The Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel is sponsoring and promoting Saturday Walking Tours in April in select cities throughout Alabama. The City of Fairhope has been invited to host free guided tours in the downtown area for visitors and the local community every Saturday in April. Tours will be given by Fairhope Museum of History Director, Donnie Barrett.

April 4 is a tour of Fairhope Avenue, one block east and west of Section Street and April 11 is a tour of the Fairhope Beach Parks. This tour begins are the Fairhope Municipal Pier at 10 a.m. The tour on April 18 is a tour of Section Street; a block north and south of Fairhope Pharmacy. The Section Street tours will depart from the Welcome Center at 10 a.m. The final tour, Saturday, April 25, meets at 10 a.m. at the Oak Street gate to the Colony Cemetery.  Barrett will give an overview of the town’s history with visits to the graves of many of Fairhope’s founders.

All are welcome and the tours are free of charge. For information on tours throughout the state of Alabama visit http://alabama.travel/trails/april-walking-tours.  

For additional information on Fairhope Walking Tours, call 251-929-1471.