Walking Tours of Saratoga Springs

Each tour is a loop.

Mansions
Tour of North Broadway, State Street,
and Greenfield Avenue

This walk has it all from bankers to buffoons; from ministers to military leaders; from a Senator to one of the first starlets. Among these grand houses we find representatives from the families that were “America’s Royalty” during the Gilded Age. This tour includes almost exclusively mansions and grand homes but, because of the space between residences, there are fewer houses discussed than on the other walks.

Starting Point: near the City Center – Hilton Hotel

Merchants & Mansions

Tour of lower Circular, Union, and Phila

This walk includes the mansions on Union Avenue and lower Circular Street along with the houses of the successful merchants on Nelson Avenue and Phila Street. This one tour provides the participant with a truer sense of how Saratogians lived in the Gilded Age.

Starting point: Near Holiday Inn or downtown

Oldest Saratoga

Just to the west of Broadway is the area where the oldest houses in the city are located.  The majority of these houses predate the Civil War with those homes “new” to the neighborhood being from the 1870s.  This walk includes the Downtown section of Broadway (Yes there are 10 former houses right on Broadway).  This walk provides an excellent overview of what Saratoga has to offer.

Starting Point any hotel in the city. 

By Special Arrangement

Merchants

Tour of Caroline, Ludlow, Lake, and Marion

This walk takes in many of the Victorian and Edwardian houses of those who lived, worked, and built Saratoga. This tour includes houses built in the period from the 1840s to 1920s and includes a cross section of homes that were lived in by merchants and professionals.

• Each tour takes approximately ninety minutes. 
• Participants on walking tours need to be able to walk at least a mile and half.
  Each tour is unique.

Would you and your friends like your own tour?
Private walking tours may be arranged.

To Schedule a Walking Tour:
-Call us at 518-495-7011; or
-Click here to e-mail us.


About Hollis Palmer:

		Hollis is a noted Saratoga Springs Historian. He has authored six books that document true crimes from Saratoga or the surrounding area. Information about his published books can be viewed by clicking here.
Hollis’ book, Saratoga’s Great Ladies: Broadway & Franklin Square can be used as a guide for a walking tour or as a great souvenir of historic Saratoga Springs. The book reveals the fascinating, and sometimes obscure histories of the families who built approximately 70 of the Victorian "cottages". The hard cover edition of Saratoga’s Great Ladies: Broadway & Franklin Square costs $24.95 and the softcover is $14.95. Please click here to download our order form. If you are interested in arranging a tour contact Derby Tours at 518-495-7011 or click here to e-mail us.