Save time researching the highlights of Downtown Eureka Springs and studying maps, and instead, enjoy a whistle-stop guided tour. Find out interesting nuggets of information about the area’s history, the locals who shaped the city, and its most important landmarks. Along the way, enjoy a mix of caves, cliffs, and outdoor sights; as well as shopping and entertainment spots.

See a lot of Downtown Eureka in a short space of time on this walking tour
Better than a guidebook: Find out the city’s hidden secrets from your guide
Explore the city on foot to visit off-road places inaccessible by car or bus
Hear insights about the city’s history and its underground systems

What To Expect

Eureka Springs Historical Downtown

Discover the Behind the Scenes Secrets of Eureka Springs! Our underground Eureka Springs Tour will deliver a unique and entertaining view into the history and folklore of the most fascinating city in Arkansas. Dig deep into the origins of the magic healing waters and the sacred Indian springs. Learn about constructing the unique civil engineering miracle and the boomtown that defined us towards the end of the 19th Century.

You will learn about many of the colorful characters that passed through Eureka Springs, including the famous temperance campaigner Carrie Nation, good and bad doctors like Alva Jackson and Norman Baker, the Starr gang bank robbers, and so on much more.

Wear good walking shoes as you travel up and down through history, exploring all the quirky and creative nooks that make Eureka Springs so charming. This is your chance to see Eureka Springs in a way that even local residents haven’t noticed and your only opportunity to explore underground at the famous bathhouse.
1 hour 20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Basin Spring Park

Guests will walk above the Park to see the original location of the Basin Park Spring that was used for healing during the 1880’s.

They will also see where the Spring is now in the basin of the Park.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Eureka Springs Historical Downtown

Guests will walk up to the Flatiron Building and learn about the history of this iconic (and most photographed) location and the trick about it.

Following that they walk up to where the first bank robbery using a vehicle was committed, stories about the three fires, and the history of the Prohibition Era in Downtown Eureka Springs.

Venturing further down a secret set of steps that is also a platted street they learn about Carrie Nation who gave her last temperance speech before passing away in Kansas.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Eureka Springs

Walking along what was Mud Street and is now Main Street guests will learn about the two underground systems and how they were formed.

Following thier walk they will find the Underground Center in the Basin Spring Bath House and learn how Bill Doolin, a member of the Doolin and Dalton gang was arrested in a surprise moment and get the opportunity to walk in the only underground storefront remaining in Downtown Eureka Springs.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Include

A researched historical tour featuring the cultural and geographic information of Downtown

Exclude

Bottled water
Sunscreen & Hat for Sun Protection
Good walking shoes
Gratuities for Local guide