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Endlessly curious and passionate about Charleston – its people, place, food, and culture – our team of licensed tour guides has more than 800 years of combined experience – and is always hungry to learn more. The truth is, many are actively engaged in Charleston’s hospitality, tourism, preservation, and academic communities, helping the city grow in knowledge, prosperity, and influence.

While Charleston is a city rich in history, it’s also vibrant, and ever-changing. That means you – and our licensed guides – have the joy of constantly discovering new things. At Bulldog Tours, thought-provoking, entertaining, and memorable tours are always our goal. Our mission is to create meaningful and lasting connections between people and Charleston, and to one another. Now – we invite you to get to know the team.

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Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Rutledge around Colonial lake and Harleston Village

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The harbor at Waterfront Park

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Doing tours with Bulldog Tours!

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Tradd Street between Meeting and East Bay

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: She-crab soup

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pluff Mud

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Driving down the James Island connector heading into town because the view is amazing

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Charlotte Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Lowcountry Perlou

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Wisteria in the Spring

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking around Charles Towne Landing

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Church St.

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Collards

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Tea olive

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Going to First Baptist School

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Old Exchange Building

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Peach Cobbler

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Confederate Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking with the friendly guests of our city

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Jail/Yorktown

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: She-crab soup

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Oleander

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Getting engaged at The Battery

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Fort Moultrie

2.) What is your favorite Charleston Food?: Fried chicken and gold rice

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pluff Mud

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Reenacting on original battlefields

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Church Street or one of the alley's

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Any food with Carolina Gold Rice

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Confederate Jessamin. It lines my backyard fences!

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Having Sunday Brunch at the Mills House Hotel listening to "Summertime" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Broad Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Tea Olive Tree blossoms

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Carriage ride with the mules

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Legare Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Fried Chicken Livers

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The smell of the salt air

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking Sullivan's Island beach in the early morning with my wife and daughter

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Old City Jail

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: She-crab soup and shrimp and grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The mixture of sunscreen and the sea breeze coming off of the ocean

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Scuba diving the Cooper River for fossils and artifacts

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: South of Broad neighborhood (it's hard to pick just one)

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Low-country Boil

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The marsh

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Watching the sunrise on Sullivan's Island

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Dock Street Theater

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits or the Folly Benedict at Lost Dog Cafe

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Salt in the seabreeze

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Running along the Battery. Once I almost ran over Mayor Riley!

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: White Point Garden

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Confederate Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Sharing the city's beauty and history with others

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: South Market Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: The food from Well Hung Vineyard

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Kilwins Fudge

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Doing Pub Crawls

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Unitarian Church

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Sea Island red peas and rice

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pluff mud

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Driving a carriage around the city with no passengers or time constraints.

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Tradd Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The salty air

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: RiverDogs games

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: "The Wedding House" at 20 Charlotte Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Hoppin' John

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Magnolia Blossoms

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Chamber music at the Dock Street Theater

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: I love the intersection of Church and Queen Streets. I can remember the first time I saw it when I visited Charleston some 20 years ago and the beautiful architecture of the French Huguenot Church and the Dock Street Theatre was mesmerizing. I still remember that moment to this day!

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: I love our local shrimp; any preparation is great! I’ve also had a long-standing fascination with grits... More on that if you take my tour!

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Hands down, my favorite Charleston smell is the scent of gardenia. I love the sweetness and subtle vanilla overtones.

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Kayaking through marshes, power walking at area beaches, boutique shopping along King Street, checking out new day spas, hiking local parks with my dog, and eating at the hottest restaurants in town, just to name a few! I also love touring historic homes of Charleston and learning more about the architecture that makes this city so unique.

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Randolph Hall at The College of Charleston

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Local oysters

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The bay

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking with friends at the battery after class

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Church Street, at night with the gaslights lit

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: The Cheese Straws on page 34 of “Charleston Receipts” paired with St. Cecilia Punch from page 13

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The harbor at low tide

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Strolling the streets South of Broad at twilight

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: I love the Old City Jail and the USS Yorktown

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and grits. Close second is she crab soup with a dash of sherry.

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Believe it or not the puff mud. Reminds me of boot camp at Paris Island.

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: The gorgeous sunsets. Breathtaking.

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Yorktown

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Oleander

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Seeing the Yorktown for the first time

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Old City Jail

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Seeing the Christmas decorations at the houses South of Broad

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Old City Jail

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Fried fish and red rice

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pluff Mud

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking the back streets South of Broad

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Legare St.

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Hushpuppies from AW Shucks

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Sea Salt Breeze

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Going for a sunrise run or evening walk along the water

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: White Point Garden

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Pimento Cheese Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Honeysuckle

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Watching dolphins strand feed on Folly Beach

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Church Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits and she-crab soup

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Smell of flowers in the Spring

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking the Battery

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Fire Proof Building

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp!

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pluff mud and tea olive

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Sunset on any of our beautiful beaches

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Hibernian Hall

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Magnolia's fried green tomatoes

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Trying different cocktails at hotel bars

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Legare Street and Hampton Park. I also really love the old Cigar Factory.

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Geechie Boy Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Jasmine and Pralines

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Biking the streets of Downtown during storm evacuations. So quiet and peaceful.

