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Memphis Discovery Tour

By Backbeat Tours
9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €43 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

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), see the Mississippi River and historic Cotton Row, and get a barbecue tasting at one of the best barbecue joints in the city! Along the way, we'll show you our favourite Memphis sights, including Victorian Village, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, historic churches, and Court Square, the lovely and historic heart of 19th century Memphis. Visit the Lorraine Motel. to see the balcony where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.

Admission to the National Civil Rights Museum, the Rock 'n' Soul Museum or Edge Motor Museum is available (please make sure you select that option).

Activity location

  • Beale Street
    • 38103, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Alfred's On Beale
    • 197 Beale Street
    • 38103, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Check availability

Tour Only: No Museum Admission
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Duration: 2 hours

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€42.80 x 1 Adult€42.80
Total
Price is €42.80
Tour + Edge Motor Museum
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Edge Motor Museum admissions: Admission to Edge Motor Museum
Duration: 3 hours: Adds additional hour to basic tour

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€66.56 x 1 Adult€66.56
Total
Price is €66.56
Tour + Rock'n'Soul Museum
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Rock'n'Soul admissions: Admission to the Memphis Rock'n'Soul Museum
Duration: 3 hours: Adds additional hour to basic tour

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€66.56 x 1 Adult€66.56
Total
Price is €66.56
Tour + Civil Rights Museum
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English

Civil Rights admissions: Admission to the National Civil Rights Museum
Duration: 3 hours: Adds additional hour to basic tour

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€71.32 x 1 Adult€71.32
Total
Price is €71.32

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    National Civil Rights Museum admission (if option selected)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    BBQ tasting (BBQ is pork, and we do not offer substitutions)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Rock 'n' Soul Museum admission (if option selected)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Edge Motor Museum admission (if option selected)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Drinks (alcohol)

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Within a few blocks there are four different car parks, and several open-air car parks. The closest garage to our location (just two streets 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.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Beale Street

  • 10m
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

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Admission included (if option selected) to this world-class museum telling the complete storey of Memphis music

Central BBQ - Downtown

  • 15m
Enjoy a delicious tasting of Memphis BBQ

National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
History of the 1968 Sanitation Strike and the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Admission included if option selected (1.5 hours tour)

Mississippi River (Pass by)

History and importance of the Mississippi River to Memphis

Victorian Village Historic District (Pass by)

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

Magevney House (Pass by)

History of the city's oldest surviving residence

The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange (Pass by)

History of the Cotton Exchange and historic Cotton Row

Lauderdale Courts (Pass by)

History of the Presley family's first real home in Memphis

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Pass by)

History of Danny Thomas and St. Jude's

Court Square (Pass by)

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

The Orpheum Theatre (Pass by)

History of the Orpheum Theatre

AutoZone Park (Pass by)

History of baseball in Memphis

Handy Park

  • 5m
History of WC Handy, the "Father of the Blues," and the birth of the blues on Beale Street

Shelby County Courthouse (Pass by)

History of the Shelby County Courthouse

Calvary Episcopal Church (Pass by)

History of the city's oldest church

South Main (Pass by)

History of the South Main Historic District

Edge Motor Museum

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Admission included (if option selected) to see Memphis' newest attraction exploring the history of the American sports car.

Location

Activity location

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    Beale Street
    • 38103, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Alfred's On Beale
    • 197 Beale Street
    • 38103, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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