Public Square is one of the most festive spots in all of Cleveland at Christmas! It serves the starting point for the Holiday Edition of our Downtown Highlight walking tour. All the trees in Public Square are covered in colored lights. There is a big, fully decorated and lit Christmas tree, light tunnels, a nativity […]
We will be taking a look around downtown Cleveland as it is all decorated for the Christmas season over the next several weeks. Don’t forget the Holiday Edition of our Downtown Highlights walking tour where you can see the sights up close and personal and learn about the history of our great city. Click here […]
Tours of Cleveland, LLC is offering the Holiday edition of our Downtown Highlights Walking Tour, an exciting and educational walking tour of beautiful and historic downtown Cleveland with an addition of Cleveland Christmas history and fun thrown into the mix. This walking tour hits all the highlights of downtown in one great, two hour tour. […]
As we continue our look at Castle Noel in Medina, OH this post will focus on their window displays from NYC. The owner, Mark Klaus, has traveled to New York to take possession of department store window displays after the Christmas is over and bring them back to be featured at Castle Noel. Castle Noel’s […]
As we begin to look at Christmas around Cleveland, I’d like to take us out to Medina, Ohio and Castle Noel (this will be a two part post). Castle Noel is the largest indoor, year round, Christmas entertainment attraction in the US. The “castle” was created by Mark Klaus and is inside an old Methodist […]
In 1969 the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught on fire and earned Cleveland the nickname “Burning River City”. Ironically this was not the first time the river caught fire, it was the last. The first documented case of the river catching fire was in 1868! And the fires were a fairly regular occurrence. The industries […]
Tours of Cleveland would like to take a moment and thank those local businesses that have supported us thus far during 2018. Thanks to Pura Vida Restaurant and Ed Bacho Photography who teamed up on our Euclid Ave Stroll tour package. The Euclid Ave Stroll will return next summer! Thanks to Bloom Bakery and the […]
Mr. Jingeling is a Cleveland tradition dating back to the late 1950’s. He was originally thought up by an advertising firm for the Halle’s department store; he presided over their “Treasure House of Toys”. Mr. Jingeling was Santa’s major domo and was known as the keeper of the keys to all the rooms in Santa’s […]
On Saturday November 24, 2018, Cleveland will kick off the holidays with Winterfest in Public Square. This is a day of fun and festivities. The skating rink will open. The Christmas tree will be lit (ceremony begins at 6:00 pm). There will be live music, a fireworks show and of course Santa! There will be […]
It was announced that the tall ships will be making a stop in Cleveland July 11- 14, 2019 as part of the Tall Ships Challenge Great Lakes. They will be making several stops throughout the summer including Buffalo on Independence Day and Toronto, Canada on Canada Day. The festivities will include day sails and waterfront activities. […]
