This group of historic homes, buildings and a church provide a fascinating backdrop to Pensacola history. Guided tours are offered to the church and a couple of the homes which you can only see via a tour. I loved the kitchen building where costumed volunteers were cooking over a hearth fire. We learned about ‘shotgun houses’ and other unique architectural styles of the area. We spent several hours here, an hour on the guided tour and more than an hour talking with costumed volunteers and shopping the very interesting gift shop. If you enjoy history, this place is well worth a visit.

A tour of Pensacola Village was included in the price of admission to the nearby Pensacola History Museum. The tour goes through three houses and a church furnished from different eras between 1805 and the mid-20th Century. At two hours long, it’s very thorough and also heavily dependent on tour guide quality. Unfortunately, the guides were local college women who lack tour guide skills, forcing humor and an affect that got annoying quickly and the necessary knowledge base (“Mckayla” noted that women got the right to vote and drink and then had alcohol “taken away” by Prohibition, unaware that it was women voters who drove the Prohibition movement).

The collection of historic buildings and exhibits of the Historic Pensacola Village provide a great insight into the rich history of Pensacola. The self-guided walking tour highlights the history from all eras of Pensacola history. There is a guided tour that is included and takes you into some of the historic building however the timing of the tour didn't work out on our visit. They are also doing renovation on a few building so there were some that were not accessible.

My family had a great time exploring historic downtown Pensacola. It is FULL of crazy interesting history. We spent the day visiting as much as we could. There are a lot of places that are included with your ticket and your ticket last a week long. We didn’t get through everything, and sadly didn’t make it back. It is such a good time. Take the guided tour through the historic village, it was really interesting and fun to go into the old buildings. Our tour guide Fletcher was so knowledgeable and full of information. The kids museum was geared toward small children, but we still had a good time with my 11 year old daughter.