Nashville Tours for fun and celebrities.

Written by Chuck G. in Things to Do

Nashville has a very good variety of tours to choose from. For this article, I’m just going to focus on the type of Nashville tours that take you around town. Not like tours of individual places, There are other articles here on the site that somewhat touched on that.

Nashville tours can consist of history about the city, celebrity information, places to see, things to do, and other cool things of interest.  Each tour company will have its own type of ride. Walking, Cars, Double-decker buses, trolleys, bicycles, horse and buggy, an old school Bronco, and more!

Let’s list out some of the Nashville tour options. Hope you find something interesting!

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Taking a ride on a Nashville Tour

Nashville has a TON of tours available. To be honest, if I wrote this article with every single tour that’s available it would be ridiculously long!! So, I will cover the most popular ones that people enjoy. Most of the tours are right here downtown or also some in the surrounding districts. There are a few tours that take you a few hours away, I have been to these places and they are awesome!! Let’s get started.

Big Buses, Monster Trucks, Tractors, Trolleys and Pedal Taverns

Old Town Trolley Tours Nashville Hop on Hop off

You can hop on and hop off at each of the stops to get you some pictures, maybe a drink or some food. When the next trolley comes through, just hop back on and head to your next tour stop. As you are riding along the driver narrates the history and/or information about each destination and highlights things along the way.

Nashville Old Town Trolley Tour

Nashville’s Party Tractor

Nashville’s Party Tractor Tour has 2 packages to offer. There is the Public Party Tour and the Private Party Tour and I’ll explain each. They have beer and drink onboard and they accept cash or card.

Public Party Tour – This tour basically gets you the same as the private except you will be getting the opportunity to make new friends. Hitch a ride on the party tractor with other guests for the 75 minutes of cruising fun while dancing on the light-up dance floor. Hitch a ride and have a good time!!

Jacked Up Monster Truck

These jacked-up monster trucks will accommodate 12 people per ride. Like above you can get a Private Party Ride or join in the ride with a bunch of strangers that may just become friends during the cruising session. They have a cooler on the back to stock up your favorite drinks.

If you are opting-in for the group package you can tailor the ride to your group’s liking. You can simply make it a party ride or ask for the tour to get to see the highlights of Nashville.

Nashville City Tours on the Gray Line Bus

Grayline Nashville tours offer a few different tour packages ranging from a short city tour to a 15-hour tour to Memphis to see Elvis’s Graceland.

If you want to stay in Nashville yet learn a bit about the landmarks and famous places, be sure to check out a 3-1/2 hour Discover Nashville Tour where you get to see famous landmarks while having a narrator giving you the info about each location. The tour fee includes admission to The Ryman Auditorium and Country Music Hall of Fame.

Nashville Music City Rollin Jamboree Comedy, Country Music Sing-Along Tour

Mural art tour of Nashville by Golf Cart

Selfie opportunity here! Nashville is famous for music, its celebrities, bars, and even food. But, Nashville is quickly being known for its awesome murals painted around town. Come check out the Golf cart ride that takes you to the mural hot spots so you can get those awesome Instagram pics and selfies.

Ride Nashville in a 50’s era car

Your driver picks you up in a 1950’s model car and you notice that they are dressed era-correct clothing to the car. That’s right, this isn’t your usual jeans and t-shirt tour, this is Ride Nashville. You are being chauffeured around in this fine ride while the driver tells you the history of Nashville and the famous sights you will see. Come check out this truly very old-school nostalgic experience.

Big E’s Bronco Tour

Check out Nashville in a SWEET old-school classic topless Ford Bronco from Big E’s Bronco Tours. This fun ride through Nashville will take you to Murals, cool buildings, stories about Nashville, back alleys, and more. I’ve seen this rig a couple of times, it is a really nice Bronco! Some of your stops will e the Ryman Auditorium, the Union gospel Tabernacle, the Grand Old Opry, the Bicentennial Capitol Mall Park, Printers Alley, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and more.

Tommy’s Nashville Tours

Support privately owned businesses like Tommy’s Nashville Tours. This independently owned and operated tour guide will take you to the highlights of the Music City. You will get to see places such as Honky Tonk Highway (Lower Broadway), the State Capitol, the famous Ryman Auditorium, and several of the home of famous country music stars. Tommy is a bit of a comedian so you will laugh while you learn about Nashville.

Nashville Food Tours

Nashville’s Secret Food Walking Tour

You will walk the streets of East Nashville trying the best foods they have to offer. I have eaten at most of the restaurants in EN so I can tell you .. there is a lot of good grub in East Nashville!

The tour is about 3.5 hours long with 5 stops. There will be about 30 minutes of walking, no hills or difficult terrain but I do recommend you wearing good walking shoes. In this tour, you will try some southern-style pulled pork, Nashville hot chicken, smoked meats, desserts, beverages, a secret dish, and more. The food will be served with water or a non-alcoholic beverage but if you prefer you can upgrade the package and get some good libations as well.

Taste of Nashville Food & Sightseeing Tour

Nashville Food Tours works with over 50 of the best food and drink partners in Nashville and is always working hard with adding more to work with. Having so many food partners allows this tour company to create custom tours so you can have a wide selection of food tour options.

