jump to navigation search this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2014 old town trolley tours of st. augustine slogan st. augustine s best sightseeing tour parent historic tours of america inc. founded company founded in 1970s by chris belland mo mosher ed swift ; old town trolley tours of st. augustine founded 2001 headquarters corporate headquarters key west florida u.s. ; old town trolley tours of st. augustine headquarters in st. augustine florida u.s. locale st.augustine florida service area various cities in u.s. ; locally in st. augustine anastasia island vilano beach two beaches north of vilano beach service type hop on and hop off tour bus routes st. augustine trolley route anastasia island beach bus route stops twenty two in st. augustine approximately six on beach bus route destinations st. augustine area hubs one stations one chief executive chris belland website http www.trolleytours.com old town trolley tours of st. augustine is one of the two large tour bus companies in st. augustine florida . the other is red train tours . both companies run trolleys of open cars that run on the streets of the city . neither runs on tracks both having pneumatic tires . 1 2 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 tour options 4 references overview edit old town trolley tours operates open tour buses . it has a number of set stops in town and the passenger may get off and back on at will . both have narrated tours presented by the drivers . the tour of old town trolley tours lasts about seventy minutes if one stays on the bus for the entire route . the passengers for this tour get a ticket good for three consecutive days . 3 4 5 history edit in the early 1970s chris belland mo mosher and ed swift combined efforts to restore historic storefronts in key west florida . they saw an increasing number of tourists were coming to the area so they started old town trolley tours to tour visitors around town . they started with a converted bread truck and a homemade trailer . by the 1980s they were able to buy completely new equipment and they started touring trolleys in various cities . the st. augustine touring trolleys the latest of the various city tours were added in 2001 . 6 tour options edit the standard hop on and hop off tour has been supplemented by other tours . the beach tour takes tourists to a number of stops on anastasia island and three beach stops north of anastasia island starting at vilano beach . most stops are at various beaches although the bus stops at a number of other attractions on anastasia island . other tours are the ghosts & gravestone night tour trolley visits various spots at night during halloween time . the holly jolly holiday trolley st. augustine area toured from mid november to new year s day to see holiday lights . the chocolate tour trolley visits various sites where chocolate is served or made . the trolleys can also be chartered by groups for various occasions . 7 8 9 10 11 references edit old town trolley tours website http www.trolleytours.com . the st. augustine tour guide st. augustine red train tours 2012 ed p. 25 . old town trolley tours website . trip advisor website at http www.tripadvisor.com showuserreviews g34599 d654767 r16935783 old town trolley tours . the st. augustine tour guide pp. 25 28 9 . old town trolley tours website . old town trolley tours website . st. augustine tourism website at http www.augustine.com vacation business.php bid old town trolley tours . online yellow pages at http www.yelp.com biz old town trolley tours st augustine . online st. augustine travel guide at http www.st augustine travel guide.com old town trolley tours.html . historic tours of america website at http www.historictours.com staugustine . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title old town trolley tours of st. augustine & oldid 671596865 categories jacksonville metropolitan areavisitor attractions in st. augustine floridatransportation in st. johns county floridahidden categories orphaned articles from june 2014all orphaned articlesjacksonville articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 july 2015 at 18 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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