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America’s Deep South: New Orleans, Memphis & Nashville
Follow the sounds of the South, from jazz in the French Quarter and blues on Beale Street to country music in Nashville.
9 days · Escorted tour
From French Quarter Jazz to Nashville Honky-Tonks
After a night in Birmingham, Alabama, head south to New Orleans for two nights in the Big Easy. Take your time among the wrought-iron balconies of the French Quarter, stop for coffee and beignets, and see where the sound of live jazz takes you after dark. For a change of pace, an optional excursion takes you out into the Louisiana swamplands.
Follow the road north through Mississippi to Tupelo, where Elvis Presley was born, before spending two nights in Memphis. There’s time to explore Beale Street, where neon signs light up the blues clubs and barbecue joints. If you want to delve deeper into Elvis’s story, an optional day out pairs Sun Studio, where he made his first single, with Graceland, the home he bought after finding fame.
Finish with two nights in Nashville, where live bands play along Broadway and you can dip in and out of honky-tonks to find a sound you like. An optional visit to Historic RCA Studio B and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum takes you behind the songs and into the room where many of them were recorded.
Elvis was just 19 when he recorded That’s All Right at Sun Studio in 1954. It became his first single.
Tour Highlights
Spend two nights in New Orleans. Explore the French Quarter at your own pace and leave an evening free to hear live jazz.
Stop in Tupelo, Mississippi. See the small house where Elvis was born. If you’d like to go inside, admission is payable locally.
Stay beside Graceland. Spend two nights at The Guest House at Graceland and make time for an evening on Memphis’s Beale Street.
Discover Nashville’s live music scene. With two nights in Music City, there’s time to explore Broadway and hear country music played live.
See more of the South along the way. Travel through Alabama and Mississippi and stop in Chattanooga on the way back to Atlanta.
Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium was home to the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. Its radio broadcasts brought country music from the Nashville stage into homes across America.
What’s Included
Return international flights to Atlanta
Seven nights’ room-only hotel accommodation, with one night in Birmingham, Alabama, and two nights each in New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville
Air-conditioned coach travel and transfers throughout the tour
An experienced tour manager throughout the trip
Optional Extras
Return international flights to Atlanta
Seven nights’ room-only hotel accommodation, with one night in Birmingham, Alabama, and two nights each in New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville
Air-conditioned coach travel and transfers throughout the tour
An experienced tour manager throughout the trip
New Orleans has a national historical park dedicated to jazz. It was established to preserve the story of how the music took shape in the city.