Free Tour Fall in Love with Kansas City

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Kansas City

Duration: 2 hours

Languages: English

Guru: Laura

Registered on 27 August 2025

Laura Miller, owner of Cowtown Tours, has been guiding guests through KC’s historic and most interesting sites and attractions since 2020. On her tours, you’ll see murals, architecture, fountains, and sculptures, and hear stories of the men and women who helped shaped this community.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Kansas City! Famous for barbecue, fountains, jazz, and some pretty awesome professional sports teams!

On this tour, you’ll discover the vibrant murals in the Crossroads, walk past towering architecture in the Art Deco and French Beaux-Arts styles, and hear stories of gangsters, dress makers, and early American explorers.

Travel by trolley!!
This 2-hour experience combines approximately 1-mile of walking with riding the free streetcar to get us from place to place. Highlights along the route include an inside walkabout of Union Station, where a major gun battle occurred in 1933 between federal agents and a notorious mobster, leaving five dead.

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore and learn with KC’s original Guru Walk!

* Please let your guide know, in advance, of any mobility concerns. This tour includes walking approximately 1-mile on sidewalks. There are several blocks with steep hills. The KC Streetcar is handicapped accessible.
* Pets, well-behaved and on a leash, are welcome.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

500 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64106, USA

I will be under the Historic City Market sign on the corner of 5th and Walnut.

Outside visit

500 Walnut Street

Meet me under the Historic City Market sign on the corner of 5th & Walnut.

Outside visit

Town of Kansas Bridge

Walking to the end of the “Town of Kansas” bridge offers a view of the Missouri River, where we can imagine all the adventurers, explorers, and frontiersmen & women who came here long before us.

Outside visit

Lewis and Clark : Corps of Discovery Statue

From this high ground, we’ll see all the way into Kansas and down into the historic stockyards district.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €15 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).