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Downtown Nashville Guided Sightseeing Walking Tour
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Downtown Nashville Guided Sightseeing Walking Tour

By Really Entertaining Tours
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Instead of navigating the streets of Nashville alone on foot, get acquainted with the city on this guided group walking tour. Your guide walks you in the footsteps of famous musicians and provides recommendations for your visit in Music City. Learn facts you may not have heard otherwise as you let your legs take you past Nashville’s top points of interest.
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Ages 0-99, max of 20 per group
Duration: 2h
Start time: Check availability
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Live guide: English
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Highlights
  • Get up close to attractions during this Nashville walking tour 
  • Walk where Johnny Cash and other musical legends once did
  • Hear interesting historical stories you might not otherwise
  • Choose between a morning or afternoon tour time to fit your schedule

  • 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
What's not included
  • Gratuities

After you meet your guide and group at a central point in Nashville, follow your guide through the streets of Nashville. Your tour passes by many important areas, including Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, Printers Alley, Ryman Auditorium, and the Downtown Presbyterian Church. As you walk, listen to your guide tell stories about record producers, honky-tonk outlaws, gamblers, thieves, and civil rights heroes that made Nashville the way it is today. See a pre-Prohibition saloon, as well as the place where Andrew Jackson fought a historic duel. Your Nashville city tour ends where it began. Before you part with your guide, ask for recommendations for the rest of your visit.

Start:
  • 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.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Stroller accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 35041P1

    • 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
    • Most travelers can participate
    • 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
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 35041P1

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    • 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.
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    • Really Entertaining Tours
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      Joined in December 2015
    • Q2457MPkeng
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      1.0 of 5 bubbles
      STAY AWAY- GUY WAS A NO SHOW
      STAY AWAY. BOOKED A TOUR FOR 10/13/2023. CONFIRMED THE DAY BEFORE. GUY DIDNT SHOW UP DIDNT RETURN CALLS AND TEXTS AND CHARGED US $53 FOR 2 TOURS. 0 STARS
      Written October 13, 2023
    • ErinM4025
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great tour with Ryan!
      Ryan delivered an entertaining and lighthearted tour of Nashville. He took us on a great route around town, covering music, history, the civil rights movement, and tips for restaurants and bars. He provided several great photo opportunities. We highly recommend a tour with Ryan!
      Written December 4, 2020
    • A755HXscotts
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Renaissance Man with Kick Ass Tour
      Ryan is simply remarkable, probably the best tour guide ever. Extremely knowledgeable, personable, witty, funny, responsive and the girls said he was "easy on the eyes." There was one couple whose English was not so great so Ryan immediately began speaking with them in what they later told us was grammatically perfect Spanish. We highly recommend this tour with Ryan.
      Written January 6, 2020
    • mhesterton
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Tons of fun, Tons of Information and an Opportunity to Walk Off Tons You Gained from Great Nashville Eats!
      Great tour. We had a group of 10 ladies visiting Nashville and everyone was 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻about this tour. It was two hours of walking in interesting neighborhoods rich in country music history and legend. That would have been enough. Our very knowledgeable tour guide, Ryan, also included fascinating information about the historical desegregation encounters in downtown Nashville, Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act and the subsequent Trial of Tears, great stories about the Tennessee tipping point allowing women to vote nationally and a ton of other information. Ryan is entertaining, informative and absolutely top notch. I couldn’t recommend this tour more highly.
      Written November 6, 2019
    • os2warp
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      3 days in Nashville
      Good tour. Ryan with his coffee and lot's of juiced up caffeine energies. Knowledgeable, funny and interesting history of the classic bars, record store, personalities, hotels, parks, etc. Worthy tour.
      Written November 4, 2019
    • pandmg
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Well worth the money
      We only had one day in Nashville so knew we wouldn’t be able to explore in depth and booked this tour to give us a general impression of the place. Ryan was a first rate guide who clearly takes a pride in his job. It was a very hot day but he made a point of not just seeking shelter when he stopped but took us into air con buildings wherever possible. He engaged and included everyone on the walk and was easy to follow when he spoke - the highlight of the walk was the Woolworth building he took us into, having recently visited the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis where this Woolworths featured in a display it was very thought provoking. The walk mixed fun and facts well and we would recommend it.
      Written July 16, 2019
    • Langton_Traveller
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Does just what it says on the tin
      A perfect way to start a visit to Nashville, this excellent tour helps you get your bearings, provides interesting historical perspective...and it’s a good laugh too. Ryan keeps up his stream of patter for the whole two hours in a real tour de force performance. We saw some interesting spots and heard tales that would otherwise have passed us by and it really did set us up brilliantly for the rest of our stay in Nashville. Highly recommended.
      Written June 7, 2019
    • costasw
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Tour lived up to its name!
      Ryan did an excellent job guiding us on a tour of downtown Nashville. He gave lots of information and history in a fun way with corny jokes and all! He is very knowledgeable and seems to take much pride in finding facts and even going above and beyond to research and seek answers to questions asked on past tours. I found out Woolworths used to have a diner! I grew up with Clifton's in downtown L.A., a historical diner and Woolworths was still around, but only the store part of it. It was interesting to learn more about it and how it was involved in the civil rights movement for African Americans. Ryan gave a fun, informative tour and I recommend it!
      Written June 1, 2019
    • Adventure581906
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great Start to our Nashville Trip
      My husband and I always like to take some kind of guided tour when we first visit a city to get our bearings and this tour provided all that and more! Our tour guide Ryan was knowledgeable and enthusiastic and did a great job engaging everyone on the tour. He shared some great history and stories as we explored downtown as a group - and even cracked some good "Dad jokes"! We had a great time and would highly recommend this tour.
      Written May 15, 2019
    • heatherpM8194IF
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      Tour
      Entertaining and very informational! You could hear him the entire time. I would definitely recommend this tour.
      Written April 28, 2019
    • Annie G
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great intro to the city
      Went on this first thing when we got to Nashville. Ryan a great guide and fitted us in short notice. Always worth giving him a call!Gave us loads of things to go back any explore in more detail.
      Written April 5, 2019
    • Jazzydja
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Really entertaining!
      Enjoyed our walking tour with Ryan and he kept us entertained from start to finish!! He's hilarious! Since we started our trip with this, we were able to appreciate Nashville more with all the info he gave us. One of my favorite memories from our weekend trip was when Ryan requested the live band at Tootsie's to sing Happy Birthday to me. Unforgettable! Thank you for a fun 2 hours, Ryan!
      Written March 4, 2019
    • OliviaHamilton90
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Funny and informative!
      On our first visit to Nashville, Ryan did the best tour - very funny, entertaining and showed us both the country music side and historic side of Nashville. How Ryan keeps us this energy is unbelievable, we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! Highly recommend! Thanks Ryan!
      Written March 2, 2019
    • diannebrick
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      What a blast!
      Ryan was awesome! He took a group of 8 on a music/bar crawl. We visited 5 different spots and had a great time. It was a perfect way to spend a night in Nashville celebrating a birthday with friends. I would highly recommend Ryan for any touring needs in Nashville. He's a great guy!
      Written February 12, 2019
    • Jamie_Edelman
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      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Nashville Mash
      What a fantastic weekend in Nsheville, all made better by our pub crawl with Ryan from Really Entertaining Tours. His knowledge of the city, the clubs to hit, the places to party, was perfect. Being able to talk old time country western, rock ‘n’ roll, and get a real good feel for the city made our experience all the better. The only thing I am sorry about is that we didn’t get more time to drink together. We highly recommend Ryan. Anyone interested in a true Nashville experience won’t fall short with Ryan as your guide.
      Written February 10, 2019
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    Doris P
    Elk Grove Village, IL4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2020 • Couples
    The tour was informative in an entertaining way. Ryan spoke behind a face shield with using an amplified speaker so you could hear him even in noisy areas and there were plenty of noisy areas (especially on broadway). It is well worth your time if you are new in the town, you could get a quick overview and history, and answers to questions that you might have. Thank you Ryan, we truly enjoyed the tour. And thanks for the dinner recommendation.😊
    Written October 4, 2020
    This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
    Thank you for the great review! :)
    Written November 14, 2020
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

