OKC Downtown Highlights with Memorial Grounds

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OKC Downtown Highlights with Memorial Grounds — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Explore ornate lobbies of downtown hotels — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

We begin storyteller-style with your guide's recounting of the city's epic founding during a Land Run. We then talk and walk through OKC history from territorial days to contemporary life. We enter the city's most historic skyscrapers and outdoor symbolic memorial grounds. Along the way we pass around vintage images to help you reimagine the bygone past. Come see OKC through our eyes and learn why we are such an up-and-coming city!

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At a glance

Duration: 2 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 20 people
People per booking: 1–20
Operated by: OKC Tours

Ages: Children (0–11 years) · Youth (12–17 years) · Adults (18–85 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Knowledgeable guide

Not included

Not included: Optional gratuity for guide

Itinerary

Stop 1

15 min

Understand how OKC's pioneer skyscraper was built and by whom.
Stop 2

20 min

Discover secrets of the Skirvin! Hear wild stories about how the hotel grew in size and infamy. Learn the facts about Mr. Skirvin and his socialite daughter and enjoy tales of mysterious hauntings that persist to present day. We explore the newly renovated lobby and point out original details dating back more than 100 years.
Stop 3

5 min

Understand the influence and contributions of Robert S. Kerr and what this land was before a park.
Automobile Alley District

10 min

Pass the entrance to Automobile Alley and learn why this was the center of Oklahoma's auto industry 100 years ago and the entertainment offered nowadays..
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum

20 min

Step into the manicured memorial grounds and understand what happened on Oklahoma's darkest day, the symbolism of the memorial's design elements, and how the community responded to the crisis. Museum admission is not included.
First National Center

15 min

Enter what is arguably the most impressive building in the entire state. We'll guide you through dazzling Art Deco details inside and out of this former bank. Today it's a mixed use property with hotel, apartments, shops, and restaurants.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Guide will have an OKC Tours sign inside Colcord Hotel lobby.

End point

Tour ends two blocks north of where it began.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.
The operator may cancel if too few people book; you then get another date or your money back.