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How to Tour Nashville by bus

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Whether your stay in Nashville is planned or accidental, travel experts agree that the best way to introduce yourself to the best of any city is by taking a bus tour. Depending on your cultural or historical interest, you can select from a variety of fascinating tours of the Music City.

From Quick Guide: The Next Bus Out of Town
Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Attend the historic Grand Ole Opry with a tour from Nashville Sightseeing, which includes a ride from your hotel. It also offers a three-hour Homes of the Stars Tour of the estates of legendary country artists such as Brooks and Dunn, Trisha Yearwood and Dolly Parton.

  2. Step 2

    Take the Grand Legends Tour by Nashville Sightseeing for three hours of tours through the Grand Old Opry House, Ernest Tubbs' Record Shop and the Opryland Hotel, including a ride in the Delta Boats. The Making of Music tour includes Jefferson Street, the United Record Pressing Company and the Musicians Hall of Fame.

  3. Step 3

    See Nashville landmarks on a Discover Nashville tour, conducted by Music City Tours. This four-hour tour includes city landmarks in the historic downtown, the State Capitol, Fort Nashborough, Vanderbilt University, and country music sites that include the Country Music Hall of Fame, Music Row and Studio B and a stop at Nashville's Honky Tonk Row.

  4. Step 4

    Tour Nashville Nights by Nashville Sightseeing for stops at the honks tonks of lower Broadway. In addition to touring the Ryman Auditorium and the State Capitol, you can visit night spots such as the Hard Rock Café and the Wildhorse Saloon. This five-hour tour runs every day except Sunday and provides transportation back to your hotel.

Tips & Warnings
  • Ask the concierge at your hotel for suggestions. They usually know about places not in the guide books.
  • In addition to bus tours of the city, consider a dinner cruise on an historic paddleboat, a tour of refineries or a day touring historic plantations or Civil War battlegrounds.
  • Reserve seats before you arrive so as not to miss any attraction.
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