    Traveler_Bob044
    Michigan15 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2020
    The Walking Tour with Ryan was excellent. Ryan not only provided a comprehensive view of downtown Nashville but has a non-stop comedy routine to keep it light. First time visitors to Nashville so a walking tour worked out well.
    Written March 9, 2020
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    Thanks for this! We hope to see you again the next time you're in town. Stay safe!
    Written May 4, 2020
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    Suzanne S
    Sicily, Italy23 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Ryan provided a great overview of Downtown Nashville and many interesting stories and historical details. We enjoyed being able to step inside several landmark locations rather than just look at them from the outside. This tour was the perfect start to our time in Nashville.
    Written July 4, 2020
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    This is much appreciated, Suzanne. Thank you!
    Written August 6, 2020
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    Chris
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    I booked a reservation here months before I arrived to find out on the day of my arrival that they had canceled my reservation with no notification whatsoever. They had my phone number and email and decided even though they had canceled my reservation a month before I arrived that it was too much effort to contact me so that I could re-book somewhere else. The only reason I even found it is because I called before my flight to confirm my arrival time. When I asked to re-book the front desk staff became aggressive and confrontational on the phone because they knew they were in the wrong and left me stranded and scrambling to find a place to stay last minute. Then they actually hung up the phone as they were screaming into the phone at me and shut off their phones so that you could not call them. This was the most unprofessional and disrespectful experience I have ever had with a hotel. This place is a scam and a shady hotel who operates with a particularly unprofessional front desk lady who was unwilling to right her wrongs and rebook my room. DO NOT STAY HERE.
    Written November 1, 2021
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    Hi Goodvibesfuntimes, We're sorry to know about your awful experience but you def mistaken us for someone else. We do Walking Tours in Nashville - we're not a hotel and do not offer accommodation. We value our customer reviews and we'd appreciate it if you can take this one out. Thank you, Really Entertaining Tours
    Written January 6, 2022
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    slkuelkd113
    Buffalo, NY145 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    This tour was outrageously good! Our tour guide Ryan (‘Rine’) was incredibly entertaining and energetic, engaging the audience with humorous repartee and offering up dead-on Southern, Australian and Italian accents. (Oh, and I also learned a lot about Nashville.). Easily the highlight of my visit.
    Written May 27, 2021
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    Love this! Thank you!!
    Written June 11, 2021
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

