Top Nashville Half-day Tours

Cruise on Nashville's Cumberland River aboard one of the country's largest paddle-wheel boats, the 'General Jackson Showboat', during this excursion. Book for a lunch or dinner cruise, enjoying the scenery on the riverbanks as well as live entertainment. Round-trip transportation from local hotels included.

See the sights and sounds of Nashville on this guided sightseeing tour around Music City. Choose from a morning or afternoon departure, then enjoy the ride. Get an educational and entertaining live narrative from the experienced guide while rolling past famous landmark locations like historic Riverfront Park, Ryman Auditorium, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Tennessee State Capitol and more. Admission is included to Ryman Auditorium and the Country Music Hall of Fame, as well as pick-up and drop-off to and from your Nashville hotel.

Enjoy Nashville through its food and drinks on this food tour by small-group van. With a guide, you'll be introduced to the city's food, history, culture, and sights in one tour as you visit quirky and quaint neighborhoods and stop at local eateries to sample dishes such as slow-roasted barbecue, authentic hot chicken, and Nashville's own frosty cocktail, the Bushwhacker. Select your preferred departure time when booking.

Explore the real-life filming locations featured in the hit TV series ‘Nashville’ on this 3.5-hour tour. Get the inside scoop on the show and visit the homes of characters Rayna Jaymes, Deacon Claybourne, Scarlett O’Connor and Juliette Barnes. Drive by the Bluebird Café and on Thursdays, head inside for an exclusive presentation. Also, Sunday tours include a visit to Ryman Auditorium. Downtown Nashville hotel pickup and drop-off included.

This is new and unique experience. If you are interested in seeing and doing more than simply a sightseeing tour or a mural tour, this is a new and unique experience! During this 3 hour excursion you will spend your time seeing the sights, visiting murals, and visiting a brewery or two or even a distillery! We want the choice to be yours. This customized tour is basically 1 hour of each of these types of tours: Explore the City of Nashville, Mural/Insta Tour, and Brewery/Distillery Tour. This is your chance to do and see more without doing 3 separate tours! This tour can also be customized to fit your exact wishes. If you don't want to do brewery/distillery, you are welcome to do more sights and murals! You make the decision!

Explore downtown Nashville on a food walking tour. Learn about the architecture, history, and landmarks of the city with a guide as you wander through the historic riverfront area and sample Southern food items and a specialty cocktail. You may also hear some live music and perhaps enjoy a beer.

Our experienced guides will take you through the small cozy streets of Nashville for a 3-3 ½ hour Southern gastronomy tour in the authentic area of 12South/Midtown. You'll finish our tour full of great food and have a better understanding of the Nashville/Southern culture, local history, and how to live like a local. Plus with all our tours, there's our Secret Dish, which you can only find out about on the tour.

Charter a private pontoon boat for your group and spend the day at your leisure on a Nashville lake. Unlike on a shared tour, you'll have the boat all to yourself, allowing you to dictate the music and schedule. Coolers, ice, and bottled water are provided and guests can bring their own snacks and drinks. Beer, wine, and liquor are welcome onboard if participants are over 21. Plus, two watersport activities are included.

Nashville's ORIGINAL pub crawl: The Honky Tonk Pub Crawl is a sightseeing tour and pub crawl combined. Nashville's Best Walking Tour/Pub Crawl Combo! You get to do a pub crawl while, at the same time, taking a walking sightseeing tour of historic downtown Nashville along the way! Patrons will not only get a good time, but they will receive discounts and freebies to bars and restaurants downtown. You'll get much more bang for your buck! With the discounts and freebies, the tour will pay for itself!

Visit Nashville distilleries for a taste of Tennessee whiskey on a spirited tour of Nashville best pours. You'll learn about Tennessee's bootlegging past, get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how spirits are made, and discover the difference between fine whiskey and local moonshine. The tour visits different distilleries each day, chosen from a list of locations that range from science-driven spirits producers to down-home, family-owned whiskey operations.

Nashville's most talked about local distillery and craft brewery tasting experience. Music City craft brewery and distillery scene is booming! Let us show you around our favorite spots and flavors. Our Craft Brewery & Distillery Tasting experience stops at 3-4 locations that create Middle Tennessee’s best beers, bourbons, whiskey’s, vodka and moonshine if we can find a way. No drinking and driving! We provide VIP Transportation with our tour guides throughout the Tour & Tasting experience. Tour involves 12-15 samples and transportation are provided from 1st location to the last location. Tour ends at the Nashville's hottest hangout 6th and Peabody home of Ole Smokey Distilling and Yee Haw Brewery!

Get a taste of Nashville food and drink on this guided tasting tour of some of the city’s most popular spots. Sip a frosty seasonal pint at a local craft brewery, enjoy a sampling of house-smoked meats paired with Tennessee whiskeys and Southern sides. Plus try bourbon during a tour of a distillery.

Hop a specialty golf cart to ride in style between some of Nashville’s splashiest entrepreneur-founded boutiques. On this small-group shopping tour, you’ll have plenty of time to work those credit cards in white-hot Music City. Tours include plenty of time to grab an artisan cocktail along the way, plus stops at the city’s most colorful, selfie-worthy murals.

From crispy fried chicken to whole-hog barbecue, Nashville is a food-lover’s heaven. Sample the classic flavors of the city on this private 3-hour culinary tour, which includes enough food tastings for a meal and private transportation in a climate-controlled van. This tour can accommodate your group of up to 14 people.

Want to visit a Tennessee winery with a country music connection? Let Barrels of Fun Nashville take you to Arrington Vineyards. You will have an amazing time at country music star Kix Brooks' award-winning winery. Sip wine in the beautiful rolling hills of the Tennessee countryside where you can purchase (at your expense) tastings or bottles of wine to enjoy on-site. Book now and let Barrels Of Fun take you there. Barrels of Fun Nashville is not Affiliated with Arrington Vineyards Winery and only provides luxury round trip transportation. Premium round trip ONLY Transportation: $40 Seats fill up fast, book today!