Look over the variety of Private Driving Tours presented here, designed to accommodate those desiring a more personal guided tour. Beginning with our NEWEST tour, The City Highlights Tour, we also offer the Experience series of tours; Custom Tours, including Half Day, Full Day and Multi‐Day tours; Specialty and Seasonal Tours; and Large Group Tours. Please call our office to answer questions and to reserve any of these tours.
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CITY HIGHLIGHTS TOUR
A new tour specifically created for visitors who want a sense of Richmond with a sampler tour; a “Mini‐Overview” Driving & Walking Tour, that is City Center focused with over 50 points‐of‐interest and includes stops to tour Capitol Square and Historic St. John’s Church and two Church Hill overlooks.
Areas seen include Jackson Ward, VCU Medical Campus, Court End, City Center to Brown’s Island, Manchester, Capitol Square, Shockoe Slip and Bottom and Church Hill.
At two separate stops, you will park and disembark to tour, first the Capitol Square grounds, home to Thomas Jefferson’s “Roman Temple’ on the hill, todays Capitol of Virginia, numerous statues and monuments as well as the Executive Mansion and learn of Washington’s remarkable cenotaph. This is followed by a stop and walk at Historic St. John’s Church, where in March of 1775, the disbanded Virginia Burgess’s including Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington together with another 100+ men, met in a secret meeting, to talk and vote upon a resolution, so profound that if Governor Dunmore learned of it, they would all be arrested, tried, found guilty of treason and sentenced to hang!
Tour Length: 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Costs: 1 ‐ 2 people $275 3 to 6 people $35 each additional person.
EXPERIENCE RICHMOND TOURS
Far and away, the Richmond Tour Guys most popular private tours since first being introduced in 2022 are the
Experience series of Overview tours where our guides become dual‐hatted, driving our guest’s vehicle, either their
personal or rental car or for larger groups, the company rents transportation, sized from an SUV up to a 14
passenger Transit minibus. This allows everyone to enjoy the tour without also being the group’s chauffeur.
OVERVIEW TOURS
Experience Richmond Tours offer couples, families and small groups the opportunity to more fully take in and see
the historic and ‘new’ that is today’s Richmond. All three of these Overview tours are guide driven tours with two
featuring walking segments.
Overview Tour
Our Overview Tour is a 2‐hour, guide driven tour that covers the length and breadth of the greater downtown and surrounding neighborhoods of Richmond. Areas covered include City Center, Jackson Ward, Church Hill, both VCU campuses, Shockoe Slip and Bottom, Brown’s Island/Tredegar, Manchester, and Carytown. Your knowledgeable guide provides a continuous narration accompanying you the entire tour.
Pricing Information:
1 ‐ 2 people $200
3 to 5 people, $35 additional per
person
Expanded Overview Tour
The 3‐hour Expanded Overview Tour includes all that is included in the Overview Tour and in addition incorporates drive‐through of Hollywood Cemetery home to over 18,000 confederate soldiers including Generals George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart with a stop overlooking the rapids of the James River and walk through of President’s Circle, the final resting place of U.S. presidents Monroe and Tyler as well as C.S.A. President Davis.
Pricing Information:
1 ‐ 2 people $250
3 to 5 people, $35 addiƟonal per
person
Ultimate Overview Tour
The Ultimate Overview Tour is a combination of driving and walking lasting 3 ½ to 4 hours that incorporates all the previous tours and in addition, has two walking segments, first to tour Capitol Square, home of monuments, statues and the Thomas Jefferson designed capitol building still purpose used today. The other walking segment is Church Hill’s Historic St. John’s Church and churchyard to learn of an important 1775 secret meeting.
Pricing Information:
1 ‐ 2 people $300
3 to 5 people, $40 additional per
person
NOTE: The prices for the City Highlights and Overview Tours are for the tour itself and utilizing the guests personal or their rental vehicle. For larger groups from 6 to 14 people, a larger vehicle will be required. That rental price varies throughout the year and will be determined at the time of arranging for the tour. Please contact us so that we may work with you to provide you the tour of your choosing. Phone 804 554 4865
CUSTOM EXPERIENCE TOURS
For those desiring an ala carte tour experience The Richmond Tour Guys offers Half‐Day, Full‐Day and Multi‐Day
Custom driving tours waiting to be arranged to the customers desires. With so many Museums, Attractions and tour elements available to choose from and surrounding cities and areas to be seen, a Custom Experience Tour is sure to fit‐the‐bill.
