Take a trip down the Sweet Tea Trail in Historic Summerville, The Birthplace of Sweet Tea, with Summerville Trolley Tours. These guided tours will take you through our small southern town where tea isn’t the only thing that is sweet. Anecdotes and history from the last 384 years will delight you as you cruise through town. Summerville’s varied architecture, lush foliage, and historic buildings make the town unique. A few highlights include the winter home of cosmetics queen Elizabeth Arden, the site where Sweet Tea was born, and one of the glorious old inns from Summerville’s heyday as a retreat. We know you’ll agree that the style and climate-controlled comfort of the trolley are the best way to see what the Flowertown in the Pines has to offer.
Good Eats on the Sweet Tea Trail
Get a taste of our town on a satisfying tour that includes samples from our most popular restaurants. You'll be dazzled by tales from nearly 400 years of local history. Stop along the way to be served various delights of the day, right on the trolley. Some tours may include a stop where passengers disembark to enter a historic building. Your guide could be beloved local historian Barbara Hill or nationally known Storyteller Tim Lowry. Join us as we eat our way through history, as Barbara likes to say! Treats may include delicious desserts, sweet tea, enticing entrees, and more. It's a new menu on every tour!
Sweet Tea Trolley Tours are the 2nd & 3rd Friday of each month at 10:30am and 1:00pm. Tickets are $27.00 per person. Please visit www.summervilledream.org for tour information and to purchase tickets. This tour departs from the Summerville Dorchester Museum at 100 E. Doty Avenue, Summerville, SC and tours are approximately 1.5 hours in length.
Good Eats on the Sweet Tea Trail
There are so many wonderful things to see in Summerville that we couldn’t pick just one. This tour will be different each month. The trolley might visit Colonial Fort Dorchester, a historic church or a historic library. No matter the itinerary, you are sure to love this unique tour full of Summerville history.
Summerville Saturdays are the 3rd Saturday of each month at 1:00pm. Tickets are $27.00 per person. Please visit www.summervilledream.org for specific tour information and to purchase tickets. This tour departs from the Summerville Dorchester Museum at 100 E. Doty Avenue, Summerville, SC and is approximately 1.5 hours in length.
Drink the Ville
Savor Summerville, one sip at a time, on this cocktail hour trolley tour. Enjoy a scenic drive through the historic district as you make your way between 3 of Summerville's favorite establishments. Cocktails, wine or samples of local brews will be on the menu. The bartenders rule, so your beverage at each stop will be a surprise. Enjoy this unique, local experience.
This tour is part of the Sip and Savor Summerville campaign.
#drinktheville tours are on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 4:00pm. Tickets are $30.00 per person and this is an adult’s only tour. Ticket holders must be 21 years of age. Tour starting point may vary so please check www.summervilledream.org for tour specific information and to purchase tickets. Tours are approximately 2 hours in length.
#drinktheville tours are on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 4:00pm. Tickets are $30.00 per person and this is an adult’s only tour. Ticket holders must be 21 years of age. Tour starting point may vary so please check www.summervilledream.org for tour specific information and to purchase tickets. Tours are approximately 2 hours in length.
