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Bourbon and Derby: Makers Mark OR Other distillery + Churchill Down

Overview

Experience a unique sightseeing tour traditional bourbon distilleries (In Kentucky there are more than 20 distilleries to choose from) and Churchill Down and Take the stress out of going on your own by booking a special tour. Enjoy the tour and don’t worry about anything.
Your guide leads you to iconic distilleries where you can learn about the bourbon production process and taste some special Bourbon (+21 years) and you can visit Churchill down.

Finally, you have the option to add a third tourist place - cost additional

Note: If you wish to add a third tourist place send an email to the tourist operator after making the reservation.

Additional Information:
- Minimum of two people required per tour.
- You can customize your tour considering the initial scope
- We depend on the availability of the distilleries, Churchill down - The tour start time may vary depending on the distilleries.

City: Louisville

Sat 21 Sep

Other dates

You can choose the date already on the booking website

Starting at $239.00

Make a reservation

Sat 21 Sep

Starting at $239.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Bottled water

you will receive an itinerary via email with the start time (depends on distillery availability)

We pick up all travelers in their respective hotels ( Downtown Louisville )

Admissión Tickets - 01 distilleries and Churchill down

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Commitment COVID-19 related to CDC recommendations and local regulations. 1.- If you think you have the COVID-19 or have symptoms, please stay home 2.- It is mandatory to wear a mask during the tour 3.- Wash your hands constantly. 4.- Open the window when possible

What To Expect

Churchill Downs

Historic walking tour of Churchill Downs Racetrack • “The Greatest Race,” and a 360 ° media experience that will make your heart race and emotions soar. You also have two floors of family-friendly interactive exhibits, meet the Thoroughbred horses and the fantastic pony. At the end you have Access to the Gift Shop. (90 minutes) Note: We are subject to the schedule and availability of the tours depending on the demand and management of Churchill downs.

Woodford Reserve Distillery

OPTIONAL: WoodFord distillery where we will know and see about the Bourbon production process and history. Finally you will taste the best products of the distillery

Maker's Mark

Optional: Excellent Distillery so we visit Makers Mark and will do the Tour or tasting

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Bourbon tour - Frankort

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Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (23)

70devink

May 2021

My wife and I planned a trip to Louisville to visit the city before heading to the Indy 500. The tour had seemingly received positive reviews and covered a lot of what we wanted to see in a short time. I purchased the tour because it stated it would take us to 2 distilleries and churchill downs. After purchasing the tour, a week later the description changed stating we only would visit one distillery and churchill downs, and that we could pay extra the visit another distillery. I spoke to Jorie and paid an additional $100, $50 per my wife and I to visit the Bulliet distillery (this was all planned and paid for one month before our visit). 2 days before we were supposed to leave, Marjorie from the tour called and stated that we couldn't visit Bulliet (that we paid extra for) or churchill downs because the driver had a family emergency. I stated that we decided on this tour because it took us to Churchill downs. Marjorie said we could visit churchill downs but wouldn't be able to visit the Bulliet distillery due to logistical reasons. i.e. the distillery was too far away. This seemed odd because we were given the option to purchase this add on. In exchange, she stated she would refund the $100 for the bulliet tour and that we would visit Four Roses and Barton for free instead. That's fine I said, as long as we went to Churchill downs. On the day of the tour, we discovered we were paired with another couple from our hotel, our driver was Juan, Marjorie's husband he stated. Four Roses and Barton tasting were great, however, the issue began when we got to lunch after. Juan stated that we would eat at the old Talbott Inn. However, after we placed our orders, 20 mins later Juan stated we had to go or we would be late for our Buffalo Trace distillery tour and tasting. At this point, my wife and I exchanged itineraries with the other couple. We discovered that the other couple had the same itinerary as us but without churchill downs, but said they had paid more than us! I communicated with Juan in Spanish that we were suppose to eat at the old Talbott Inn for lunch. Either way, getting our food to go and rushing to eat in the car was an inconvenience. We barely made our your to Buffalo trace distillery, seemingly 5 minutes late. The tour was great, but at this point the unorganized condition of our tour providers was dampening our experience. After, the other couple was dropped off at the hotel and my wife and I were taken to churchill downs, where once again we were a few minutes late to the tour. The experience was still great, we saw horses and a race and were able to explore the beautiful venue. I told Juan that the refund his wife had promised hadn't shown up on my account yet and he said he would take care of it. At the time of this review, I still haven't received my refund for the extra distillery tour I paid for. It appears that this tour was cancelled because it clashed with the other married couple's itinerary. If that is the case, the tour operators shouldn't allow for customization options for each person's tour if it can't be logistically achieved. Suffice to say, the tours, tastings, etc were phenomenal. However, the inexperience of the tour providers unfortunately impacted ours and the other married couple's overall experience.

Response from Host

May 2021

Dear Devin according to your comment: 1.- The tour you booked is not private 2.- You booked a Tour for 2 tourist places: Buffalo Trace and Churchill Down - Additional Stitzel Weller 3.- We will contact you because we need to cancel the tour due to a driver emergency. But you requested to go on the other tour and chose: Four Roses, 1792 Barton, Buffalo Trace and Churchill down 4.- An additional invoice was sent to you for Four Roses and 1792 Barton, you have not paid yet (That is the price difference between you and the other couple) 5.- Please check your invoice, because the payment you made for Stitzel Weller is being discounted. There is a pending payment 6.- You have changed the initial itinerary affecting the whole group (Restaurant, lunch time, one more hour in Buffalo Trace) 7.- You stayed an hour longer than planned at Buffalo Trace. Due to changes in the itinerary, we change your Churchill down tour one hour later. 8.- To clarify and not generate problems for our work team and families. Mrs. Marjorie and Mr. Juan are co-workers. Dear Devin, you cannot confirm relationships between employees without knowledge because it can cause problems for their respective families. Finally, thanks for your feedback. We are glad that your experience at the distilleries was great.

Robert_D

Apr 2021

Let me start by saying our driver Juan was AMAZING! And Marjorie that booked everything and setup our itinerary was also excellent. However the tours title said Buffalo Trace and Churchill Downs. All the pictures of Churchill Downs showed horses and kids petting them. They texted me to let me know that they didn’t have enough tickets for BT distillery. I was okay with that especially with Covid going on. During this text exchange setting up our itinerary they sent me a picture of 1792 Full Proof award winning bourbon and part of the itinerary said 1792 tasting. When we got to Barton’s for the tasting it wasn’t Full Proof. It was very cheap Old Barton’s, and 1792 Small Batch. During the Churchill Down tour we never saw a horse anywhere. Overall we made the most of our tour but it was nothing like advertised.

John_G

Apr 2021

Churchill Downs was great, the tour guy was very informative and interesting to listen to. We were Picked up our hotel and the driver was very helpful.