Wanted – You to discover Billings!!!
Join the Historic Billings Tours:
What do under ground tunnels, a floating bar during prohibition, and a haunted Historic Hotel have in common? How does a Ghostly Face on the Rimrocks, boothill cemetery and an Indian Burial Ground site become part of the 7th Cavalry legend. Board the “Fun Express Bus” at the Moss Mansion 914 Division Street Buy the combination package of both the Billings Historic Districts Tour and Moss Mansion for a saving. Enjoy a one hour guided tour of the Historic Moss Mansion, and an one hour of unforgettable, fun filled, learning experience tour of Billings. You will travel the Historic home district, historic Montana Ave., and Boothill Cemetery. View the city and the Yellowstone River from the Rimrocks. Discover tales from the early days and some wild and wicked characters.
Summer hours:
(June-Labor Day)
M-Sat. 10:30 am or 11:30 pm
Fall & Winter hours: (After Labor Day to May)
M-Sat. 1:00 P.M. or 2:00 pm
Cost : The combination price for Moss Mansion and Historic Billings is
$25.00
adults, $20 Student & Military, Under 6 Free.
Private Tours:
with hotel / campground in the Billings Area is available at $25 pp. year round M-Sat.
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Your Schedule Does Not Fit Ours?
Call for a personal tour. We come to your location.
$25.00 adults, $15 for children under 15
1 1/2 hours, Year Round Monday-Saturday
This an unforgettable, fun-filled, learning experience tour of Billings. You
will travel the Historic home district, historic Montana Ave., and Boothill
Cemetery.
View the city and the Yellowstone River from the Rimrocks.
Discover tales from the early days and some wild and wicked characters.
A stop at local Museum to feature Billings history and life style.
tours@montanafunadventures.com
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Mount View Cemetery Tour
History is a etched in headstones. A tour of Mount View is a walk through
Billings's history and so much more. Headstones provide symbols and clues
about the deceased's life ideals and passions. Guests will learn how to
decode the mystery of their ancestry through a graveyard tour. During this
unique tour, attendees learn about Victorian mourning and funerary costumes,
headstone typology, and tidbits on who is buried in each cemetery. Attendees
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The tours, which last approximately two hours, take place at 2 p.m.
Oct. 4, 11, 18, 26, costing $20 per person.
This tour can be adopted for conventions and small group outings any time of the year.
Reservations required, phone 406-254-7180
or e-mail: tours@montanafunadventures.com
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12th Annual Ghost Tours of Billings
2009 Dates:
October 22nd - 31st. @ 7:00pm, 8:00pm, & 9:00pm Saturday, October 24th, 31st @ 3:00pm, & 4:00pm
October 16th & 17th @ 7:00pm, 8:00pm & 9:00pm
Hang onto your seats while we tour the site of notorious China Alley, where no other tour dares to go. You'll learn about the cleverly disguised opium dens of the 1920s, and about the mysterious and spooky tunnels under the downtown streets. Renee and Karen invite you to join us and our driver, Mr. Macabre, for a trip into the Twilight Zone--if you dare! We'll tell you tales of the dark side of Billings' past, of rumrunners and ghostly ladies of the night, of the murder of a policeman and Billings' one-and-only lynching. |
Most of the tours end with refreshments at a haunted local establishment where--
who knows?--some of the "ghosts" from Billings' dark past just might appear among the the tour group!
Narrator: Karen Stevens author of "Haunted Montana."
(Books and book signing
will be available at the beginning of each tour.)
Departs from the downtown Haunted Dude Rancher Lodge.
This tour can be adopted for conventions and small group outings any time of the year.
Reservations required.
Cost is $20.00 for all seats.
Family fun, best for ages 12 and up.
Call Fun Adventures Tours at 406-254-7180
or e-mail: tours@montanafunadventures.com to purchase your tickets.
History about this tour:
In 1997 tour operator Renee Christiansen and librarian Karen Stevens combined talents to create what has become an annual tradition: Halloween ghost tours of downtown Billings. The three tours offered that first year sold out in a matter of hours and continue to sell out each year. Ghost tours are now the most popular type of tour in the USA according to the travel industry and in 2007 thirty tours were offered to satisfy the ever-growing fascination with ghosts. Each tour lasts about 1 1/2 hours and usually includes a stop at a genuinely haunted site along the way. The tours are updated each year as new haunting are discovered. Reservations are strongly suggested.
These tours are best suited to adults and older children.
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Spirits of Christmas Past Tour
Welcome to a nostalgic tour of downtown Billings and the historic district, where we'll see the Christmas lights and enjoy tales of Christmas long-ago in Billings. You'll hear about the community Christmas tree, old-time skating rinks and a generous man who took it upon himself to make sure that no needy child went without a Christmas present. You'll also hear the warming stories of two "ladies of the night" with hearts of gold, and the Christmas celebrations at the old library. Next we'll tour the historic avenues, with fabulous old homes, an aura of the past, and Christmas Wreath Lane, a tradition begun by neighbors in the 1960s.
