Best Tours in Nashville

The musical city of Nashville has a lot to see, and one of the best ways to get to know the city is by taking tours. Here are some of the best.

Andressa García

Andressa García

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Best Tours in Nashville

Nashville Afternoon | ©Shelly Yingling

From helicopter flights to bike rides and celebrity home tours, embarking on a tour that takes you to Nashville's most iconic landmarks, whether by day, afternoon or evening, is the best way to explore Music City in depth.

Go shopping in downtown Nashville by golf cart

Golf Cart| ©Leslie Degner
Golf Cart| ©Leslie Degner

One of the most original and fun things about doing a golf cart shopping tour in Nashville is precisely the means of travel because I'm sure it will be the first time you ride a golf cart around the city and make all the stops you want.

Both to take pictures and to take a look at the shop windows that catch your attention, as you will walk through the most popular clothing and shoe stores to buy whatever you want.

Your tour guide will also take you to enjoy the best food and drinks in downtown Nashville, so you can taste the most popular southern food and drinks that locals usually consume in this city. It's a tour to enjoy from start to finish and take the opportunity to buy souvenirs of your trip.

Details of interest

  • Price: From 105 euros per person.
  • Duration: 3 hours.
  • Means of transportation: Golf cart.
  • Advantages of this option: Includes a tour guide who will accompany you throughout the day, and will make comments on board. The entrance fee to Joyride Nashville is also included.

Take a shopping tour in a golf cart

Tour Nashville by night aboard a trolley car.

Nashville by Night| ©Michael Gaylard
Nashville by Night| ©Michael Gaylard

The sightseeing trolley is one of the best ways to get to know the city and the attractions of Nashville, and at night, it's even better. During this tour you will see incredible places that, under the moonlight and with its own lighting, will offer you a totally different perspective of the city.

In addition, when you buy a night streetcar tour of Nashville you will enjoy a complete musical tour of all the local bands and musicians who have marked and written the musical history of this city, as well as different bars and country music venues.

Details of interest

  • Price: From 44 euros per person.
  • Duration: One hour and a half.
  • Means of transportation: by streetcar.
  • Advantages of this option: It is accessible for people in wheelchairs. Assistance animals are allowed. There is public transportation nearby. The tour takes place regardless of weather conditions.

Take a nighttime trolley tour of Nashville

Fly over downtown Nashville by helicopter.

Helicopter Tour| ©Derek Bruff
Helicopter Tour| ©Derek Bruff

What better way to see Nashville than from the air? Hiring a helicopter flight over Nashville is one of the best experiences to tour the city.

In addition to the thrill of flying over the city, you will see the Nashville skyline in a very special way and, above all, you will have a much broader perspective.

Throughout the flight you will have the opportunity to listen to the pilot's insightful commentary, who will also tell you everything you have and want to know about the places you would be flying over.

Interesting details

  • Price: From 91 euros per person.
  • Duration: 15 minutes.
  • Means of transport: by helicopter.
  • Advantages of this option: You will be able to see from the heights all of downtown Nashville and some of the most popular places in the city. The pilot is also an experienced tour guide who will comment on what you will be seeing during the 15-minute tour. Surfaces are wheelchair friendly.

Book a helicopter flight over Nashville

Get to know Music City through its pubs

Nashville Pub Crawl| ©Reading Tom
Nashville Pub Crawl| ©Reading Tom

This is a really special tour of Nashville because you will get to know some of the best pubs in the city, and you will also have the opportunity to learn a little more about the history and development of Nashville since its beginnings. Throughout the tour you will enjoy live music.

By taking a Nashville pub c rawl you will have the opportunity to visit between 4 and 6pubs and, in the meantime, your expert guide will explain the history of the most interesting neighborhoods of the city.

Details of interest

  • Price: From 23 euros per person.
  • Duration: 2 hours and a quarter.
  • Means of transport: on foot.
  • Advantages of this option: The company of a tour guide is included. It is also included the entrance to Printer's Alley and the rest of the pubs you will visit.

Book a pub crawl in Nashville

Taste the southern cuisine in Nashville

Spicy chicken| ©Amy C Evans
Spicy chicken| ©Amy C Evans

Book a food tour of Nashville to visit different restaurants and bakeries where you will taste some of the most traditional flavors of the city:

  • Nashville hot chicken.
  • Deviled eggs and fried green tomatoes.
  • Barbecue chicken nachos.
  • Homemade shortbread cookie.
  • Memphis-style pulled pork sandwich.

At the same time, you will also be able to delve into the history of the city, how it has been formed and how it has transformed into a musical city.

Details of interest

  • Price: From 86 euros per person.
  • Duration: 2 hours and a half.
  • Means of transport: on foot.
  • Advantages of this option: Includes tasting in restaurants and pastry shops in Nashville. A professional guide and bottled water are also included.

