School Groups

School Field Trips

We offer fun, unique, educational and inspiring tours customized for your grade and curriculum (K through 12).

Old Towne Tours is now accepting bookings for school field trips!

Betty from Louisiana said the following about her private group History Tour of Old Town:

“Our learning group had a wonderful time with your tour guides. The group said is was the best tour they had all trip, and we had tours in San Angelo and three different ones in Santa Fe! Many, many thanks for making our group feel so welcome. Thanks bunches, Betty A.”

Old Town’s Plaza and surrounding historic neighborhoods are a living museum and outdoor classroom just waiting to be discovered and explored by your students! Old Towne Tour’s certified history guides dispel the rumors and myths with authentic information about the “ Duke City” as they escort your class on an exciting adventure through time. Students enjoy this rich cultural resource as they discover just how interesting history can be.

Embark on a 60-minute historical walking tour, geared to the class's specific requirements, which takes you through the streets and alleys of one of the oldest towns in North America. Our tours cover many diverse aspects of Albuquerque’s history. Tours typically include early Native American life, adobe construction, the arrival of the Spanish, trade on the Camino Real and the Santa Fe Trail, the Civil War in Albuquerque, the Plaza, the San Felipe de Neri Church, law and order in the Wild West, the architecture of Old Town’s historic buildings and how today’s residential and retail locations have evolved.

Tours include historic photographs, interesting trivia and fun facts of Albuquerque which helps students to see and understand how the area has grown and changed in three centuries. Students consider how their lives would have been MUCH different had they lived in Old Town when the Villa was first settled in 1706, over seventy years before the United States became a country.

Ghost Tours are a great way to interest students in Albuquerque’s history. These 90-minute walking tours illustrate the city’s origins, civic life in general and even the science behind today’s most popular ghost hunting techniques. Stories are geared to the ages of the students. Tours include photographs, video and audio clips of possible paranormal activity. Ghost Tours are appropriate at any time of the year, but particularly in October. This tour is very popular with out-of-town schools which are staying overnight in Albuquerque, but also works very well during the daytime.

The ideal amount of time for a tour of Old Town is from 60 to 90 minutes, but times can be adjusted to suit individual timetables and transportation arrangements. There is convenient drop off and pick up points for both cars and buses. Some classes schedule their tour to finish at lunchtime so that they may eat in an Old Town restaurant. (Old Towne Tours can assist with these arrangements, if needed.) There are parks and outdoor areas nearby for sacked lunches as well.

Old Town Albuquerque becomes your classroom
You select the subject matter (History or Ghosts - or a combination)
You choose the day and time of your tour (between 8am and 4pm - additional charges for after hours)
There are inviting Parks nearby for bagged lunches
There is convenient bus loading and unloading areas in Old Town
We do the rest!

The basic charge for a History Tour is $150.00 per class* (Up to 25 students per class, 1 Teacher, 1 Adult Chaperon).

For a daytime Ghost Tour, the basic charge is $200.00 per class* (Up to 25 students per class, 1 Teacher, 1 Adult Chaperon).

There must be one adult chaperone for every 15 students.
If more than one tour guide is required for your group, extra charges will apply.
We can accommodate school groups up to 100 students at one time; additional discounts available.

* Listed School Group Prices do NOT include standard 15% Tour Guide gratuity which will be added on to your contract total; plus any applicable service fees or sales tax.

Text or Call for more information: (505) 246-TOUR (8687) or Email: OldTownTours@Yahoo.com

By the participation in any of our Tours, Events or Scavenger Hunts, the participant as well as any heirs or assignees agree to hold harmless and release, both now and in perpetuity, History & Ghost Tours of Old Town and its agents, employees, contractors and or representatives from any and all liability, injury, accident, death, harm, financial loss or incidental damages or any other circumstance arising from or that may occur during, immediately preceding or following or is in any way related to participation in said activity, whether or not due to omission, negligence, incompetence, failure or any other reason on the part of or by History & Ghost Tours of Old Town. Participant understands that said activity may be physically strenuous, emotionally disturbing and potentially hazardous, and agrees that they are in adequate physical and mental condition to participate as well as adequately outfitted and clothed. Tours and Scavenger Hunts are for entertainment purposes only.