There are tour options for different districts in Nashville. Districts such as Germantown, East Nashville, 12 South, Midtown, The Gulch, and of course downtown!! Is this a food tour? Yes, but it is also a sightseeing tour as well.

They offer both walking and driving tours a well as specialty tours. You can bring your own beer or wine if you want. To me personally, a food tour is the most creative and fun way to socialize, learn, and get your belly stuffed while having a good time.

Nashville Helicopter Tours

Helicopter Tour

It is cool and all to take the Tractors, buses, or even the monster truck. But, a helicopter is a real way to see all of Nashville in one trip.

Come check out Helicopter tours for an aerial view of the Music City. Fly over Downtown and see the Ryman Auditorium, head down toward West End and see the Partenon, and then Nissan Stadium, and more! As of this writing, there is a maximum of 3 people to your tour group at one time. Come on and take an aerial tour!

Booze Tours & Pub Crawls

Arrington Vineyard Winery Round-Trip

Honky Tonk Party Tours takes you to Arrington Vineyard. You get to taste award-winning wines while enjoying the beautiful scenery of middle Tennessee that is only a 30-minute ride from downtown.

This tour lasts 3 hours which includes the travel time in a private luxury shuttle. The tours are self-guided with up to 25 guests per shuttle.

Nashville’s Honky Tonk Sightseeing Pub Crawl

This is the original Nashville pub crawl. There are so many great places to check out and doing a tour like this is one of the best ways to try them out. Often times by participating in this tour you can save money by using discounts that may be offered in the tour for other cool merch as well. As you walk from one great pub to another you get to check out all the cool sights of Nashville.

All-Inclusive Nashville “Hey Y’all” Distillery Crawl

Barrels of fun offers several tour packages. There are 2 distilleries, 3 distilleries, 1 distillery plus Arrington Vinyard (public or private), 3 distilleries plus Arrington Vineyard, Jack Daniels Distillery, and a distillery crawl. Of course, they have something to offer for the bachelor & bachelorette parties as well.

Barrels of fun only offer transportation to Arrington Vineyard. Any tour fees, tastings, or purchases are up to the individual once they arrive at the vineyard.

Night-Time Nashville All-Inclusive Pub Crawl

Nashville is obviously known for its musical roots. Nashville is quickly becoming a brewery city as well! There are now many craft brewers and distilleries located here in Music City. These tours will take you to 3 of the top breweries and distilleries where you will get an educational tour of each along with a taste testing of each.

You will be provided VIP transportation so you don’t get busted drinking and driving. That’s a no-no, people!! You will get multiple taste testings at each location, so if you are a lightweight like me, you might be feeling “happy by the end of the tour at Marathon Music Works. Oh, there will be a special gift at the end.

A few hours away from Nashville

Jack Daniel’s VIP Experience with lunch at Miss Mary Bobo’s

Just a heads up, this is a 7-hour tour so make this a day trip. You take the ride to Lynchburg and enjoy an educational tour of the Jack Daniels facility. Then you sit down to have a taste testing from a single barrel select and two limited edition whiskeys. You get to take an engraved bottle of Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel home with you. But, before you head home you will have a good meal at Miss Mary Bobo’s where you will hear a story of how the place came to be. After ya get yer belly full you can walk around Lynchburg for a bit to check out the small shops and the old general store. It’s been a while since I’ve been down there but there was a really cool motorcycle shop there as well that had some old rides!!

Nashville to Memphis Daytrip with Graceland VIP Tour

Grayline tours take you to Memphis for a day trip that includes a VIP tour of Elvis’s Graceland. Come to Memphis where you will get another taste of great music. You will visit Sun Studios where many great country and blues artists such as Johnny Cash and B.B. King have recorded. You will get a bit of time to explore Beale Street where you can visit the Rock and Soul Museum. While you are there try some BBQ, Memphis is known for having the best BBQ in the US. I’ve eaten at a few places in Memphis, they were all very good!

Walking, Biking, and Segway Tours

Nashville Downtown Segway Tour

Nashville Downtown Segway Tour is a fun and unique way to see the sights of downtown. This 2.5-hour tour will take you through Germantown and Downtown as you learn the history of the great city of Nashville.

Nashville Pedal Taverns

Pedal Taverns, some people hate them. But, most people love them! Sit down on your seat, grab a cold drink of your choice, then ride .. sing .. and drink!! It always seems that whenever I see one cruising the street the pedaling crew is having an awesome time!!

Nashville Pedal Tavern

Guided Bicycle Tour of Downtown Nashville and neighborhoods

Take a 2.5-hour bike ride through Downtown, Germantown, Marathon Village, and in The Gulch. If time is flowing right you may get to stop for a refreshing lemonade, beer, or hot chocolate.

Nashville Ghost Tours

Ghost City Tours

Ghost City Tours offers three ghost tours for Nashville. A family tour, Adults only tour, and a Haunted Pub crawl. Here, check out their website for booking the tours and some cool ghost stories!!

Family Ghost Tour

This tour offers the most haunted locations to stop. You will learn about the history of all the places you stop and what makes them so spooky! Some of the locations were featured on TV shows.

The Murder in Music City Walking Ghost Tour

Haunted Nashville Ghost and Pub Walking Tour

Chuck G.

I have lived near Nashville most of my life. I really enjoy exploring what the "Music City" has to offer so can help visitors and locals have a great time in Nashville.

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