Walking Tour: Downtown's Best

$40 per person (includes the guidebook Exploring Pittsburgh: A Downtown Walking Tour)

This tour is limited to 10 participants. Tickets will not be available after 11:30 p.m. on June 4.

Downtown Pittsburgh contains a remarkable array of buildings and places old, new, restored, and reimagined. This veritable museum of architecture is part of what makes Pittsburgh unique; it also allows us to understand the relationship between our history and our built environment. In a vigorous tour of architectural landmarks, spectacular interiors, and significant urban spaces, you will learn how Pittsburgh developed from a military outpost in the 18th century into the 21st-century city that has been lauded for its beauty, walkability, and livability.

This tour also shows how historic buildings have been preserved and maintained for contemporary uses, manifesting the resilience and ingenuity that have defined Pittsburgh since its beginning.

Tour meeting point:  Corner of Grant Street and Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, on the sidewalk by the parking lot.

Tour ending point:  Corner of Fourth Avenue and Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Please arrive 15 minutes before start time in order to ensure that the tour gets underway on time.

Accessibility: This tour is handicap accessible. Please notify us of your needs two business days in advance of the tour.