We'll finish our tour with a stop at the Moss Mansion for a private tour of this historic house ablaze in its Victorian holiday glory.
2.5 Hour tour. Family fun for all ages.
Tour begins with the bus ride starting from the Moss Mansion at 914 Division Street.
Time: 7:00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.
Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, The month of December
Price: $30.00 per person
Reservations required, phone 406-254-7180
or e-mail: tours@montanafunadventures.com
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Adventures with Santa Claus on the Fun Express
Enhance your Chrismas smile. You are about to be on an extravaganza with fun to the very end. We cover the Fantasy of Lights and Candy Cane Lane thrown in. It will be a pleasure that you join Billings Best as we travel to other lighted neighhoods of Billings. Santa and the bus will arrive at your desinated location for your 2 hour tour. Gather a group up to 13, bring you enhanced beverages and treats. |
2 Hour tours. Family fun for all ages. Book for your group between December 1-30
Christmas Adventures of the Fun Express:
As sugar plums dance through the night
Santa’s elves were making haste,
To enhance your christmas season
So not a moment goes to waste.
You’ve been busy doing for others
So it’s your torn to rest awhile
we’ve planned an hour of enjoyment,
To enhance your Christmas smile.
You were on a extravaganza
With fun to the very end.
We covered the Fantasy of Lights
With Candy Cane Lane thrown in.
You’ve been on the Fun Express
Far from the run of the mill
It’s presented by Easter Seals
in conjunction with our own Goodwill,
This ride was a suprise for some
And more so for one or two.
But it's been a fun adventure
That Bah Hum Bug can’t undo.
It has been our pleasure
That you joined us on our ride.
We hope we’ve scattered heartprints
To warm you up inside.
Tom Hanks tried to book this ride
But we saved our seats for the Billings Best.
So he will have to be content
To Ride his own Polar Express.
Now when sugar plums fill your head
May your Christmas be free of stress.
Just put your hearts on rewind
And re-ride the Fun Express.
by marilyn Boese
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Introducing!
Your Ancestral Past Trail Series by Jeep
1/2 day tour
Hotel pickup for the sunset tourwater, map & compass or GPS will be provided for the tour. You are welcometo bring your own.
This tour gets you into the wide open country where the hawks fly over headand the tall grasses are under foot. This open air jeep tour travels the trails of rolling hills and deep terrain just like the Mountain men, Indian & military warriors, and the homesteaders.
Rock Cairns were used as roadsigns to direct the traveler. With the use of tools of the trade, you willbe finding these landmarks including the 12 foot Twin Monuments.
At this high point in the valley, you will see a breath taking view of five mountain ranges with a large valley floor leading you to further destinations.
As the sunsets, one may hear the coyotes sing their evening song. |
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Western Hats & Suds Tour
All year round
What is the deal with all these Micro -brews?
And what is a Micro-brew?
Tour of the largest and award winning micro-brews in Billings. You have heard of words like hops, yeast and malt but have you ever eaten roasted grains that go into beer. This tour is not over until you sample the brew. Do not like beer.. never fear they also make root beer.
Now that we are singing our way out the door and really happy, lets go shopping. Not just any store, no way only the finest hand crafted western hats are made in Billings. Our hat makers will take you through all the steps from sizing your head to final stitch of perfection. Now you have experience Billings Behind the Scenes. |
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These tours are by appointment with special arrangements.
Great for small groups of two to 50 people. You may combine this tour with any of our other tours.
1 1/2 hours, year round, daily. $25.00
Reservations phone: 406-254-7180, Please call for pricing:
or e-mail: tours@montanafunadventures.com
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Slice of Country tour
Have you ever tasted a cloud, or hugged a Montana prairie breeze?
When you hop aboard our “A Slice of Country Tour” you will experience this and much more. “A Slice of Country” is the sharing of real rural life where you can enjoy a hay ride, visit the Big Red Barn and meet a variety of farm animals on a homestead that was settled in the early 1900’s. You will be welcomed and entertained by 2nd & 3rd Generation family members. Toss your highway map, pocket your keys and join us on the Fun Express touring bus to the country. We will arrive at the front door of the Best Western hotels at for a two hour family experience on Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday Evenings beginning in May to end of Sept. Bring a light jacket for our cool evenings but we will provide refreshments.
Reservations : A Must because we limit to 26 people per evening.
Cost: Only $25.00 per person / children under age 2 are free
Tour time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 P.M.
Call for your departure time from each Best Western Hotel
Dates: Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday Evenings May to end of Sept.
Great place for family fun all year around with each season with special attactions. Call for your group of 10 to 100’s.
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Tour de Chocolate
1 1/2 hours, Oct to May, daily.
Book for group of 6 to 26.
Price based on size of group.
Here is your chance to meet some of the finest candy makers and see if they will share their secrets!
The samples are sure to be a delight!
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