Memphis Discovery Tour

Overview

Get the complete Memphis experience on this all-inclusive city tour. It’s a part history tour, part attraction hopping, part food tour that will introduce you to everything that makes Memphis special. You’ll visit World Famous Beale Street (the Home of the Blues); the Lorraine Motel, to see the balcony where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated; the Rock 'n' Soul Museum or Edge Motor Museum (if option selected); Lansky Brothers Clothing Store, clothier to Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and B.B. King (and still one of the most stylish places to shop!); and get a barbecue tasting at one of the best barbecue joints in the city!

Along the way, we'll show you our favorite Memphis sights, including the Mississippi River, Victorian Village, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, old Cotton Row, and Court Square, the lovely and historic heart of 19th century Memphis.

City: Memphis

Thu 26 Sep

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Starting at $32.92

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Thu 26 Sep

Starting at $32.92

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What's Included

Professional guide

Rock 'n' Soul Museum admission (if option selected)

BBQ tasting

Edge Motor Museum admission (if option selected)

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Within a few blocks there are four different parking garages, and several open-air parking lots. The closest garage to our location (just two blocks away) is at 149 Peabody Place between Second Street and BB King Blvd., next to the Hampton Inn. You can try your luck with on-street metered parking, too, on Second Street just south of Beale; on Beale between Front and Second; or along Peabody Place from Front to Fourth Street.
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guests are asked to please wear face masks on board our buses.

What To Expect

Beale Street

The tour starts on Beale Street at Alfred's on Beale, and begins by exploring the history of the Home of the Blues

Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum

Admission included (if option selected) to this world-class museum telling the complete story of Memphis music

National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel

History of the 1968 Sanitation Strike and the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Admission is not included to enter the museum.

Mississippi River

History and importance of the Mississippi River to Memphis

Victorian Village Historic District

History of "Millionaire's Row," the beautiful historic homes of Memphis' cotton barons

Magevney House

History of the city's oldest surviving residence

The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange

History of the Cotton Exchange and historic Cotton Row

Court Square

History of one of the city's oldest and most beautiful parks

The Orpheum Theatre

History of the Orpheum Theater

AutoZone Park

History of baseball in Memphis

Handy Park

History of WC Handy, the "Father of the Blues," and the birth of the blues on Beale Street

Edge Motor Museum

Admission included (if option selected) to see Memphis' newest attraction exploring the history of the American sports car.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (398)

chiquitadberry

Jan 2021

Great tour to explore Memphis Downtown for families of various ages and individuals new to the city. Tour has good amount of stops and places see and lunch is provided (Central BBQ). Tour is a good value. Also, Larry our guide was a pleasure and very friendly and informative. Please note, is that we took the tour while in COVID restrictions and we felt safe and it was even good experience on a rainy day. Also the Rock N Soul Museum was a nice touch to end the tour! Would recommend.

Cale773

Nov 2020

We had a great time, our tour guide was "Larry". He was exceptional, kind and most of all he took the time to answer all our questions. We had numerous questions, this was our first time in Memphis.

Response from Host

Nov 2020

We are so glad you had a great time, and we couldn't agree more--Larry is pretty great! Thanks for taking the time to leave such a nice review for us, we will be sure to pass along the compliments to Larry!

LB50

Oct 2020

Our guide, Larry, was excellent. Unfortunately, it was drizzling rain, and with the COVID restrictions, we didn't see or do much. We got out of the bus at Victorian Village to look at the outside of a house and got out at the Lorraine Hotel. We didn't even go by the Orpheum Theater, Gibson Guitar Factory (which I think no longer exists), or historic Cotton Row, nor did we go into the Peabody Hotel or Lansky Brothers. We did have lunch at Central BBQ, which was good. I'm not sure I would recommend this tour as long as COVID restrictions are in place.

Response from Host

Oct 2020

Sorry to hear you were disappointed, Linda. We always want to make sure that our guests have the best possible experience. First, we do understand that the combination of rain and COVID restrictions can put a damper on any tour. The tour does not ever go inside any of the homes at Victorian Village, so that part has always only been seeing the homes from the outside. As for the Peabody Duck March, the hotel put restrictions in place that does not allow for non-hotel guests to visit during the Duck March Friday-Sunday--we should have made that more clear to you, so we apologize for that. You're right, though, that Gibson Guitar Factory is no longer in operation in Memphis but it looks like that never got amended in the tour description. Thanks for bringing that to our attention. As for Cotton Row and the Orpheum Theater, they are very minor drive-bys on this tour, so we will work harder to point those out and their significance to Memphis history. We appreciate your comments and hope that you'll come back to Memphis and give us another chance when things are a little more "normal"!