Guide

Tours

Places in this guide.

Live music Tours

General Jackson Showboat

A paddlewheel showboat on the Cumberland with a sit-down show. Touristy, and that is the point.

Opryland / Music Valley · First-timers and groups $$$
Things to do Tours

Tennessee Central Railway Museum

Excursion trains out of Nashville when you want rails instead of a party bus.

East Nashville · First-timers $$
Distilleries Tours

Jack Daniel’s Distillery

Lynchburg is about 70 minutes south. The tour plus Miss Mary Bobo’s table is a full day.

Day trip · First-timers and groups $$
Tours

Old Town Trolley / hop-on hop-off

The classic hop-on hop-off loop. Not cool. Useful on day one if nobody wants to drive.

Downtown · First-timers and groups $$
Tours

Nash Trash Tours

Pink bus, Big Hair, and jokes you cannot unhear. A group activity, not a history lecture.

Downtown · Groups $$
Bars & nightlife Tours

Nashville Dive Bar Shuttle

A shuttle crawl aimed at actual bars, not only Broadway. Good when the group wants dives.

Downtown · Groups $$
Outdoors Tours

River Queen Voyages

Clear kayaks on the Cumberland with the skyline. Daytime, photogenic, not a party barge.

Downtown · First-timers and groups $$
Tours

Nashville Tractor Tours

A tractor-drawn ride through town. Novelty tour for groups that have already done the trolley.

Downtown · Groups $$
Outdoors Tours

Tandem skydiving, Tullahoma

About 90 minutes out. Not Nashville, still on Martin’s list for the group that wants a stunt.

Day trip · Groups $$$