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Church Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Oysters(steamed or fried!)

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Honeysuckles

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking along the Battery

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Chalmers Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: All of it

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The beach!

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking downtown and visiting Charles Towne Landing

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The French Quarter

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Blooming Jasmine in the Spring

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Paddle boarding off of Folly Island and then following up with dinner at Bowens Island

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Anything South of Broad

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Ribs at Rodney Scott's BBQ

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The smell of oysters cooking at an Oyster Roast

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking the beach in the early morning on Sullivan's Island

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Hampton Park

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Low-country Boil

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Sweetgrass

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Watching dolphins strand feeding at Kiawah

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Magnolia Cemetery

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Stone Ground Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pluff Mud

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Sunrise over the Battery and sunsets over the marsh

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: I love the section of Church St, South of Broad

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Definitely Oysters

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Oddly enough Pluff Mud

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Citadel Parades

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Farmers & Exchange Bank

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Pimento Cheese, Brussel Pesto Grits, and ANYTHING from Vicious Biscuit

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Confederate Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Meeting my future husband at Bulldog Tours!

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Rooftop bar at Henry's

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Pimento cheese

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The ocean

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Dessert at Carmella's

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Legare Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Hoppin John

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The smell and taste of fried seafood

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Introducing new people to Charleston and it’s history

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: East Bay Street, Rainbow Row and Charleston Battery.

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Hushpuppies

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Star Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: I thoroughly enjoy walking downtown Charleston. There is so much to do and see. I can’t get enough of the cobblestone streets, Waterfront Park, or the many fine restaurants. Everyday is a new and exciting experience. Charleston is so rich in history and culture, I never have my fill.

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Chalmers Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: She-crab soup

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The smell of the Magnolias blooming

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Drayton Hall at Christmas time

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Old Exchange Buiding

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Flounder

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Folly Pier

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: St. Michael's Church

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Rice!

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Confederate Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Strolling the Avenue of Oaks at Boone Hall Plantation

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: White Point Gardens - it was my front yard for the first 5 years I lived in Charleston. Went to more weddings it was never invited too at the gazebo.

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp & Grits & Collards

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pluff Mudd - smells like home

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Ordering food at Queen City Grocery eating at a table on the sidewalk, walking around Colonial Lake and then walking King Street in the hustle and bustle of the city.

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Joseph Manigault House

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Confederate Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Watching 4th of July fireworks on the Isle of Palms with my grandchildren

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Battery

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and grits with fresh cornbread

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The beach first thing in the morning

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking along the battery at sunrise

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Fireproof Building

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Friend green tomatoes

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Horses

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking around South of Broad

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The bend in Church Street, because it was a mistake

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Pizza

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The smell of Charleston when it floods

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Kayaking on Shem Creek

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Battery

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Byrd’s Cookies

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Smoke from the local BBQ joints

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Strolling down King Street at night

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Church St.

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Lewis BBQ

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The smell of a sea breeze

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: There's nothing like a warm summer evening at Waterfront Park.

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: USS Yorktown

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Fresh grilled shrimp from Geechie Seafood on Shem Creek

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Lobster rolls from the Immortal Lobster Food Truck

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Cooper River Bridge Run

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Magnolia Cemetery

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Fried Oysters

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pluff Mud. It lets me know I am home.

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Paranormal Investigation at the Old City Jail

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Meeting street, I love the old storefronts and harbor locations

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Local seafood

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The ocean

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Deep history and the stories surrounding the area

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Provost Dungeon

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Hushpuppies

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The marsh at low tide

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking the empty streets before a hurricane

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Old Charleston Jail has totally enthralled me since I moved to Charleston!

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Benne Wafers

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: I love the smell of the ocean on a breezy autumn night. Everywhere in Charleston you can smell the sea and I love that.

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Spending the day at the beach with family!

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Old City Jail

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Magnolia’s Fried Green Tomatoes

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Marsh pluff mud

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Passing on our cities amazing history

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Old Exchange Building

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Pralines

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Waterfront Park at night

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: St. Philip's Church

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Fried Shrimp

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Spring time, specifically Banana Shrub

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Time on the water

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Legare Street

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Huguenot Torte

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The smell of Legare St at night

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Driving down Legare Street in the morning

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Fort Sumter

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: She-Crab soup

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: The Powder Magazine and the old walled city.

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The month of April- Confederate Jasmine, and Tea Olive.

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking, running, or riding a bike around the Low Battery, High Battery and sitting on the dock at Waterfront Park.

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: East Bay and Market Streets!

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Shrimp and Grits and Local BBQ

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: My favorite smell and tastes are from any of the local smoke houses, barbecue joints and craft beer breweries.

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Harbor Tour Cruise, carriage rides & you guessed it, Patriots Point!

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Magnolia Cemetary

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Low country boil

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: The ocean breeze

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Carolina Day

Questions:

1.) What is your favorite Charleston street or historic site/building?: Legare Street and the Joseph Manigault House

2.) What is your favorite Charleston food?: Stone Ground Grits

3.) What is your favorite Charleston smell or taste?: Confederate Jasmine

4.) What is your favorite Charleston experience?: Walking the Battery in the late afternoon

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