Upcoming Tours:

Monday-Friday at 10am, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm:
     Queen City Downtown
Saturday, July 31 at 10am: Southern Exposure:
     The South Buffalo Tour
Saturday, July 31 at 2pm: Humboldt Parade
Sunday, August 1 at 10am: BUFFALO RIVER BOAT TOUR
     Reservations recommended! See below for details
Weekdays at Noon: Buffalo City Hall
Erie Canal Harbor: dates and times here

Buffalo River Boat Tour

Don’t miss the Buffalo River’s unique collection of monumental grain elevators, historic reminders of prosperity in the heyday of lake commerce. Learn about history and architecture on this sightseeing tour, and see modern efforts to clean up our rivers that are the first of their kind in the USA.

Buffalo River: Aug 1 at 10am (ship boards at 9:30)
View Buffalo's grain elevators and its industrial heritage.
Co-sponsored by Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
Reservations recommended!
Call (716) 852-3300 or click here to RSVP.

Meet at Miss Buffalo Cruise Boats on Marine Drive (Map)
$20 or $10 for students ($15/$5 for members) Sorry, no Tour Bucks accepted for this event, and no refunds for cancellations. Tour routes may change for inclement weather.

Delaware Neighborhood Tour of Homes

Join us for this rare glimpse inside the magnificent homes of Buffalo's golden age on Delaware Avenue & Oakland Place. Go inside where the rich and famous lived during the early 20th century and visit interiors of fine modern living in the early 21st. Click here for tickets.

Saturday Aug 21, 10am-3pm
Self-guided. Start at the Wilcox Mansion, 641 Delaware Ave (Map)
Advance tickets: $25 ($20 for members) Purchase at the Wilcox Mansion, the Market Arcade at 617 Main St, call (716) 852-3300, or buy online.
Day of event tickets: $30

Co-sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site. Sorry, no refunds for cancellations. Tour Bucks cannot be used for this event.

Buffalo Tours '10

Unique Tours Queen City Downtown - Splendors in Stained Glass - "Buffalo Tails" Dog Walks - Legendary Lincoln Parkway - Buffalo City Hall - Erie Canal Harbor

Special Events Delaware Neighborhood Tour of Homes - River Boat Tours on the Miss Buffalo II - Inside the Homes of Prospect Hill - City of Light Bus Tour - Holiday Churches Bus Tour

Weekend Walks in the Morning Black Rock - Crime & Scandal - Millionaire's Row - Elmwood Museum District - Gold Medal Grain Elevators - Inside the Central Terminal - The Hydraulics - Parkside Neighborhood - Richardson-Olmsted Complex - Southern Exposure

Weekend Walks in the Afternoon Lewiston's Marble Orchard - Park Place Preservation - Tona-Wander - Village of Kenmore - Williamsville Ramble - Buffalo's Bungalows - Humboldt Parade - Porter Avenue - Massachusetts Makeover - The West Village

Happy Hour Tours Crime & Scandal - The Chippewa Strip - The Canal District - SEARCH PARTY 2010

Tour Gift Certificates for 2010 are available in $10 increments, good for all tours or special events. Call (716) 852-3300 for more information. You can also buy them at our office at 617 Main Street, in Buffalo.

Buffalo Tours is the public education and tourism wing of Preservation Buffalo Niagara. We promote awareness of the historical, cultural, and architectural uniqueness of the Buffalo-Niagara region. Besides the tours on our schedule, we provide step-on bus guides for groups, organize school field trips and give educational lectures. Members of Preservation Buffalo Niagara receive tour coupons and discounts as benefit of membership. From May through October, Buffalo Tours offers tours on a daily basis. In the winter, downtown tours and City Hall tours continue. For information about taking our tours, volunteering, or taking our annual Docent Training Class, please E-mail info@BuffaloTours.org or call (716) 852-3300.

"We could have gone to New York, but we wanted to see a real American City."
- visitors from England