The Heart of Downtown Nashville: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Description
This self-guided walking tour takes you through the heart of downtown Nashville with Ed Owen, a long time local guide. He’ll share the history of the Ryman Auditorium and Grand Ole Opry while you walk down ‘Honky Tonk Row’ in Lower Broadway. You’ll also pass by numerous venues owned by well-known names like Blake Shelton, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Kid Rock and more. By the end of the tour, you’ll know something about the city’s earliest settlers at Fort Nashborough, and understand how Nashville became the ‘Music City’. You’ll get a chance to take the best pictures around from the Siegenthaler Walking Bridge, visit the Nashville Walk of Fame, and hear stories about the Country Music Hall of Fame. You’ll wind up at Nudie’s Honky Tonk, where you can hear fantastic music and feast your eyes on some of the genre’s greatest outfits of the past, including Elvis Presley’s gold lame suit! Downloading the tour onto the VoiceMap app to enjoy the tour on location or virtually at home.
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Itinerary
You'll pass by Legends Corner. See how many of the legends you can name.
The tour passes by the Acme Feed & Seed restaurant. You'll find out which star partially owns the restaurant.
The tour takes you over half of the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge. While you walk, many of Nashville's landmarks will be pointed out to you and you'll hear recommendations on where to go after the tour.
You'll pass by the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. You'll hear a bit about who the centre is named after while you walk.
The tour passes by the Music City Walk of Fame. You'll hear about some of the famous people who have been commemorated there.
The tour passes by the Nashville Visitor Center. You're encouraged to pause the tour and go in for more information on things to do in Nashville.
The tour ends outside Nudie's Honky Tonk. You'll hear a bit about the bar before the tour comes to its end.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(19)
Fun and informative walk through historic downtown Nashville.
Great listening. I was able to stop for my time in certain area. App knew when I went off the route and map showed me how to get back to the route
It was very easy to use, needed no input from us as it used gps to get the guide’s descriptions at just the right time as we walked the route. Clear and informative information given at each point. Great value and you can do at your own speed.
The Nashville self directed app was fantastic! It was a great way to wrap up a business trip by exploring a city new to me, when I was available (and could pause when needed). GREAT GUIDE!
hard to get on phone, took over 1 hour. after the Ryman theater there was no communication, did a better job walking the street and seeing everything myself
Hi there, I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy your experience. Did you get the email and SMS with the download and voucher redemption instructions? There are three simple steps to download and access this tour. As this is a highly-rated tour, I'm sorry it didn't meet your expectations. Could you email support@voicemap.me to help us better understand where you ran into issues?
Got everything set up b4 we left g or tge tour... parked and started our walk to the "starting point" tried to follow directions given by app... HA! It led us in circles up hills and never led us to the address listed. There are mot many posted addresses so it was tough to even know where we were at all. After a few blocks we gave up. Waste of money.
Hi Laura We're sorry to hear you had an unsatisfactory experience. This is a highly-rated tour with an average of 4,8/5 from over 50 raters. The starting point for the tour is in front of a landmark building in Downtown Nashville, making it easy to find. From there, once the audio is started, you'd receive verbal and on-screen directions, and there's a map on your screen, to help you navigate the route. Kind regards, Alicia
I loved going at my own pace and stopping for pictures along the route. Learning the history, hearing recommendations for restaurants and bars, and getting the overview of downtown were really helpful. My favorite stops were the walking bridge, the Country Music Walk of Fame, and Goo Goos, but just seeing the scene along Broadway was such fun!
Enjoyed the naration. Sometimes hard to sync with walking partner. Otherwise very informative. Thanks
Great way to get to know Nashville. It is nice that you can pause it at any time, move it back if you didn’t hear it well, or just keep going!
This walking tour was Spectacular. Fantastic narration and interesting facts. A perfect amount of walking with plenty of opportunity to pause and enjoy the area. We stopped for some drinks and dinner along the way and didn’t start the walk until 6p and LOVED ending the tour with the neon lights on broadway. The app functioned well- took me a minute to figure out how to redeem the TripAdvisor code but you can also just buy it through the VoiceMap app and skip the hassle. 10/10 recommended
