Port
Skagway, Alaska, US
Activity Level
Easy
Excursion Type
City Tour,Local Sightseeing,All
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Starting At
$49.95
Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
Duration
Approximately 2 Hours
Meals Included
Meals not included
This option of the Skagway Street Car City Tour is for guests overnighting in Skagway.
Experience Skagway with Alaska’s original city historical tour to ‘All Points of Interest’—an informative and fun-filled 90 minutes. Skagway character Martin Itjen came north looking for Klondike gold in 1898, and instead became the town’s most celebrated storyteller. The first passenger Martin took on his Skagway Street Car tour was US President Warren G. Harding. Back then, in 1923, he claimed that there was "nothing like it in the world" and he went on to delight visitors with his motorized sightseeing tour and tall tales for many decades. Today, Martin’s tour lives on in Skagway. You’ll board a yellow 1927 sightseeing bus with a costumed tour driver and sit back and relax as your conductor passes on a century of history, behind-the-scenes tales, and stories of life in small town Alaska. Explore the waterfront and National Park Historic District; enjoy the panoramic views from the scenic overlook; and have your camera ready for the re-telling of Soapy Smith’s gunfight at the Gold Rush Cemetery. To capture the history of this gold rush town and the pioneer families that built it, you will motor through the residential neighborhoods of Skagway, famous for their flower gardens, and pass the early childhood home of Alaska’s former Governor, Sarah Palin. You may stop in town to shop or explore, or return directly to the ship. Don’t miss the Skagway Street Car for a complete understanding of the city and its colorful century of history.