From Richmond’s famously outrageous Tacky Lights to the undulating hills and valleys of Hollywood Cemetery;
Edgar Allan Poe’s hometown life; to colorful, thought provoking murals; these are just some options the
RICHMOND TOUR GUYS offer for those who desire an “In‐Depth” personal experience.
SPECIALTY TOURS
Specialty Tours are available year‐round as Private Tours suitable for individuals, couples, family‐and‐friends, or
groups. Some tours allow a customization as to length, particular interests and emphasis. A phone call allows us to
discuss and align you with an available Local Expert and provide a tour quote. IMPORTANT: For Hollywood
Cemetery and Civil War tours, please contact us, ideally a minimum of 2 to 3 days in advance of your desired date
so we can confirm your tour.
SPECIALTY WALKING TOURS
Hollywood Cemetery Tour
Join The Richmond Tour Guy’s “Local Expert” guide for an extensive 2‐hour Private Specialty Tour of Richmond’s famed Hollywood Cemetery, one of the country’s first urban‐garden style cemeteries designed in 1847 and best known as the final resting place for Presidents Monroe and Tyler and Richmond’s many notables. Learn the stories behind the extensive symbolism and iconography of the many headstones, monuments, tombs and mausoleums.
Cost: 1‐4 Adults $225 Each Additional Adult $40
Richmond Mural Tour
Beginning in 2012, Richmond’s mural culture, or street art, has been celebrated on an annual basis bringing muralists from around the world to cover buildings, flood walls, silos and a baseball stadium. Today, there are over 350 works on display. The Richmond Tour Guys, recognizing the growing popularity of murals, have developed a nearly 2‐hour tour, centered in the Fan District to take patrons on a journey to see some of the best works found in Richmond.
Cost: 1‐4 Adults $225 Each Additional Adult $40
Richmond’s Edgar Allan Poe Tour
Many know of Edgar Allan Poe’s Boston and Baltimore connections, but the originator of detective fiction always claimed Richmond as his hometown. On this special tour in Church Hill, on the streets walked by The Raven’s author, you will learn why no city had more impact on the creator of modern horror stories than Richmond. You’ll hear about his early life and the people that were important to him including his mother who died and is buried in St. John’s cemetery, his “adopted” family who provided his middle name and the story of his twice loved and some say twice betrothed Sarah Elmira.
Cost: 1‐4 Adults $225 Each Additional Adult $40
Monument Avenue Tour
This grand boulevard was in the late 1800’s a fairly large farmstead inherited by Otway Allen. He had the brilliant idea of donating a large circular piece of land to the state to locate a new statue, provided Richmond would allow an extension of Franklin Street and thus a new housing development. The result is today’s grand street, Monument Avenue which has over the past 100 years evolved and evolved again. On this tour, you’ll learn about the architects and mansions that replaced the orchards and created one of America’s grandest boulevards. As the city grew west it became home to the recently removed monuments to the “Lost Cause.”
Cost: 1‐4 Adults $225 Each Additional Adult $40