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Discover Annapolis Tours (aka that Red Trolley Tour)

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We recently had family in town who were unfamiliar with Annapolis, so we decided to play tourists!  We've seen the Red Trolley going around town, and thought let's go see what that is!  

We purchased our tickets online, and the tour left the Annapolis Visitors Center at 26 West Street.  They have a super small lot behind the building that is short term parking, so we parked around the corner in a parking garage. Tickets were inexpensive, and here's the price breakdown (as of 8/17/16)  


FARES The fare for adults is $18; Active Military and young adults aged 11-15 are $9, children 10 and under are $3. Preschoolers are free.
If you live in Anne Arundel County, and if paying customers have not filled the trolley, the tour is free! Please present a drivers license showing county residency. Your guests also receive a dollar off the regular fares.

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Once we were on the trolley, the driver was so nice and very knowledgeable.   This is the description from their website, and truth be told, in that short hour, we saw it all:

Join us on a trolley tour to explore the back streets, marinas, and points of interest in Annapolis—colonial seaport, state capital, county seat, sailing center, and home of the United States Naval Academy!
Our tours are fun and full of surprises. Discover Annapolis from a trolley—a little bus with big windows. We’ll travel down charming streets laid out over three centuries ago. With our friendly and knowledgeble guides telling you what to look for, you won't miss a thing. Sights include: 
  • The City Dock
  • The Maryland State House
  • St. John's College
  • Maryland WWII Memorial
  • Handsome colonial mansions
  • Beautiful Victorian homes
  • Sailboats along the waterfront
  • Spectacular water views from bridges

You'll learn all about the academic and althetic programs at the United States Naval Academy as we view its beautiful grounds from the spectacular vantage point of the Severn River Outlook. You'll also learn about the almost 1300 buildings in Annapolis that are over a century old, and which represent 15 different styles of architecture. We'll pay special attention to the harmonious and balanced Georgian style, using numerous examples to showcase it—Annapolis has the highest concentration of Georgian buildings in America! 

We even saw this gear stuck in the parking lot over in Eastport, and I've seen it but never really knew what it was. Apparently back in the day, they would pull the boats in with these big wenches, and this was leftover from those times.

All in all, we'd definitely take visitors on this 1 hour tour.  It covered  so much material, that all of us thought we could have done this tour, only a longer version!



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