Tours of the City
Walking Tours
The City Walk is a marked trail of two miles (three kilometres), which begins at Fort Nashborough and ends at the Hatch Show Print Shop on Broadway. Visitors should either follow the blue line or obtain a leaflet from the Visitor Information Center, Gaylord Entertainment Centre, 501 Broadway, corner of Fifth Avenue (tel: (615) 259 4700; website: www.nashvillecvb.com).
Bus Tours
Numerous companies offer bus tours of Nashville, invariably focusing on the country music scene and often including a drive past the homes of some of the stars, such as Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash. Grand Ole Opry Tours (tel: (615) 889 9490 or 883 2211) offers a variety of tours one of which includes an exclusive backstage tour of the Grand Ole Opry building as well. Other companies include Gray Line Tours (tel: (615) 883 5555; website: www.graylinenashville.com/tours.cfm ), Johnny WalkerTours (tel: (615) 834 8585 or (800) 722 1524; website: www.johnnywalkertours.com ) and the very funny and very irreverent NashTrash Tours (tel: (615) 226 7300 or (800) 342 2132; website: www.nashtrash.com ).
Other Tours
The Second Avenue Carriage Service (tel: (615) 244 7113) provides horse-drawn carriage tours of historic Nashville. These start from the junction of Broadway and First Avenue and usually run after 1900 Monday-Saturday, at a cost of about US$25 for four people for 20 minutes.
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Tours of the City