Experience Birmingham - The Historic Highlights

David was very knowledgeable about the area and was very informative. He was flexible and gave us options. He needs a serious upgrade for his vehicle.

David was amazing! My head was spinning with his phenomenal knowledge of the Birmingham area! I cannot say enough good things about his tour. My husband and I got a real "feel" for the city, got to see the highlights of the city and even had a great lunch at the "Garage". I felt thoroughly spoiled after he dropped us off at our hotel! One of the things that impressed me the most is that David actually LOVES Birmingham and is a vibrant resident of the city. We've traveled extensively and this is a very unusual quality!

This was such an interesting tour. My husband and I had never been to Birmingham. We saw most of the main areas of the city. Our guide was extremely knowledgable about the city’s founding, growth, cholera epidemic, rebuilding, and civil rights movement. He was able to give us lots of interesting information about everything we saw (or drove past). The tour starts at Vulcan Park which was beautiful. It sits high on the mountain and overlooks Birmingham. Our guide personally took us through the museum there and we learned about the city’s history of mining and iron smelting as well as the Vulcan statue. The highlight for us was the Negro Southern League (Baseball) Museum. We are baseball fan’s and loved it. Our guide was knowledgable about every exhibit there. Four hours was not nearly long enough, but we felt like we got a great foundation in Birmingham’s history to do more exploring on our own. Well worth the time and cost.

I loved my highlights tour with David. He was so informative and engaging. He gave me a better understanding of the city and some of its facets: food (I did not know about white barbeque so will have to try), the history of the negro league, civil rights and architecture. Will have to return to try the other tours like the ghost walk with my posse to celebrate my birthday. What a find!

2 days before the tour, David called to confirm that we were four adults and would need a larger size van than the car he usually drove for a couple or a family with kids. I greatly appreciated him verifying that. The day before the tour, weather caused the airline to reroute us, and I spent an hour at the airport trying to get us back on track - to no avail. Once it became apparent we wouldn't arrive in Birmingham on time to go on the tour the next day, I called David to let him know we had to cancel as our tight schedule didn't have any other alternative day. He said he would be happy to give us a refund if Trip Advisor would, as I hadn't booked directly with the tour company. Unfortunately, when I cancelled on TA, it was less than 24 hours before the tour start (though it was still the day before), which meant no automatic refund.

After I got home from the tip, I filed a claim with TA, explaining what had happened with the airline and how I'd cancelled as soon as I could the day before. After a few days I got an email saying that yes, I would be getting a full refund, and a few days after that the refund appeared on my credit card. So the rating isn't for the tour itself but the friendly call ahead of time confirming the size car we'd need and the effort it took to get the refund.

We took their Historic Highlights Tour which gave an overview of the history of Birmingham. Our guide (I can't remember his name, but he looked like a young Colonel Saunders) was very friendly and obviously knowledgeable about the city. The tour included a visit to Vulcan park, Arlington House and the Sloss Furnaces as well as the city’s most iconic landmarks. A really enjoyable and informative four hours. Highly recommended for an overview of Birmingham.

The most memorable parts of my tour with David were the 16th Street Church and Kelly Ingram Park… along with the Negro League Player’s museum! David was a wealth of knowledge about the history of Birmingham. I learned so much!

David was our guide and was very knowledgeable. We loved everything he took us to. The individual attention was worth the $$$$.

My suggestions for improvement: prior to leaving, poll the group to prioritize sights and ask about the need for a lunch break.

The car was dirty with pet hair and a bit smelly. Not good for someone with pet allergies.

He was very generous with his time! We started a bit early and went well over the ending time. I’d would take the tour again.

The guide was friendly, knowledgeable, flexible, and hospitable. This was an overall enjoyable experience. It was worth the value fiscally paid.

Thoroughly fun and professional with limitless amounts of insights. Really maximized my short stay in the city to become knowledgeable of all is highlights. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Fun and flexible. Saw a lot did a lot. Great day. I bet their haunted tour is fun. Next time. The guide new a lot and I never felt rushed at the sites. Would recommend.

I highly recommend this tour for anyone visiting Birmingham! You get to see a little bit of everything. I have done a few tours of Birmingham before and this tour took me to several locations I have not seen before.

It was a very personalized tour. My guide was very knowledgeable and had all sorts of information about each area we saw. It was done leisurely with time to sit and talk as we enjoyed a soda at the peanut store. The mansion was very beautiful. We also toured the garden and even tasted a fresh fig right off the plant.

My wife and I were visiting from Tampa Bay and this was our first time to Birmingham. The owner, Wolfgang, met us upon arrival…very friendly and helpful. David was our guide. He was very helpful, informative and professional…and a good driver! Make sure he takes you to a most unique watering hole, The Garage Cafe.

David was our tour guide today. We couldn't be happier with our tour. It was an entertaining,intimate,informative tour of Birmingham! David was sensitive to our interests and questions and implemented a unique tour tailored for us. It was one of the best tours we have had in numerous cities. We highly recommend!

My husband and I enjoyed this tour with Wolfgang. He is very knowlegable about the history and entertaining with it . He if flexible and willing to alter the stated itinerary to accommodate the preferences of the group. He will take up to 5 people in his van so it is a small group. I would recommend this tour.

First of all Wolfgang ( our tour guide), was very knowledgeable about the Birmingham area. He kept us educated on the history and what was happening presently.
My favorite part of the tour was our visit to the Alabama Peanut Company. Si ce I'm not from Alabama, my first taste of a boiled peanut was amazing!
We were able to watch the worker open up the peanut roaster, and have the roasted peanuts fall into a metal tub when they were done. That was fun to watch.
We bought the Cajun flavored peanuts to take home.
Vulcan park was truly an experience I'll always cherish.
We were also able to take pictures on Legion Field, the staff there was great and accomidating.
We were also able to visit Rickwood Field, the oldest baseball park in America. That my friend was like viewing the past so glad that ,that field hasn't been torn down. What a historic treasure for Birmingham, that is being used in present day.
We were able to witness this beautiful city alive and well.
I will finish with this16th Street Church was a reminder to me that we should all love one another. Not try and hurt one another. The church is beautiful, the stained glass windows are amazing. I loved the MLK statue across the street.
Birmingham is a gem!