Book a food tour of Nashville

Have a great time with drinks and ghosts

If you want to experience a fun and, at the same time, spooky night, my advice is that you should not miss a tour of ghosts and pubs in Nashville.

Touring the haunted pubs of Nasvhille while a professional guide tells you the terrifying stories that took place within those same walls, such as the story of the first owner of the legendary Skull's Rainbow Room, is a great plan only suitable for the bravest. Are you going to miss it?

Interesting details

  • Price: From 26 euros per person.
  • Duration: 2 hours.
  • Means of transport: on foot.
  • Advantages of this option: Includes professional guide and tickets to the Hard Rock Cafe Nashville and the Skulls Rainbow Room.

Book a Nashville Ghost and Pub Tour

Walk through the city of Nashville

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum| ©Jonathan Cutrer
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum| ©Jonathan Cutrer

Booking a guided tour of Nashville will take you on a historical tour of the city that will allow you to learn about its history and culture, as well as the main monuments of the city:

  • The Ryman Auditorium.
  • The Hall of Fame and Music Country Museum.
  • The Ernest Tubb Record Shop.

Not only will you see up close how country music has developed, you will also learn about the past of this city full of outlaws and bandits who wanted to make it their own.

You will also learn all the details of the history of President Andrew Jackson and the famous duel he won against the most prominent duelist of the time, Charles Dickinson.

Details of interest

  • Price: From 24 euros per person.
  • Duration: 2 hours.
  • Means of transport: on foot.
  • Advantages of this option: It includes the accompaniment of an expert guide. You can take baby carriages and also assistance animals.

Book a guided tour of Nashville

See the best of the city on a double-decker bus

Hop on Hop Off tour| ©Ursula
Hop on Hop Off tour| ©Ursula

Hiring a Nashville sightseeing bus tour is the perfect option if you have very little time to visit the city or to get a first approximation of it.

On this tour you will pass by more than 100 landmarks such as:

  • The Parthenon at Centennial Park.
  • The Frist Art Museum.
  • Broadway Street.
  • Farmer's Market.
  • Nissan Stadium.
  • The Country Music Hall of Fame.

Plus, you'll learn more about the city's history and immerse yourself in the city's music-filled atmosphere.

Details of interest

  • Price: From 38 euros per person.
  • Duration: 1 hour.
  • Means of transport: double-decker bus.
  • Advantages of this option: You will have access to open air seats and also air-conditioned. You will pass through more than 100 different places in the city.

Book a Nashville sightseeing bus tour

Take a Segway tour of downtown Nashville

Segway Tour| ©riffsyphon1024
Segway Tour| ©riffsyphon1024

This fun tour will take you through the most interesting areas of Nashville. There are two options for this activity: a short one-hour tour or a longer three-hour tour.

In either case, hiring a segway tour in Nashville you will have a guide who will tell you everything you need to know about the segway.

The segway tour will take you through iconic places of the city of music, such as:

Details of interest

  • Price: From 59 euros per person.
  • Duration: From 1 to 3 hours, depending on the option you choose.
  • Means of transport: Segway.
  • Advantages of this option: A 30-minute training session is included. It includes the use of helmets, headphones and rain ponchos during the tour. A tour guide will be accompanying you throughout the experience. Bottled water is included.

Take a segway tour of Nashville

See the starry house

Graceland| ©Lindsey Turner
Graceland| ©Lindsey Turner

Hire a bus tour of the homes of celebrities and discover how music stars live, many of them known worldwide as Taylor Swift, Reese Witherspoon, Martina McBride or Dierks Bentley.

The tour will take you to see outside about 30 different houses, with the possibility of taking pictures in each of them.

Details of interest

  • Price: from 60 euros per person.
  • Duration: 2 hours.
  • Means of transport: by bus.
  • Advantages of this option: The tour will be narrated by an expert guide.

Book a bus tour through the houses of famous people

Take a bike tour of Nashville neighborhoods

Bike for the tour| ©vujade762
Bike for the tour| ©vujade762

On this intimate, small-group experience, you'll experience **Nashville'**s quieter bike routes, as well as get a chance to see each of the city's most popular neighborhoods, including Germantown, Downtown, Marathon Village and the Gulch.

The bike routes and trails are comfortable for all bike riders, so you 'll have no problem riding one of these routes. One of the things you'll like most is that your tour guide will take you to interesting places in the city, and give you time to discover them before following the bike trail.

Interesting details

  • Price: From 30 euros per person.
  • Duration: 2 hours and a half.
  • Means of transport: by bicycle.
  • Advantages of this option: stops for drinks are included. The use of the bicycle and helmet is included, as well as the company of a tour guide who will show you everything you have to know. Bottled water is included.

Rent a bike in Nashville