Niles History: An Audio Tour of the First Movie Capital
Features
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
1 hour
- Directions to the starting point so that when you're in the right place, the tour will start
- Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- App for Android and iOS
- Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
- Smartphone and headphones
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Niles isn’t just a charming town hidden in the Bay Area hills – it was Hollywood before Hollywood existed.
On this self-guided walking tour, you’ll discover how this rowdy railroad junction became the world’s first movie capital, where Charlie Chaplin perfected his Little Tramp and cowboy stars invented the Western...
- Duration from 1 Hour to 1 Hour and 30 Minutes
- Private Tour
- 1
Niles Depot Museum
This self-guided audio tour starts at the Niles Depot Museum, the 1901 train station marking the Transcontinental Railroad’s true finish line.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only•
- Guided Experience
- 2
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
You’ll walk along Niles Boulevard past the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, housed in the original 1913 Edison Theater.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 3
Niles Boulevard
On this walking tour, you'll pass by Devout Coffee and you’ll discover how this rowdy railroad junction became the world’s first movie capital, where Charlie Chaplin perfected his Little Tramp and cowboy stars invented the Western genre.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 4
I Street
While hearing how the town developed and survived various industries, you'll pass by the Niles Library and hear its history.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 5
Niles Boulevard
You'll hear stories about bank robberies that were stopped by costumed cowboys, ghost sightings in the Hotel Wesley, and how Joe’s Corner operated as the town’s unofficial bank during Prohibition.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 6
Niles Boulevard
You’ll hear about how Niles transformed from a frontier town with 18 saloons into a thriving film studio and see the Niles Antique Co-Op.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 7
Niles Boulevard
While hearing how the town developed and survived various industries, you'll pass by Bronco Billy's Pizza Palace and hear its history.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
- 8
Niles Boulevard
By the end of this tour you’ll have a sense of how a canyon town built by railroad workers became the birthplace of American cinema – and survived when both industries moved on.
- No Admission Ticket Required•
- Drive-By Only
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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