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Downtown Nashville Guided Sightseeing Walking Tour

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Downtown Nashville Guided Sightseeing Walking Tour
Historic Walking Tour of Downtown Nashville!
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Overview

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

Why Travelers Choose This Tour

Get a thorough introduction to Nashville in under two hours and receive lots of local food and music tips too.
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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
Gratuities
501 Broadway , 501 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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Meets at Bridgestone Arena marquee (address 501 Broadway, southwest corner of 5th & Broadway). Stand right by that electronic sign.

This activity will end right where it started.
Make your way to downtown Nashville, where you’ll meet a local guide and set out on a route through the city’s most famous and infamous places. Trace a route from 5th and Broadway to the oldest home in the city of Nashville, then see Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry.

Pass Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge—this country honky-tonk is among Nashvilles most notorious—then walk down Market Street to the Riverfront Park, once home to a booming river trade. Take in views of the Tennessee Titans stadium, the Cumberland River, and the original site of Fort Nashborough.

Continue to Nashville Public Square to hear stories about Andrew Jackson’s many duels. Dive into Printers Alley and the Men’s Quarter to see Nashville’s seedy, fun side: this is where Johnny Cash drank at Skull’s Rainbow Room, and where Little Richard and Hendrix practiced the blues before they were famous.

Turn up Cherry Street to pay your respects to Chet Atkins’ statue, then stop by the Tennessee State Capitol building and the Downtown Presbyterian Church before winding up your tour back in central Nashville.
Itinerary
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We start at ground zero of the Nashville Honky Tonk Universe!
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Duration: 5 minutes
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Ryman Auditorium
The very reason we are called Music City. Welcome to the Mother Church of Country Music.
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Duration: 5 minutes
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Tootsies Orchid Lounge
The World's Most Famous Honky-tonk!
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Duration: 5 minutes
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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.
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Duration: 5 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
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The Johnny Cash Museum
The one and only Man in Black.
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Goo Goo Shop
Peanuts, Carmel, Chocolate, and the first combination candy bar ever sold in the United States.
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The George Jones
Possum, No Show, whatever you call him...he was a legend.
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Duration: 5 minutes
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Fort Nashborough
For 8,000 years the Cherokee lived undisturbed until... See one of the first Anglo settlements west of the Appalachians.
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Duration: 5 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
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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.
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Duration: 5 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
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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!
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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.
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Duration: 10 minutes
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Tennessee State Capitol
The Tennessee State Capitol.
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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.
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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.
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Duration: 5 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Tours must have 6 people or subject to reschedule or cancellation with refund
  • Please include a CELL PHONE number for text messages regarding changes, including rain, or rescheduling
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
  • OPERATED BY Really Entertaining Tours
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Traveler Tips

  • "I recommend the tour first chance when you arrive to learn about the town and then go back to the places later in the trip to visit." See review
  • "This is a short and very informative walking tour of downtown Nashille if you don't have a lot of time," See review
  • "This tour is an excellent way to get a good feel for downtown Nashville and, in particular, its musical roots." See review

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10/10 recommend to everyone
Shayna_S
, Nov 2021
We toured with Ryan and had a GREAT time! We walked places we never would have on our own and ended up spending more time in those places later and had a blast. Ryan gave us some great tips for the city after our tour as well. The most important part of our tour was Ryan’s inclusion of Native American history and how Tennessee and Nashville contributed to it. The dark history Ryan shared did not at all detract from our tour; in fact, it made us trust Ryan and appreciate Nashville even more. This tour was one of the highlights of our trip and was wel worth the 25 dollars. Thank you!
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Great tour!
Jill_L
, Nov 2021
Our guide Ryan was very enthusiastic, entertaining, interesting and informative. Had fun and learned a lot.
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We did not get to go on the trip because We could not find the gate and he would not return our phone t Connect with him
William_C
, Nov 2021
Paying for a trip and not getting to go on it. Because we could not find the guide and we tried to call him so that we could connect with him and he never returned the call
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Awesome host and experience
Jason_Y
, Nov 2021
Ryan was an awesome host. Super energetic and really well informed! Definitely recommend! Thank you very much
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Fun fabulous and...
Joan_B
, Nov 2021
Fun fabulous and informative! Ryan gave us his all! A real insiders view. From the moment we met as a group Ryne was very engaging with the entire group. He gave us insights on music, record stores restaurants, and the colloquialisms of the south!
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I love the suffrage story...
Sharon_K
, Nov 2021
I love the suffrage story —the whole 2hours was chock full of interesting information delivered in a most entertaining way. This is my go to event when people come to visit.
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Great experience!
Julie_H
, Nov 2021
Great guide and lots of fun! Ryan was very engaging I would recommend it to family and friends Great!
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A most entertaining way to see Nashville
Diane_H
, Oct 2021
Our guide, Ryan, was extremely entertaining and energetic. Enjoyed the walk/talk immensely! We went on a very mild day, but on a more humid day, the walk might be a bit strenuous, as you don't stop for 2 hours and some of the walk is uphill.
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Well worth it
ANNE_H
, Oct 2021
Our host was fun and knowledgeable which made the event our most enjoyable in Nashville . The history was most interesting
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Great way to see Nashville for the first time.
John_C
, Oct 2021
We had a great time. Our guide was funny, upbeat and very informative. We walked all over downtown and learned about local history
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