl on Saturday night. It was a mixture of ghost stories, history of…read moreRaleigh and visiting bars and drinking. It was so fun. Our tour guide Brad was very knowledgeable and fun to be with. Our group was small and we got to know each other during the tour. We walked quite a bit but got to sit down often, so it wasn't very taxing. I would love to take another tour as we really enjoyed it.

Always a good time with this crew! Loved Laura - we will be back!! Recommend a trolley or many to…read moreanyone in raleigh!!

Mark was amazing!!!!…read more We had a mixed group of locals and visitors and Mark did a great job of pointing out tourist attractions to visitors and ensuring everyone was kept happy. The weather was horrible- warm rain - and the vibes were high. He even let us take an extra stop to fuel our energy before walking to another bar after it concluded. Would highly recommend for big groups looking to explore Raleigh.

I decided to do a Brewed Clues tour with several friends to try something new over the weekend and…read moreI had a great time! Basically, it is a scavenger hunt/trivia/blind taste testing event through several breweries. We had a great time figuring out the clues to get us to the next location and it took me to some places I never would have tried. I liked that it was self-guided so we could spend as much time at any of the places and not feel rushed. I will definitely check them out again and think it would be even more fun in a city that I am not familiar with (and they have locations in Charlotte, Asheville, and Raleigh)!

We did the Raleigh tour (I could only find this one on Yelp). This is a fun way to spend a weekend…read moreafternoon, but wasn't exactly what we expected. I thought it would be more of a scavenger hunt, but the main focus is a beer tasting test. I think the beer samples for the tasting should be small (like a half shot glass) and then you should get to pick your half pour from a select menu or something. Two of us don't like some of the hoppy beers, so my husband ended up drinking several of the beers and didn't get to buy any other beer he actually wanted. Other than that, we really enjoyed ourselves. The bartender at the last stop was particularly awesome and all of the bartenders knew what was going on and were really welcoming and cool about it.

Great team building idea!! Creates such a positive and fun environment. And helps with stress!!…read more Our work team loved it!

Great activity for corporate departments to have fun together with a purpose. Set up was ready to…read morego the minute we walked in. Highly recommend