Nashville Historic District Walking Tour

Take a trip through time when riverboat gamblers, fearless pioneers and honky-tonk outlaws ruled the day. When Native American warriors, domineering record producers, visionaries & revolutionaries alike duked it out for control over what would become the one and only Music City. Relive President Andrew Jackson's most famous duel, discover how Chet Atkins saved Country Music from sure disaster, and come along as Johnny Cash makes history on the Grand Ole Opry stage...right before he gets kicked off it. Get ready to be entertained on this 120-minute romp through Nashville's famed Historic District.

Meeting Point

501 Broadway

501 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203, USA

Meets at Bridgestone Arena marquee (address 501 Broadway, southwest corner of 5th & Broadway). Stand right by that electronic sign.

What's included:

• Magnificent storytelling
• 2-Hour Live Walking Tour of Nashville
• Unlimited recommendations on where to go, what to do, and how to make your vacation your most memorable
• Excellent overview of Nashville for first-time visitors
• Professional & Entertaining Guide

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Really Entertaining Tours

501 Broadway, corner of 5th & Broadway, Nashville, 37203, Tennessee

We start at ground zero of the Nashville Honky Tonk Universe!

5 minutes

Ryman Auditorium

116 Fifth Ave N, , Nashville, 37219-2309, Tennessee

The very reason we are called Music City. Welcome to the Mother Church of Country Music.

5 minutes

Tootsies Orchid Lounge

422 Broadway, , Nashville, 37203-3931, Tennessee

The World's Most Famous Honky-tonk!

5 minutes

Ernest Tubb Record Shop

417 Broadway, , Nashville, 37203-3963, Tennessee

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

Goo Goo Shop

116 3rd Ave S, Nashville, 37201-2002, Tennessee

Peanuts, Carmel, Chocolate, and the first combination candy bar ever sold in the United States.

Pass by without stopping

The George Jones

128 2nd Ave N, Nashville, 37201-1902, Tennessee

Possum, No Show, whatever you call him...he was a legend.

5 minutes

Fort Nashborough

170 1st Ave North, , Nashville, 37201, Tennessee

For 8,000 years the Cherokee lived undisturbed until... See one of the first Anglo settlements west of the Appalachians.

5 minutes

Printer's Alley

Between 3rd Ave N & 4th Ave N, An alley from Union St to Commerce St, Nashville, 37201, Tennessee

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

Skull's Rainbow Room

222 Printers Aly, Nashville, 37201-1403, Tennessee

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

Downtown Nashville

, , Nashville, 37219, Tennessee

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

Tennessee State Capitol

600 Charlotte Ave, , Nashville, 37243-9034, Tennessee

The Tennessee State Capitol.

Pass by without stopping

Downtown Presbyterian Church

154 5th Ave N, Nashville, 37219-2316, Tennessee

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

Ryman Auditorium

116 Fifth Ave N, , Nashville, 37219-2309, Tennessee

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