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Bourbon Tour: Woodford or Four Roses or Wild Turkey or Other
66
Adventure Tours
from $199.99 per adult
LIKELY TO SELL OUT*
Old Louisville Ghost Tour as Recommended by The New York Times
90
Walking Tours
from $25.00 per adult
Experience Rebecca Ruth Chocolate Tour & Museum: Group limit 15
13
Skip-the-Line Tours
from $6.00 per adult
Private Tour of Kentucky's Small Batch Bourbon Distilleries
1
Bus Tours
from $1,250.00 per group (up to 6)
Kentucky Derby Museum General Admission Ticket
230
Attractions & Museums
from $17.50 per adult
Louisville Locomotion Scavenger Hunt
Self-guided Tours & Rentals
from $30.00 per adult
Makers Mark + Four Roses or Woodford Reserve or Bulleit or Stitzel
3
Bus Tours
from $199.99 per adult
Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour
33
Walking Tours
from $20.00 per adult
Bourbon and Derby: Makers Mark or other + Churchill Down
8
Adventure Tours
from $199.00 per adult

Self-guided Tours & Rentals

Top Attractions in Louisville

1. Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory

Speciality Museums

Central Business District

By lenexakstraveler

A 30-minute factory tour shows you the basics of bat production and shares some of the history of bats in MLB.

2. Kentucky Derby Museum

Speciality Museums

Admission tickets from $17.50

Narrated by many of the outstanding forces in racing, this film takes one from the foal watch to the footage of the…

3. Churchill Downs

Historic Sites • Horse Tracks

By JohnKBachmann

Starting over 165 years ago in 1875 and expanding throughout that period, the Kentucky Derby here has gone from 10,000…

4. Angel's Envy Distillery

Distilleries

Central Business District

By kellylB6162OV

Unique tour and tasting experience as part of our family’s annual Christmas bourbon trail tour stop.

5. The Big Four Bridge

Bridges

This former railroad bridge has been converted into a pedestrian pathway connecting Kentucky and Indiana.

6. Evan Williams Bourbon Experience

Distilleries

Central Business District

By annaclark2014

It’s full of recreations and video reenactments of Evan Williams being voted in as wharfmaster and his growth in the…

7. Conrad-Caldwell House Museum (Conrad's Castle)

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

Old Louisville

The ambitious design and construction spanned three years - 1892-1895 - on the Bedford limestone manor commissioned by…

8. Muhammad Ali Center

Speciality Museums

Central Business District

By derbycitylady

It's two floors of the legacy of Muhammed Ali, the man.

9. Stitzel-Weller Distillery

Distilleries

Home of Bulleit bourbon but on the grounds of deep seeded bourbon history.

10. Kentucky Kingdom

Amusement & Theme Parks • Water Parks

This amusement park shares property with the Kentucky Expo center.

11. Louisville Zoo

Zoos

Poplar Level

By KathyandJon15

It is an up close encounter with all of these endangered and protected species.

12. Copper & Kings American Brandy Distillery

Distilleries

Butchertown

The tour covers the architecture and philosophy of why the distillery, public space, and grounds were built the way…

13. Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Mysterious Sites

Learned it has the largest mass grave in the USA and is one of the most haunted sites in America.

14. Cave Hill Cemetery

Cemeteries

It is the final resting place for many luminaries in Louisville history including General George Rogers Clark and…

15. Louisville Slugger Field

Arenas & Stadiums

Central Business District

By hoosiergent2018

Not only does this deliberately retro ballyard ensure the continuance of minor league baseball in Kentuckiana, it is…

16. Old Forester Distilling

Distilleries

Central Business District

By scotthR5495LN

The brand has weathered the growth and fallout of the industry, the Prohibition, and now the Renaissance of Bourbon and…

17. Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co

Distilleries

By paulhX4472YI

Historic building home to the 52 licensed distillery in America.

18. 21c Museum Hotel

Art Galleries • Speciality Museums

Central Business District

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Open now

By 253courtneyd

The 21c Museum is North America’s first museum devoted solely to art of the 21st century.

19. Fourth Street Live!

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Central Business District

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Open now

This covered, pedestrian area of Fourth Street houses many bars and restaurants as well as entertainment venues.

20. The Parklands of Floyds Fork

Parks

East Louisville

By Slucherville

In the loop section of the trail, the forest floor radiated an electric green combination of grasses and may apple…

21. Louisville Waterfront Park

Parks

Central Business District

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Open now

This is the opening of the Kentucky Derby season that brings in perhaps 250,000 people.

22. Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center

Convention Centers

Fairgrounds

A fixture since 1958, "he" welcomes children and adults alike representing the 470,000 Kentucky Farm Bureau family…

23. The Speed Art Museum

Art Museums

By travelgirl0215

Filled with paintings borrowed from private collections and museums around the world, the exhibit is an in-depth and…

24. Iroquois Park

Parks

By Ross_in_Louisville

Iroquois Park was planned by Frederick Law Olmsted as a "scenic reservation" of forested hillsides and breathtaking…

25. Cherokee Park

Parks

By ElizabethAnne53

Cherokee Park sustains that as living promise, is cherished and utilized in the lives of those of the area, and…

26. Frazier History Museum

Speciality Museums

Central Business District

By Polevaulterchicago

With considerable text, photos and paintings including eye witness accounts, this exhibit tells the slavery story from…

27. Kentucky Science Center

Science Museums

Central Business District

Teamed with the Louisville Slugger museum, The Frazier Arms museum and now the Ali Center make up Louisville museum…

28. Louisville Palace

Theaters

Central Business District

By theoriginalsuze

Famous faces line the ceiling, including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Shakespeare, and even the theater's architect, a John…

29. Rabbit Hole Distillery

Distilleries

Phoenix Hill

The view in the tasting room/cocktail lounge is so wonderful so I hung out up there with a Manhattan with some really...

30. Locust Grove

Historic Sites • History Museums

East Louisville

By Valuevagabond

Very informative about George Rogers Clark, his exploration, achievements and life.

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Cultural & Theme Tours

Walking Tours

Day Trips

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Private & Custom Tours

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