Experience Moore Tours · French Quarter & South of Broad
A 2.5-hour walk with Experience Moore Tours that pairs Rainbow Row and the houses South of Broad with three tastings. Pick it if sightseeing comes first and you want a light lunch, not a full meal.
Experience Moore Tours is Dana Moore's company. She has run tours in downtown Charleston since 2015 and is vice president of the Charleston Tour Association, per The Daniel Island News. The listing promises three tastings: two grab-and-go and one sit-down, where water, fountain soft drinks and iced tea are included. The guide is City of Charleston-certified, and groups top out at 15.
The order is set on the listing: a grab-and-go bite in the French Quarter, a taste of Lowcountry cooking around Rainbow Row, and a sweet finish from a family-owned dessert bar near the City Market. Guests report Callie's Hot Little Biscuits, barbecue sliders with collards and cornbread at Poogan's Smokehouse, and gelato or cannoli at Carmella's.
Three tastings is a light lunch, not a feast. The tour has only 31 reviews, all five stars, so the sample is small. It is not wheelchair accessible, and it does not run above 97°F, at a heat index over 110 or in tropical storms; ponchos come out for light rain.
61 State Street. Arrive 20 minutes early if you are parking.
A quick first tasting in the French Quarter. Guests report biscuits.
The sit-down Lowcountry tasting comes on this stretch, with water, soft drinks and iced tea.
A sweet finish from a family-owned dessert bar near the market.
The tour ends back at the meeting point.
★★★★★[...] We learned about the local Charleston architecture, French Huguenot Church, St. Phillip’s Church, Rainbow, Waterfront Park, Pineapple Fountain, enjoyed Callie’s Hot Little Biscuits, Poogan’s Smoke house for BBQ sliders, collard greens and corn bread, and finished off with the most amazing coffee and Gelato at Carmella’s. [...]
★★★★★We had an incredible tasting tour with Dana - the best of 6-8 tours we took across Charleston and Savannah. [...]
★★★★★Great tour. Lots of history. Our guide was amazing and very accommodating with the heat, traffic patterns, and overall city nuances.
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Three tastings: two grab-and-go bites and one sit-down Lowcountry tasting, ending with a dessert near the City Market.
In the lobby of The Loutrel Hotel, 61 State Street, and it ends back there.
Not above 97°F or at a heat index over 110. You are contacted to reschedule or get a refund.
Ages 8 and up, and children need a paid ticket for food and a seat.
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