Beale Street. The home of the Blues. The birthplace of Rock and Roll. It’s one of the most iconic streets in America. This is a location aware tour on our walking tour app. Go at your own pace, anytime. This tour never expires. And after taking the tour on location, listen to the remote version anytime to relive the tour. The tour is professionally narrated and infused with music to set the mood. You'll see this historic street and hear the tales of the legends that tore it up and made music history. You’ll hear about Elvis, BB King, The father of Blues W.C. Handy, The mayor of Beale Street Rudy Williams and so many more. Along the way I’ll take you to the best spots to eat, drink and take in a live show.
The tour starts outside the Beale Street Baptist Church, and then walks next door to the Robert Church Park, where you'll hear about the start of Beale Street and discover it's roots.
The tour takes you to the Robert Church Park, where you'll hear about Robert Church and how he brought musicians and started Beale street.
The tour stops outside of the W.C. Handy House Museum and you'll learn the story of the father of the blues, and his life.
The tour stops outside of the Old Daisy, and New Daisy, and you'll hear it's story in history.
The tour goes into Handy Park where you'll hear about the history of the muscians that played here, and W.C. Handy.
This iconic joint has great food, and a musical story all its own with Rudy Williams, the Mayor of Beale.
Pop into A. Schwabs and see their relics and learn about how they helped to stop the destruction of historic Beale.
The “Clothier to the King”, this is the shop that helped Elvis get his iconic look, and has a story forever linked to Elvis.
Elvis, the King of Rock and Roll. You'll see his statue. learn about his upbringing, his twin, and his rise to fame.
The tour stops outside the Orpheum Theatre, and you'll hear about its historic past.
B.B. King! Discover his story and stop in for a drink after the tour and listen to the Blues!
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Beale Street Experience Audio App Self Guided Walking Tour lasts about 50 min–1h. The itinerary has 11 stops.
Prices start at $8 per person for this Memphis experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is The tour starts outside the Beale Street Baptist Church, and then walks next door to the Robert Church Park, where you'll hear about the start of Beale Street and discover it's roots. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a private experience: only your party takes part. Up to 15 travellers can book together.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.2 out of 5 across 13 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by WalknTours.
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Perfect way to see Beale Street and gain an appreciation and understanding of the history of the people and events that shaped the region. Toured during the day and experienced the night life later. The tour stirred a desire to dive deeper into the history.
I had problems connecting to the tour. I called and he responded immediately and resolved my problem.
Beautiful city full of history and the tour did a great job of showing you all of it! Directions were easy to follow as well!!
Unfortunately the ship we were on was docked too far from Beale street for us to go on this tour. We had looked online and our ship was supposed to be docked close by but due to the rise in the river it was docked at a different location.
Loved this geo located self paced walking tour. We were bundled up for the January weather and able to stop mid tour for a hot lunch on Beale street and then finish the tour while getting ready to walk to the Fed ex Forum for an event. Easy listening and informative.
Beale Street enlightenment!! I have been a couple of times in past, but the goal was food and drinks. Now, I know what I'd missed. I loved the ease and low cost of the tour, I was able to pause it to shop and take pictures. Part of the fun, was noticing other people doing the same thing! It was a quiet weekday afternoon, no crowds, I was able to go at my own pace. I will now be sure to do this , wherever I travel.
We hoped to get a preview of good BBQ and music places. It seemed aimed at promoting black leaders of whom we had no previous knowledge. It was also an incredibly long walk. We were disappointed but liked the idea of a tour on our phones at our own pace.
Well done app. Easy to download and run. Nice accompaniment for self paced tour. Easy to move around between modules. Recommend.
Sadly to say, the city of Memphis needs a facelift and investors who can recreate what the city once had. It is full of history but because of the flight to the suburbs and the safety issues the city is lacking in vitality. The city government or state tourism department needs to come up with a plan to clean it up and make Beale Street come alive again. Only with a foreseeable change and a time constraint plan to improve the area will tourist return. If measures aren’t put into place the city will continue to deteriorate. Graceland and the Elvis Presley facility brings tourists to view his life. I would say the majority of the tourist go here first then set out to find other things to explore. While walking through the tour there seemed to be more foreigners than people from the USA. Many different languages were spoken. As a tourist myself I am glad I saw the city. Took in Graceland and the Elvis tour, Beale Street walking tour and got to listen to a blues player and his group playing on a small stage tucked between two buildings, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Lorraine Hotel, Sun Studios, drove by St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and the pyramid shaped Bass Pro Store.
Very informative. Plus you can go at your own pace. We stopped for lunch then resumed the audio. Audio made us realize how many changes Beale Street has gone through.
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