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Beale Street Guided Walking Tour
Beale Street Guided Walking Tour
Beale Street Guided Walking Tour
Beale Street Guided Walking Tour
Beale Street

Beale Street Guided Walking Tour

By Backbeat Tours
4.8 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is $22 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Explore the street where the blues began on this one hour walking tour of historic Beale Street. Voted “America’s Most Iconic Street” by USA Today, Beale Street has a long, colorful history. From its early days as a red light district to its heyday as the center of the city’s vibrant African-American culture, you'll explore the stories behind the legends and the colorful characters who helped make Beale Street the “Home of the Blues.”

Activity location

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

Meeting/Redemption Point

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

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1:30pm Beale St Walking Tour
  • Earn $0.66
  • Activity duration is 1 hour1h1h
  • English

One-hour walking tour of one of the most historic streets in America. Beale Street is the Home of the Blues and the birthplace of much of our country's culture..

Language options: English
Starting time: 1:30pm
Price details
$21.95 x 1 Adult$21.95

Total
Price is $21.95

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAll taxes, fees and handling charges
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGratuities
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Provide Viator Voucher to show proof of purchase
  • The walking distance is 0.5 miles (0.8 km)
  • The tour is a walking tour on public city sidewalks, and is wheelchair accessible
  • Within a few blocks there are four different parking garages, and several open-air parking lots. The closest garage to our location (just two blocks 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.

Activity itinerary

Beale Street
  • 1h
The Home of the Blues, and pone of America's most historic and iconic streets/
Handy Park
  • 10m
History of the famous bluesmen's park
Lansky Bros. Clothier to the King
  • 10m
History of the famous store where Elvis adopted his signature style
A. Schwab
  • 10m
History of the old fashioned general store and soda fountain founded in 1876, the city's oldest business
W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum (Pass by)
History of the "shotgun house" of W.C. Handy

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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