What locals are saying
Tour Charleston is one of the city's original walking tour operators (est. 1996), headquartered inside Buxton Books on King St, and reviews across Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Viator consistently credit its guides — particularly Liz, Brian, and Damon — for deep local knowledge and storytelling that goes beyond rote history. Its 'Lost Stories of Black Charleston' tour draws strong, emotionally resonant praise, while the flagship Ghosts of Charleston night walk through the Unitarian Church Graveyard is a crowd-pleaser that books roughly 9 days out on average. The operator flies almost entirely under the social media radar — no meaningful Instagram, TikTok, or influencer footprint — and relies on word-of-mouth and OTA platforms, leaving it overshadowed in algorithm-driven discovery by flashier competitors like ghost pub crawls and booze cruises.
