Explore Nashville’s honky-tonk history and most colorful characters on a walking tour of downtown with a storytelling guide. Find the city’s landmarks, from a pre-Prohibition saloon to the place where Andrew Jackson fought historic duels, and see the streets where musical legends were made.

Downtown Nashville walking tour
Fully narrated tour
Led by a local guide
Great overview and orientation of the city
Family friendly

What To Expect

Really Entertaining Tours

We start at ground zero of the Nashville Honky Tonk Universe!
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ryman Auditorium

The very reason we are called Music City. Welcome to the Mother Church of Country Music.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tootsies Orchid Lounge

The World’s Most Famous Honky-tonk!
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ernest Tubb Record Shop

The indubitable stepping stone to getting on the Opry. Ever see “Coal Miner’s Daughter?” Now you’ll see where it was filmed.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Goo Goo Shop

Peanuts, Carmel, Chocolate, and the first combination candy bar ever sold in the United States.
• Admission Ticket Free

The George Jones

Possum, No Show, whatever you call him…he was a legend.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fort Nashborough

For 8,000 years the Cherokee lived undisturbed until… See one of the first Anglo settlements west of the Appalachians.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Printer’s Alley

World Famous Printer’s Alley. Haunt, hangout, and den of depravity, Printers Alley hosted from Hendrix to Cash, from McGraw to McCartney – the world famous made this alley world famous.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Skull’s Rainbow Room

Andy Griffith, Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Buck Owens, Tim McGraw. If we told you every story we knew about this place, we’d never leave!
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Downtown Nashville

Welcome to Woolworth on Fifth! The Art District of Nashville was once ground zero for the Civil Rights Sit-ins of the 1960s, and we do our best to help you (re)live the pain, struggle and ultimate triumph of the Nashville Freedom Riders, who refused to kowtow to the unjust laws of the Jim Crow South.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tennessee State Capitol

The Tennessee State Capitol.
• Admission Ticket Free

Downtown Presbyterian Church

One of the only examples of Egyptian Revival architecture you will see in the United States, in a church! A gem in the heart of the city.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ryman Auditorium

Back to where it all began. The Soul of Nashville. The Mother Church! And it’s seedy underbelly…Tootsie’s…all rolled into one. A tour for both sinners and saints, a tour for all of us.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Tours must have 6 people or subject to reschedule or cancellation with refund
Not wheelchair accessible
Please include a CELL PHONE number for text messages regarding changes, including rain, or rescheduling
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Include

2-Hour Live Walking Tour of Nashville
Professional & Entertaining Guide
Excellent overview of Nashville for first-time visitors
Magnificent storytelling
Unlimited recommendations on where to go, what to do, and how to make your vacation your most memorable

Exclude

Gratuities