70-Minute Guided Downtown Eureka Springs Walking Tour
Overview
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1 hour 20 minutes
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Hidden Eureka: A Downtown Walking Tour
Walk THE WALK in Eureka Springs—where the entire town is a work of art and every stop tells a story worth hearing. Wander past four iconic springs, dazzling public art, and jaw-dropping Victorian architecture. Slip into the secrets of our hidden underground and watch Eureka’s past burst to life—from Indigenous roots to a wild boomtown of bathhouses, outlaws, healers, and dreamers. Stroll through downtown and into the enchanting “silk stocking” neighborhood, where storybook homes line storybook streets. See murals, mosaics, grand hotels, and the historic Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library.
Come promenade through our timeless mountain village—soaking up the beauty, culture, and magic that make Downtown Eureka Springs unforgettable.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Dogs welcome
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
A researched historical tour featuring the cultural and geographic information of Downtown
Bottled water
Sunscreen & Hat for Sun Protection
Good walking shoes
Gratuities for Local guide
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.
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.
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70-Minute Guided Downtown Eureka Springs Walking Tour
Reviews
219 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
History lesson of Eureka Springs, Arkansas in a a 70 minute walking tour
Pointdexter911,
Nov 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Megan was great. Personable, knowledgeable, funny. I feel I got a good mini-history of Eureka Springs Arkansas. Would recommend highly.
Interesting experience
ShayPing W,
Oct 23, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00Learned the history of Eureka Springs and walked several miles. Learned several local celebrities stories and underground tunnels.
Enjoyable and interesting tour
David A,
Oct 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We happened to be walking around the town…standing at Basin Spring Park…Megan said hello and invited us to join the tour. We had an enjoyable time learning about the history of Eureka Springs and got lots of exercise walking around town. Stories were interesting and we took Megan’s suggestion to have a beer and pizza on the top of the Crescent Hotel….lovely day!
I've been going to Eureka Springs for years, Learned a lot on this tour!
TheFrickster,
Oct 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My husband and I really enjoyed this tour! I've been going to ES since the early 80's and have never taken a 'tour'. But I'm so glad we did this! Megan was our tour guide and she did an excellent job of telling the stories and explaining the history of Eureka. She was detailed and laced some humor into the stories too. The tour kept moving, it never got boring. While most of it was above ground, the part that showed the underground was very interesting. There were some steps, but that's to be expected in this town. Wear comfortable shoes. Well worth the ticket price and the time spent. Highly recommend this tour to any visitor to Eureka!
Great Introduction to Eureka Springs
795davec,
Sep 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our tour was called "Downtown-n-Underground" which isn't actually what this is titled - but it is the same tour. We started at Basin Spring Park - right in the middle of town with a history of how things started. Megan, our guide, then took us below ground to where buildings were centered prior to moving upward due to mudslides. For much of the rest of the tour, we traversed the main business street really from one end to the other (Spring St) with architectural history, stories about several buildings, stories about the town at various points in time, and another spring at the far end. You finish about three blocks from where you start - a gradual uphill to get there. Megan was great; didn't need a script; answered all questions and ensured everyone could see everything. Great introduction to Eureka Springs. Interesting there were 10,000 people living here in the late 1800s, and now just over 2,000.
It has changed from...
Mary B,
Sep 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00It has changed from before. The last time we were there which was years ago the audience stood with a standing ovation. Our group was a bit underwhelmed.
Informative.
F5433KOpaulk,
Sep 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Megan was knowledgeable, engaging and informative. Learned a lot of history. Fair amount of walking, but in Eureka springs that's really unavoidable? Definitely recommend this tour, especially for first-time visitors!
Would definitely recommend
Yifat T,
Sep 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Megan was very informative. The stories brought the history to life and helped us understand the time period and character of Eureka Springs better
Misleading tour
S4075WLjuliec,
Sep 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00My main goal for my review is for honesty and transparency. This tour discription is both accurate and inaccurate. The tourist trap is in the name. It is only in reading the fine details of the tour that it begins with truth. And just when you begin to talk yourself out of a walking tour of downtown by way of hundreds of steps and steep hill. You get caught by the last paragraphs that I have highlighted for you. You think that maybe this may actually be more interesting than you thought. And before you know it you click "buy tickets now" button. Then greatly regret your decision an hour and a half later when you go up to springs you could have seen for free then down a ways just to see a basement. Then up steep stairs before walking up a steep hill. Most likely seeing the things you already saw again for free. Luckily we hadn't been that way yet. However, I totally missed any tantalizing stories at this point i was feeling a bit cheated. Why? Well because I thought i'd be spending a good deal of the time stepping "into the stone tunnels that wind around downtown " or "seeing what even local residents haven't noticed" or, because we trusted the name "Underground Eureka Tour" plastered on the front. But, in the end we saw a basement that even the guide said there are no records indicating what building it used to be. By this time the group began to trickle away. But, we stuck it out thinking that something super exciting was waiting around the corner before stopping in an air conditioned room where the guide pretty much thanks you and ask for a tip. Btw, nothing against the guide. Even they understood where I was coming from when I addressed feeling mislead. After that we were pretty much left exhausted at the top of a hill figuring out how to get back to our car. At least it waa downhill from there. Btw, I asked several others on the tour and they too thought that we would be experiencing tunnels underground.
Not an Underground tour!
517kirkc,
Sep 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00This Tour might technically be what is described on the website, but it is a little misleading. We and others we talked to on the tour were under the impression that is was an underground tour of Eureka Springs based on the pics and misleading name. It was informative but not near as interesting as you would believe based on the advertisements. Just be aware!
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