Crescent Hills Driving Tour features a look at Sears, Roebuck and Co. mail-order homes dating from the 1920s and assembled by a developer on Oakwood, Prince George and Crescent avenues in Hopewell. Leave the driving to us Historic Richmond Foundation offers three guided van tours of the area. You can choose Richmond Highlights, Old Richmond Today or Civil War Sampler. Richmond Roundabout Inc. will design bus tours for groups. The company has worked closely with art preservation and historical groups in particular.
Prices vary according to the tour.
Ann F. Miller, 282-5909. Winning Tours , operating the Richmond Tour Guide Service , also will custom design tours of plantations and of industrial and contemporary Richmond, bringing local history to life for groups of any size and all ages. Gulfstream Limousine , 232-2000, offers limousines, autos and vans for hire with a driver and can provide historic, shopping and manufacturing tours among other transportation services. Groome Transportation , 222-7226, will provide a driver and transportation and can arrange for a certified tour guide. For a slower, more romantic scenic tour of downtown, specifically the Capitol area and Shockoe Slip, try a horse-drawn carriage tour .