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St. Louis Sightseeing

Carriage Tours

The St. Louis Carriage Co., 1000 Cerre St., offers 15-minute, half-hour and 1-hour horse-drawn carriage tours of the downtown area nightly (weather permitting). Carriages depart from the Gateway Arch, The Old Spaghetti Factory at Laclede's Landing and the Hyatt hotel on Chestnut Street. Pickups from downtown hotels and restaurants also can be arranged. Phone (314) 621-3334 for a complete list of pickup locations. Brookdale Farms also provides nightly carriage tours of the downtown area; phone (636) 938-1005.

Driving Tours

“Day Tours from St. Louis,” a 44-page booklet detailing 10 trips within a day's drive, and a St. Louis points of interest map are available to AAA/CAA members free at any AAA service office in the St. Louis area.

Helicopter Tours

Fostaire Helicopter Tours, based at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Sauget, Illinois, covers various sections of St. Louis, focusing on major industries, waterways and other points of interest; phone (314) 421-5440 or (618) 337-4440.

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Walking Tours

The St. Louis Walk of Fame preserves the city's historical and cultural legacy by honoring the accomplishments of individuals with St. Louis connections. A brass star is engraved with the person's name, and an accompanying bronze plaque provides a brief biographical summary. More than 150 sets of stars and plaques are embedded in the sidewalks of The Loop, an area of shops, galleries and cafés along Delmar Boulevard. Among the honorees are Maya Angelou, Josephine Baker, Chuck Berry, William Burroughs, Miles Davis, the 5th Dimension, Redd Foxx, Joe Garagiola, John Goodman, Betty Grable, Ulysses S. Grant, Kevin Kline, Charles Lindbergh, Agnes Moorehead, Nelly, Marlin Perkins, Joseph Pulitzer and Shelley Winters.

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