Stroll through historic New Smyrna Beach
From January to April, we offer Guided History Walking Tours across various historic districts in the New Smyrna Beach. Multiple tour options are available for you to explore.
Season is closed
Tour season is now closed and will begin again in January 2025.
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Tuesdays
The Three Downtowns of Old New Smyrna
Explore multiple areas that started to become the town centers for New Smyrna, beginning with the Smyrnea’ Settlement of 1768 through the arrival of Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway.
Tour departs from the New Smyrna Museum of History, 120 Sams Avenue, New Smyrna Beach FL 32168
Wednesday
Central District Tour
Visit multiple local historic landmarks as well as sites where New Smyrna’s first residents made their homes.
Tour departs from the New Smyrna Museum of History, 120 Sams Avenue, New Smyrna Beach FL 32168
Thursday
Old Coronado Beach & Flagler Avenue
Visit multiple local historic landmarks as well as sites where New Smyrna’s first residents made their homes. Discover a tomb in the middle of the street and a WWII watchtower site as you explore the story of the community formerly known as Coronado Beach. This tour meets the gazebo on the corner of Flagler Ave. and S. Pine St. adjacent to the shuffleboard courts. Please arrive 15 minutes early, and bring correct change for payments.
Tour starts at the gazebo on the corner of Flagler Ave. and S. Pine St. adjacent to the shuffleboard courts.
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- Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & select Saturdays, January 16th through April 27th 2024.
- Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday tours depart from the New Smyrna Museum of History located at 120 Sams Ave., New Smyrna Beach FL 32168
- Wednesdays Old Coronado Beach/Flagler Ave. tour meets at the gazebo adjacent to the shuffleboard courts at the corner of Flagler Ave & Pine Street.
Walking Tour Hours
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Each tour begins at 10:30 AM
& is about 1.5 hours in duration
Admission
- General Admission: $15 Includes museum admission pass
- Seniors (65+) & Students: $10
- Museum Members: $5
1) Tuesday, Central Historic District Tour
Visit multiple historic sites and hear about some notable characters who influenced the growth and culture of New Smyrna. Learn how the city got its first library in exchange for buying a bridge, and how the Seminole and Civil Wars impacted the area we now know as downtown New Smyrna.
2) Wednesday, Old Coronado Beach & Flagler Avenue
3) Thursday, 3 Downtowns of New Smyrna Tour
4) Select Saturdays (see below) The Civil War Comes to New Smyrna
Learn about the tragic impact the Civil War had on the residents of New Smyrna as they were caught between a Union Navy blockade and Confederate efforts to use Mosquito Inlet as a port to support the war effort.
- January 20th
- Feb 3rd & 17th
- March 2nd, 16th & 30th
- April 13th & 27th
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For information about group or private tours or additional info please call 386-478-0052
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