Group Tours

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Southern Retail Adve…

The Macon shopping experience sends visitors on a rockin' retail adventure fusing modern shopping with old world retailers....

Major Events & Festi…

Spring, summer, fall and winter all feature major events and festivals that you don't want to miss....

Arts & Entertainment

Exciting festivals and celebrations highlight the arts, history, and beauty found in this historic city....

Spotlight

 

We'll help you plan a meeting that everyone involved will remember and keep you coming back.

Sports Hall of Fame

Custom Tours

Let us customize a tour to fit the interests of your group or to follow a theme such as, Civil War history. architicture, music, African American heritage, Georgia sports or Georgia music. Tours begin from Macon's Downtown Visitor Center located at 450 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Tour Bus

A professional step-on guide will escort you through the magnificent business and residential historic districts with colorful commentary on Macon's history and its people. Pricing for step-on-guide service is $100 for up to three hours, $25 for each additional hour, plus per person rates for admission to the attractions listed below.

To secure your reservation, a deposit of $100 must be received 30 days in advance, 60 days in advance for tours scheduled during the Cherry Blossom Festival held the third week of March annually.

Choose from the following attractions menu. In planning the duration of your tour, allow approximately one hour per attraction. (Guide gratuity not included.)

Hay House Tour this amazing 1860 Italian Renaissance Revival antebellum mansion, featured on A&E's America's Castles
Hay House seasonal rates:
Cherry Blossom Festival: $8/adult, $6/youth
Holidays (Nov 20-Jan 2): $9/adult, $7/youth
$7 adult $5 youth
Cannonball House & Museum Gracious 1853 Greek Revival mansion, the only home in Macon struck by a Federal cannonball during the "War Between the States" $4 adult $3 youth
St. Joseph Catholic Church* Reminiscent of the great European cathedrals, this 1903 church features Italian Carrara marble altars & statuary, beautiful stained glass windows and twin 200 foot cross-topped spires $2 adult $1 youth
Sidney Lanier Cottage Charming 1840 Victorian Cottage, birthplace of famed Southern poet and musician Sidney Lanier, see his writings, flute and bride's tiny wedding dress $4 adult $3 youth
Ocmulgee National Monument Ancient Earthlodge & Indian Mounds, artifacts from an Indian culture that goes back 12,000 years $2 adult $1 youth
The Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House Explore the world's largest collection of Allman Brothers Band memorabilia and tour the house that inspired Gregg Allman to write "Please Call Home." $7 adult $3 youth
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame From baseball's Ty Cobb and Hank Aaron to golfer Bobby Jones and champion boxer Evander Holyfield, great sports legends come to life, along with high-energy interactive areas $6 adult $3.50 youth
Tubman African American Museum Take a soulful journey from Africa to America, with more than a dozen galleries featuring African American art, history & culture, including the popular Inventors Gallery $6 adult $4 youth
Museum of Arts & Sciences See Ziggy the 40 million year old whale fossil unearthed near Macon and view worlds light years away in a modern planetarium in Macon's window on the world $7 adult $4 youth
Historic Douglass Theatre 1920s vaudeville theatre and movie house; where legendary Soul Singer/Songwriter Otis Redding was discovered $2 adult $1 youth
The Grand Opera House Behind the Scenes Tour or Ghost Tour Tour the beautifully restored Grand and its backstage history while exploring rarely seen areas and special equipment, such as Harry Houdini's original trap door! $80-200/grps of 20-50 + guests
Rose Hill Cemetery Resting place of some of Macon's most noted residents like members of the Allman Brother's Band; includes tour of Confederate Memorial Cemetery $2 adult $1 youth

*Subject to availability due to special masses, weddings & funerals.

Angela Millett
Vice President of Leisure Travel
(478) 743-1074, ext. 105
amillett@maconga.org