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Tours of the City Walking Tours Like most American cities, Memphis is not really geared towards pedestrians and it is only the Downtown area visitors can successfully explore on foot. Memphis Explorations (tel: (901) 761 1838; fax: (901) 761 2557; website: http://memphisexplorations.com) offers customised tours, including a ‘Downtown Elvis-style’ walking tour every Saturday, April-October, for groups over two, by reservation. The Elvis tour lasts three hours and includes more than 20 Elvis sites, including his teenage home at Lauderdale Courts. Tours depart from the Elvis statue on Beale Street, at 1000. They cost US$10 per person, plus trolley fare. Bus Tours Blues City Tours (tel: (901) 522 9229; website: www.memphisite.com/bluescity) operates a variety of daily bus tours of Memphis. The three-hour ‘Memphis City Tour’ costs US$18 and takes in all the major sights, including Downtown, Beale Street, the Lorraine Hotel, Graceland, the Peabody Duck March and the Pyramid. Free hotel pick-up is arranged. Similarly, Coach USA (tel: (901) 384 3474 or (800) 222 0089; website: www.coachusa.com) offer a variety of tours, including a ‘Memphis City Tour’ costing US$27 and an ‘Elvis Platinum Tour’ costing US$37. Pick-up is available from all Memphis hotels. Both tours last three hours. Other Tours A trip on the Mississippi is one of the most relaxing tours available. Memphis Queen Line (tel: (800) 221 6197 or (901) 527 5694; website: www.memphisqueen.com) operates sightseeing cruises in traditional paddle-boats. Tours operate from 1 March to 30 November, departing from Memphis Harbor, at the foot of Union Avenue on the river. The 90-minute trip costs US$12.50. American Dream Safari (tel: (901) 527 8870; website: www.americandreamsafari.com) runs speciality tours of Memphis in a 1955 Cadillac. As well as offering a ‘Greatest Hits Tour’ of the city, the company also offers extended tours to help visitors explore the area in more detail. The three-hour city tour costs US$50, while an eight-hour ‘Delta Day Trip’ costs US$225, with a minimum of two people. The meeting point is usually at the fountain in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel, 149 Union Avenue, although hotel pick-up can also be arranged – a surcharge may apply if the hotel is out of the Downtown area. Memphis Explorations (tel: (901) 761 1838; fax: (901) 761 2557; website: http://memphisexplorations.com) offers driving tours of the city. Prices for a full-day trip to Tupelo, to see Elvis’ birthplace are set at a minimum of US$150 or US$75 per person. Hotel pick up is arranged. |
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