The Decatur-Morgan County
Convention and Visitors Bureau announces the return of free, guided walking
tours each Saturday in the month of April. Residents and visitors are invited
to take part in a casual stroll through Albany Historic District and learn
about the architecture and history of this charming neighborhood.
Scheduled for April 5, 12, 19, and
26, the one-hour walking tour begins at 10 a.m. at the Rose Garden in Delano
Park. Knowledgeable guides will escort participants through the Albany Historic
District where they will share the history of the neighborhood, architectural
styles of the homes, some of which date back to the late 1880s, and
entertaining accounts of Decatur’s storied past. The tour features a different
route, theme, and tour guide each Saturday.
April 5 – New Decatur/Albany
Historic Neighborhood tour led by Lindy Ashwander, Executive Director of the
historic Princess Theatre and resident of Albany Neighborhood.
April 12 – Architecture of Albany
tour led by local architect and Albany resident Scott Schoel of Schoel
Architecture.
April 19 – Albany and the
Victorian Era tour led by Albany resident Carol Puckett.
April 26 – Tour of the Rose Garden
and Delano Park led by Barbara Kelly, Albany resident and supporter of the
Friends of Delano. This tour will also offer a special tribute to celebrate
2014 as being the Year of Alabama Parks, a yearlong marketing campaign of the
Alabama Tourism Department, and will serve as a kick-off for National Travel
and Tourism Month, which gets underway May 1.
Reservations are not required and
tours are held rain or shine.
Decatur’s guided walking tours are
part of the April Walking Tours coordinated by the Alabama Tourism Department.
Decatur is one of 33 towns across the state participating in the annual event.
“Alabama is the only state in the nation to hold statewide, simultaneous
walking tours. These walking tours are a great way to get out and enjoy the
spring weather and find out about the history of our state. We have done more
than 1,800 walking tours since the beginning of the program eleven years ago
and they keep increasing in popularity every year,” said Brian Jones of the
Alabama Tourism Department.
For more information, call the
Decatur-Morgan County Convention and Visitors Bureau at 256.350.2028 or
800.524.6181.
My husband and I are going on vacation to New York, and we've been trying to think of activities to do. I've never thought about doing a walking tour, but it sounds like a lot of fun. My husband loves history, so I think he would really enjoy listening to a tour guide talk about the history of New York. I'm hoping that whatever tour we get, is like yours because your tour sounds like you put a lot of effort into it, and I'm sure the tourist get a lot more out of it because of the joy you get from doing your job well.
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