    GayleZTucson
    Tucson, AZ19 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2020
    Ryan, our guide, was great! He was well informed, engaging, hilarious and quite charismatic. We learned so much more than had we attempted this on our own. We saw parts of the city that were unknowns before, and completing the "picture" with the relevant history, made this a very worthwhile - and entertaining - venture.
    Written March 12, 2020
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    Your awesome review is much appreciated. We're happy to know that you enjoyed the tour with Ryan!
    Written May 4, 2020
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

    jenandallthethings
    Los Angeles118 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Dec 2022
    Ryan was a fantastic tour guide. High energy, fun and full of knowledge (plus he's cute! lol). The walking tour is a great way to get a lay of the land in downtown Nashville.
    Ryan mixed humor and history and the tour route was well planned to see many of the main downtown touristy sites without any major gaps in the program.

    Highly recommend as a intro to Nashville and to take notes of places to revisit and spend more time enjoying.

    The tour starts at the Nashville visitors center which is very central and easy to find. You'll get a text in advance with details of where to meet. The whole experience was very easy.

    Recommend parking at the Nashville library, but make sure you get library validation before exiting to get the discounted parking.
    Written January 12, 2023
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    This is awesome! Thank you so much :)
    Written April 21, 2023
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    Melanie P
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    Mar 2020
    I had booked a tour for myself and my 2 friends about 3 weeks in advance. Less than 48 hours before the time our tour was scheduled for, I get a text saying that they didn't get many people to sign up for the time we booked and asked we could move to one of their other tours. I confirmed that we could not as we had booked other activities, so they said they'd follow-up with me the next day. Just under 24 hours they confirmed that they were going to cancel the tour which left us basically no time to reschedule at all. I think this was extremely unprofessional -- we booked well in advance, and they didn't cancel for any other reason that it wouldn't be as profitable as they would like. Don't offer tours you aren't prepared to give.

    Further, more than a week later, I have yet to receive a refund...
    Written March 17, 2020
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    Hello, this is Ryan. If I don't get at least 6 people to do the tour, I give you your money back and suggest a whole host of activities you can do. This is standard procedure for every tour operator I know of and I've been in the business for over 20 years now. It is spelled out on the website and in every email. That being said, I'm sorry if you think it's unfair that a tour can be canceled. I am more than certain it will happen with another tour you book in another city with another tour company. So please understand, though it happens rarely, it is the nature of the business. Also, please recall that this was right at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. I had 90% cancellations the week you are describing. If that doesn't allow you to at least extend to us a modicum of compassion, I'm not sure what else will. Regardless, we gave you your money back. We also suggested some alternative tours and activities. If this is still unsatisfactory, please inform me of a tour company that will ALWAYS do a tour whether they have one person or 100 people. I would love to find out what their business model is, and of course if it is at all viable, I will follow it. I'm one of the most lenient people in the business, but if a brother can't get a "bummer, man, no worries" during a pandemic, I'm not sure when else he'll get one. :) Have a wonderful day. Ryan
    Written April 24, 2020
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    AA916AA
    Sacramento, CA4 contributions
    2.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sep 2022
    My friends and I were pretty disappointed with this tour. Ryan was very nice and upbeat but we felt the tour was lacking real historical information. We are a fairly young group (the youngest of the all the people on the tour) and Ryan was talking so fast and sometimes off topic, it was hard to keep up. We had all been on walking tours in other states before, and were impressed with all the historical information we gained, but on this tour it was really lacking. Ryan seemed to be more focused on making jokes and singing, and less on providing historical information. In the end we left early, because it was too exhausting to keep listening. I hope this is taken as constructive criticism, to slow down (leave the jokes and singing aside) and show the rich history and unknown facts about Nashville.
    Written September 27, 2022
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    msrock1978
    Baton Rouge, LA51 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Ryan was great! He was entertaining and informative with fun facts and history all in one. He navigated downtown Nashville expertly and involved everyone in the group and kept us laughing with each corner we turned. A must do walking tour when in Nashville.
    Written May 28, 2022
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    This is awesome! Thanks for the review :)
    Written June 9, 2022
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