Spring is here, and it is a perfect time for walking tours through Alabama's most scenic towns. Each April, the Alabama Department of Tourism organizes guided tours in towns across the yellowhammer state. Alabama is the only state to conduct simultaneous statewide tours.

The tours are held each Saturday throughout the month. The hour-long strolls introduce visitors to local history and give residents at unique look at their hometowns.

In Baldwin County, tours will be held in Fairhope and Foley.

The free tour in Foley covers about five city blocks and will highlight historic areas of the city that date back to the beginning of the 20th Century. The tours will begin at the Foley Welcome Center at the intersection of Alabama 59 and U.S. 98.

That tour will take visitors past the L&N Railroad Depot, built in 1909, as well as Centennial Plaza, the Holk Building, Magnolia Hotel, Holmes Medical Museum – the site of Baldwin County's first hospital, Foley Hotel building and other historic sites in the downtown area.

The tours begin at 10 a.m. and last about one hour. The same walk is made each Saturday in April.

In Fairhope local historians will take visitors on a different route each Saturday of the month. Visitors should meet at the Fairhope Visitor Center downtown at 10 a.m. to join.

Strolls in other locations around the state will take place in the following locations:

• Athens - Athens Limestone Visitor Center, 100 N Beaty St.
• Bayou La Batre - Maritime Park, 13765 South Wintzell Ave.
• Birmingham - Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 520 16th St. N
• Courtland - Courtland Heritage Museum, 252 College St. (April 29 only)
• Cullman - Cullman County Museum, 211 2nd Ave. NE
• Decatur - Old State Bank, 925 Bank St. NE
• Elba - Elba Chamber of Commerce, 127 Factory Ave.
• Enterprise - The Rawls, 116 S Main St.
• Florence - Various Locations
• Huntsville - Alabama Constitution Hall Park, 109 Gates Ave. SE (April 1 and 8 only)
• Leeds - Leeds Jane Culbreth Library, 8104 Parkway Dr. (April 15 only)
• Madison - Madison Little Roundhouse, 398 Monroe St. NW (April 15 and 22 only)
• Mobile - History Museum of Mobile, 111 S Royal St.
• Monroeville - Monroe County Museum, 31 N Alabama Ave.
• Montgomery - Montgomery Visitor Center, 1 Court Square
• Mooresville - Mooresville Historic Post Office, 24995 Lauderdale St.
• Moulton - Moulton First United Methodist Church, 14595 Market St. (April 1 only)
• Pell City - Pell City, City Hall, 1905 1st Ave. N (April 1, 15, 22 and 29 only)
• Prattville - Prattaugan Museum, 102 E Main St.
• Selma - Selma-Dallas Co. Public Library, 1103 Selma Ave.
• Sheffield - Sheffield City Hall, 600 N Montgomery Ave.
• Springville - Springville Museum, 6496 US-11
• Tuscumbia - Cold Water Books, 101 W 6th St.

For more information visit alabama.travel/trail-details/april-walking-tours.