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Memphis Discovery Tour
Rock 'n' Soul Museum
Lorraine Motel
Victorian Village
Memphis Discovery Tour

Memphis Discovery Tour

By Backbeat Tours
4.7 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is £30 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); 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); 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.

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 hours3h3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£30.40 x 1 Adult£30.40
Total
Price is £30.40
Tour + Edge Motor Museum
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English

Edge Motor Museum: Admission to Edge Motor Museum

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£52.12 x 1 Adult£52.12
Total
Price is £52.12
Tour + Rock'n'Soul Museum
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English

Rock'n'Soul admissions: Admission to the Memphis Rock'n'Soul Museum

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£52.12 x 1 Adult£52.12
Total
Price is £52.12
Tour + Edge + Riverboat
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English

Memphis Riverboat Cruise: When choosing this option, your tour will include museum admission and a sightseeing cruise with Memphis Riverboats.
Duration: 3 hours: After your tour of Edge Motor Museum, enjoy free time on Beale St. before departing for the 90-minute riverboat cruise.

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£69.49 x 1 Adult£69.49
Total
Price is £69.49
Tour + Riverboat
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English

Memphis Riverboats: When choosing this option, your tour will also include admission to the 90-minute Memphis Riverboat Sightseeing Cruise.
Duration: 4 hours: After your Discovery Tour, enjoy free time for lunch or shopping on Beale St before departing for the Memphis Riverboats.

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£69.49 x 1 Adult£69.49
Total
Price is £69.49
Tour + Rock'n'Soul + Riverboat
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English

Memphis Riverboat Cruise: When choosing this option, your tour will include museum admission and a sightseeing cruise with Memphis Riverboats.
Duration: 3 hours: After your tour at Rock'n'Soul Museum, enjoy free time on Beale St. before departing for the 90-minute riverboat cruise.

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£69.49 x 1 Adult£69.49
Total
Price is £69.49

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedRock 'n' Soul Museum admission (if option selected)
  • What's includedWhat's includedBBQ tasting
  • What's includedWhat's includedEdge Motor Museum admission (if option selected)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDrinks

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 UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

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 is not included to enter the museum.
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

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

Meeting/Redemption Point

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

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