Welcome to St. Louis Walking Tours, a celebration of city buildings and public art on a grand scale. St. Louis is baseball and bratwurst, toasted ravioli and the blues. It's home to the oldest steel-frame skyscraper in the world and the tallest man-made monument in the United States.

The Revolutionary War on the western front ended in St. Louis where Charles Lindbergh's dreams of transatlantic flight took wings. Sam Clemens set type here before apprenticing himself to a steamboat captain and going to work on the river. He also found a pen name by which he would become known throughout the world. St. Louis was the setting for Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" and Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer." But hundreds of years before the cultured French/Creole village grew into the commercial lion of the Mississippi Valley, this great riverside prairie was a burial site of the largest tribal culture in North America.

The dramatic history of St. Louis from colonial times to the present is reflected in the city's skyline and its public art. As a city we continue to evolve. With breathing space to grow and large areas of land being redeveloped, St. Louis is in the midst of a major urban renaissance.

Whether you are in St. Louis for the week or just an afternoon I invite you to walk the city streets with me and experience first-hand the visionary spirit which has made St. Louis the Gateway to the West.

By popular demand St. Louis Walking Tours has expanded to include Narrated Bus Tours of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

• Union Station*
• The Common Fields of Saint Louis
• "The Meeting of the Waters"
• The Main Post Office Murals
• The Chestnut Valley
• Scott Joplin, Tom Turpin & the Rosebud Cafe
• "Frankie and Johnny's" St. Louis Roots
• Kiel Opera House & the Gateway Mall
• The Massacre at Lindell's Grove
• The Campbell House Museum
• Lucas Place & the Great Fire of 1849
• The Terra Cotta Lofts
• Washington Avenue Garment District
• Downtown Loft District
• Tennessee Williams & the International Building*
• The City Museum*
• Intersection of 13th & Locust Streets
• Christ Church Cathedral, * T.S. Eliot & Henry Shaw
• Central Building of the St. Louis Public Library *
• Soldier's Memorial
• Statue of Pierre Laclede Liguest
• City Hall
• The Civil Courts Building
• The Serra Sculpture*
• ATT/Southwestern Bell Architectural Complex
• Thomas Eagleton Federal Building*
• U.S Custom House and Post Office*
• The Wainwright Building
• Underground Caves via MetroLink*
• America's Center/Convention Plaza
• The Canyon of Washington Avenue
• The Renaissance Hotel Complex*
• The Lammert Building & AIA Bookstore*
• The Merchandise Mart
• The Roberts Mayfair Hotel*
• The Chemical Building
• The Roberts Orpheum Theater
• 705 Olive—The "Other" Sullivan Building*
• The Railway Exchange Building*
• Metropolitan Square * & "Urban Odyssey"
• The Old Courthouse,* Dred Scott, Colonial St. Louis
• Fort San Carlos
• Ottawa Chief Pontiac's Burial Place
• The Mississippian Mounds of St. Louis
• The Cathedral of St. Louis, King of France*
• The Gateway Arch
• Laclede/Chouteau House
• The Museum of Westward Expansion*
• William Clark's Home & Museum
• Sacagawea & Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
• The Eads Bridge & W.C. Handy
• Laclede's Landing
• La Place—Market Place - in Colonial St. Louis
• The Mississippi River & Mark Twain

* denotes landmarks that we will enter.

Guided Walking Tours for Individuals and Groups of Downtown St. Louis are offered March thru November, Monday thru Saturday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm and Sunday from 12:00 noon until 5:00 pm, weather permitting.

Narrated Bus Tours of the St. Louis Area are available for Groups all year round, Monday thru Saturday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm and Sunday from 12:00 noon until 5:00 pm.

TWO-AND-A-HALF-HOUR WALKING TOURS
Western Central Corridor of Downtown St. Louis :
This broad tour encompasses the western, central corridor from Union Station to the Wainwright Building by way of Market Street and Washington Avenue and covers St. Louis history from colonial times to the present.
Begins at the Hotel Entrance to Union Station on Market Street.

Eastern Central Corridor of Downtown St. Louis :
This tour encompasses the eastern central corridor from Kiener Plaza to the Mississippi River, by way of Washington Avenue and Walnut Street and covers the Era of the Mississippian Mound Builders to the present.
Begins at the Visitors' Guide Map Post in Kiener Plaza on Broadway.

Entire Central Corridor of Downtown St. Louis :
This long, physically challenging walk combines the above two tours.
Begins at the Hotel Entrance to Union Station on Market Street.

CUSTOMIZED WALKING TOURS
Customized Tours can be designed for the special interests of walkers. Costs for such specialized tours depend upon the area covered, the length of tour and the amount of time required for research and planning.

STUDENT TOURS
Half-Day(two-and-a-half-hour) and Full-Day(five-and-a-half-hour) Tours are available for Junior and Senior High School Groups. Half-Day Tours are available for Grades K thru 12. For additional information, please see School Groups.

HALF-DAY OR FULL-DAY NARRATED BUS TOURS
Tours of varying lengths are available of Downtown and the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. For Narrated Bus Tours, please see Bus Tours.


All tours are by reservation only.

Reservations for daily adult tours may be made by phone or email up until 5:00 pm the day before the desired tour.

Reservations for School Tours and Narrated Bus Tours must be made at least one week prior to the desired tour date.

Call Maureen Kavanaugh, at 314-368-8818 or email me at: maureen@stlouiswalkingtours.com


Two-and-a-Half-Hour Walking Tours:

1- 4 people $60.00. Additional cost per person - $15.00, per couple $25.00, per Senior citizen - $10.00. Discounts are available for Senior groups and parties of 10 or more.

For student rates, please see School Groups.



Your personal safety is my utmost concern. However I do not accept responsibility for accident or injury unless it results from my negligence. Ultimate responsibility lies with the individual adult or student.