Tours are a great way to get a taste for a town—its history, culture, food and beverage scene, or all of the above. Nashville is a multifaceted city, and these tours showcase some of its most precious gems.
- Find out why Nashville has become a food mecca on tours by Walk Eat Nashville. Groups can explore the most delectable aspects of East Nashville or Midtown. The three-hour walking tours take in six of the neighborhood’s most distinctive restaurants and food shops, introducing local chefs and artisans. Groups will taste their way through Five Points Pizza, Edley’s Bar-B-Que, Tex-Czech kolaches at Yeast Nashville, ice cream at the Pied Piper Creamery, or other mouthwatering offerings. Each tour is limited to 12 people, and private group tours are available.
- The award-winning Nashville Brew Bus can transport as many as 54 guests on a magical journey through Nashville’s burgeoning craft beer scene. On each five-hour tour, the bus will stop at four breweries for tours and tastings. The first stop also includes a brief lesson on brewing basics. In between stops, groups can stay hydrated and enjoy snacks on the bus. The company also offers a walking tour between breweries in Nashville’s Brewer’s District, just east of the Gulch.
- On a tour of Historic RCA Studio B, groups don’t just see and hear music history, they become part of it. Groups who choose the Star for a Day package begin with a tour of the studio, where legends like Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings recorded some of their biggest hits. After the tour, groups gather around the microphone to record their own hit with the services of a professional sound engineer. The next stop on Nashville’s famed Music Row is the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The musical odyssey ends at Wildhorse Saloon for lunch and line-dancing to the tune the group recorded earlier in the day. Maximum group size for the Star package is 55.
- Walking tours with Echoes of Nashville lead groups through the city’s fascinating past, from its early settlement along the Cumberland River, through the heartbreak of the Trail of Tears, and into its birth as Music City in the honky-tonks along Broadway. Private group tours are welcome, and Echoes has accommodated groups as large as 200.
