Nashville · SELF-GUIDED TOURS
9 reviewed
This is the shortlist we’d send a friend: the 9 self-guided tours worth booking, each with its price, its traveler verdict, and the one thing to know before you commit.
Self-guided Ryman Auditorium tour in Nashville with the Soul of Nashville intro, five exhibits, and a souvenir onstage photo.
“This was super fun learning about the history of the auditorium! The film in the beginning gives you lots of background context before the tour begins !”
Country Music Hall of Fame admission in Nashville with a multi-language audio guide. Self-paced museum time that’s worth your money.
“What a great museum! If you like country music, this is the place for you! Very informative. Worth the money!”
Self-guided VoiceMap audio tour of downtown Nashville from the Ryman to Nudie’s Honky Tonk, with offline access for $11.99.
“Tour was good. Easy way to learn about Nashville. could pause the audio which was nice. Setting up in the app was terrible. You didn’t send me a valid code for the VoiceMap app so I had to call customer service to receive it.”
Walk Nashville with an app-led scavenger hunt. Solve clue questions and photo challenges on your schedule for about 1–2 hours.
“Fun way to explore Nashville and learn. It was fun but a bit short. I learned so many cool things about the city.”
Self-guided Nashville scavenger hunt from the Tennessee State Capitol to Lower Broadway using phone questions, great for a 3-hour private outing.
“The first lot of sites that we went to were closed with no access to get the information needed. Would have been good if we were notified of this before booking”
GPS-triggered audio drive on Natchez Trace Parkway with Jackson Falls, Leiper’s Fork, Lewis and Clark stops, and Muscle Shoals for $16.99.
“It was a good audio guide through the parkway. The GPS guide was exactly where we were. The speaker was nice to listen to”
A self-guided Nashville phone game with a story, clear directions, and stops at Music Garden, Ole Smoky, and Ryman. $7.20.
“The history learned was great. A couple of our answers were correct and the app said incorrect. That was frustrating.”
A $6.75 self-guided GPS audio walk through Nashville’s Broadway and Music City history, from boots to Johnny Cash in under an hour.
“It’s great you can share an earbud and do the two words together. It had just the right amount of information, not too much. We loved being able to cars and go look inside the stores and then come back out and start the play again.”
A low-pressure Nashville walking tour with offline audio stories, big-name stops, and plenty of music-world history for $14.99.
“Very easy to follow and very informative. Highly recommend for solo or small group to see the highlights of the city.”
