Top Sacramento Historical Tours

Learn about California’s capital city’s history as you pop into local eateries for tastings of local-favorite food during this Downtown Sacramento tour. Sample various products from local venues as well as menu items from restaurants that use locally sourced ingredients. Your guide tells you stories about the city that dates back to the 1800s, as well as gets you acquainted with the Sac foodie culture.

Explore Sacramento’s Sutter District during this walking tour in a small group limited to 14 people. Stroll the tree-lined streets with a guide, and pop into about five or six eateries to sample dishes popular in Sac, including organic coffee, pork spring rolls, and chocolate cookies. Your guide knows the district well and also gives you a rundown of the area’s interesting history as you go.

How did Sacramento come to be California's capital city? What was the city's founder, a Swiss named Johann Sutter, doing here in what once was Spanish territory? How did his efforts to expand a fort here at the confluence of two rivers lead to the discovery of gold and the rush to come get it? Learn the answers and more by taking this 2-hour self-guided GPS tour by bicycle. Bikes can be rented in Old Sacramento at Practical Cycle. Also, at bike racks throughout the city from a bike share program lock them if you leave them. The tour departs and finishes at the Capitol, stopping along the way at markers and structures that tell us about the founding of this city and the Gold Rush of 1849. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

This self-guided GPS audio walking tour will explore the historic western gold rush town of Folsom, California. The tour begins at the corner of Riley and Scott Street in Folsom’s Historic District and ends on Truss Bridge, with tranquil views of the American River. We’ll take in Figueroa Street, where you’ll find beautiful homes built in the late 1800s, and Sutter Street, which was once Folsom’s main street – and a picturebook Old Western main street. We’ll end our adventure on the Truss Bridge. On this walking tour, you’ll hear about: • Local Native American history • California’s early history • The history of the gold rush and how it's connected to Folsom • The Victorian homes in Folsom • The revitalization of the Historic District in Old Town Folsom • Johnny Cash and the “Folsom Prison Blues” The tour is ready whenever you are. It plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smart phone’s GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which works offline.

Join me on this self-guided audio tour exploring some of the best urban murals Sacramento has to offer. Along the way, we'll find out about the artists and what inspires them to create their unique pieces. See Sacramento as you've never seen it before. You'll leisurely bike through Downtown/Midtown Sacramento, hopefully finding cool streets you hadn't been down, restaurants you need to check out and coffee shops that you'll enjoy another day...or even today! Come get inspired by the creativity of these epic murals and the incredible artists that make them. Bring your own bike or rent one from somewhere nearby and forget to download the tour through the VoiceMap app while you're in a wifi zone.

Wine lovers know that understanding wine means more than just tasting—you need to discover the science and methods behind wine production. On this Wise Villa Winery tour, wine enthusiasts and beginners alike get more than just a tasting. Learn how wine is made, how to identify characteristics in wine, and finally, how to taste. In just about an hour, expect to feel more confident sipping, and appreciating, California wine.