Tour Descriptions
This tour will take you to the major historical points in downtown Pittsburgh that are all in walking distance to each other.
The tour will start at Monongahela Incline with a grand overhead view of the city from Grandview Avenue and then back down the Duquesne Incline. After crossing the Monongahela river we’ll visit Point State Park, the historical roots of Pittsburgh, and then cross over the Allegheny to visit the museums on the North Shore (Carnegie Science, Children’s Museum, National Aviary and the Warhol Museum). Then back again over to the Allegheny to finish in downtown at the Senator John Heinz History Center.
A more detailed description of this tour can be found here: Downtown Walking Tour sites
This tour will require driving to get to the various locations around Pittsburgh but offers great walking potential at each site.
We start the tour at the Frick Pittsburgh and then after a brief stop at the last wooden street in Pittsburgh (Roslyn Place) we move on to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the Carnegie Museum of Art and then the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden. Driving over to the North Shore we visit the holy relics at St Anthony’s Chapel followed by the more modern art of Randyland and the Mattress Factory. A final place to visit is across the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers to the world’s steepest street – Canton Avenue.
A more detailed description of this tour can be found here: Pittsburgh Driving Tour sites
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The Pop Artist Andy Warhol (originally Andrew Warhola) was born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928.
This tour will take you to Warhol’s childhood homes and the schools he attended up through his college graduation at the Carnegie Institute (now Carnegie Mellon). Warhol didn’t return for any length of time until after his death in 1987 and this tour will visit where the funeral liturgy was held and where he is buried alongside his parents. Finally the tour will visit the Warhol Museum and the bridge named in Warhol’s honor.
A more detailed description of this tour can be found here: Andy Warhol’s Pittsburgh Tour sites