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