HALF‐DAY DRIVING TOUR
4 to 5 hours – Prices start at $350 and depends on size of the group and vehicle used.
This tour incorporates the “Overview Tour” as a basis for the driving portion and includes touring inside two
attractions from the list below. Some require an admission fee as indicated by $$.
FULL‐DAY DRIVING TOUR ‘A’
6 to 8 hours – Prices start at $500 and depends on size of the group and vehicle used.
There are two options for a Full‐Day Tour. Option ’A’ incorporates the “Overview Tour” as a basis for the driving portion and includes touring inside three attractions from the list below. Some require an admission fee as indicated by $$. The three attractions are split between morning and afternoon with a break around the noon‐hour for lunch.
FULL‐DAY DRIVING TOUR ‘B’
6 to 8 hours – Prices start at $500 and depends on size of the group and vehicle used.
The second option for a Full‐Day Tour, Option ’B’ incorporates the “Overview Tour” as a basis for the driving portion and includes touring inside one attraction choice from the list, for the morning portion of the tour. A break for lunch is then followed by a drive to one of the following; Jamestown, both the Settlement and Historic Jamestown to learn about the first successful English Colony beginning in 1607; Berkeley Plantation and the Harrison Family, or Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, including a First Floor tour and a walk to learn about Jefferson’s slaves.
ATTRACTION CHOICES
Virginia Museum of Fine Art
Virginia Museum of History and Culture $$
The Valentine $$
Black History and Cultural Museum $$
American Civil War Museum at Tredegar $$
Historic St. John’s Church $$
White House of the Confederacy $$
Capitol and Capitol Square
Hollywood Cemetery
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
MULTI‐DAY DRIVING TOUR
6 TO 8 hours per day – Price will vary; please call 804 554 4865
The Richmond Tour Guys have created, with the guest’s input a number of two day tours to take‐in much that the Greater Richmond area has to offer. Basing yourself in Richmond, at least half of your first day can be Richmond‐ centered, then the remainder of Day One and all of Day Two can allow you to venture out to areas within an hours drive including to Charlottesville or down the James River to as far as Jamestown. It’s fun to discover plantations, Jamestown and its two locations or venture north, to Monticello and possibly one or two wineries on the return to Richmond. This is just one of the tours that can be developed as the possibilities are numerous. By calling our office we would be pleased to together build the perfect tour sure to please.
SPECIALTY DRIVING TOURS
Civil War Richmond
The Richmond Tour Guys present two tours covering Richmond, as the Capital of the Confederacy, and the numerous battlefields surrounding the city. Each tour is guided by one of our “Local Experts” who has been presenting these tours for over 20 years.
Civil War Battlefields
Of all the prominent cities in the Civil War, Richmond, the capital of the CSA, was prized more than any other. As such, thirteen battles occurred within 20 miles, most with major casualties. “On to Richmond” was the constant Union battle cry. Led by our Expert Guide, the tour begins at Chimborazo Medical Museum. Four important battlefields, Beaver Dam, Gaines Mill, Cold Harbor and Malvern Hill are visited. Between each battlefield, short stops are made to explain important troop movements where they happened.
Tour length: Approximately 3 hours
Cost: 1‐2 Adults $250 Each Additional Adult $35
Civil War Capital
From April. 1861 until April, 1865, Richmond wore two hats, capital of Virginia and as capital of the break‐away states, the Confederate States of America or CSA. On this tour, you’ll travel throughout Richmond and with a Civil War focus see the White House of the Confederacy, the sites of Chimborazo Medical hospital, Tredagar Ironworks’
Pattern and Foundry buildings and The American Civil War Museum. Then after a lunch break, continue out to the closest battlefields of two campaigns, Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines Mill and Cold Harbor.
Tour length: Approximately 5 to 5 1/2 hours
Cost: 1‐2 Adults $350 Each Additional Adult $35