All Elvis - Walk a Mile in my Shoes 8 Hour Tour

Included Features:

• Sweet Magnolia Tours Professional Tour guide
• Admission & tour of Elvis' Lauderdale Courts Apartment
• Admission & tour of Super Cycle (where Elvis bought his motorcycles)
• Admission & tour of the Memphian Theater (now Playhouse on the Square)

All Day Elvis Tour - “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” - A true Elvis Fan will not want to miss this once-in-a-life time tour!

Follow the footsteps of the King from “rags to riches” starting from Elvis’ early life in Memphis to his untimely death at his beloved Graceland. This all -Elvis tour focuses entirely on the life of Elvis Presley. Therefore, it includes many sites that are not featured on traditional Memphis City Tours.

Elvis, himself gave the first Elvis tour of Memphis. He loved to show his friends where he worked, played and lived. In 1956 Elvis took his friends Nick Adams and Natalie Wood to sites that you will visit today, such as, his high school, Humes High, his old neighborhood at Lauderdale Courts and Pop Tunes where Elvis would linger hoping to meet Sam Phillips. Some sites will be narrations as time has taken it toll; some will be drive-bys and others pictures stops.

The highlight of this one-of-a-kind adventure will be at Lauderdale Courts where you will visit Elvis’ apartment. In 1949, shortly after they moved to Memphis from Tupelo, the Presley’s moved into 185 Winchester, apartment #328 at Lauderdale Courts The 689 square-foot, two-bedroom apartment was originally part of the Roosevelt-era WPA housing development that is now on the National Register of Historic Places. It was here Elvis met other Memphis musicians, practiced in the basement laundry room and gained confidence by performing for family and friends in the community courtyards. Today you will tour Elvis’ apartment, which has been carefully restored to replicate the original furnishings and Décor.

Another special stop will be made on your “Closer to You” Elvis sightseeing tour. At Super Cycle, where you will be invited inside to tour a very unique museum and actually meet friends of Elvis. Super Cycle was where Elvis bought his motorcycles and had custom recreation vehicles designed. The Elliott’s will be on hand to share stories of their time with Elvis and tell you about their eclectic collection of memorabilia.

The next stop will be at the Memphian Theater where you will hear about Elvis’ theater parties with his friends, his favorite movies and if you are lucky you can sit in Elvis’ move theater seat for a one of a kind snapshot!

The remainder of the afternoon will be spent seeing sites that were selected as they depict events that had a significant impact on the life of this extraordinary young man, Picture stops will me made at the Overton Park Band Shell where Elvis first performed in 1956 and at Elvis’ Audubon home where he and his family lived before moving to Graceland.

Finally your tour will end at Forest Hill Cemetery where Elvis’ was buried in a mausoleum until his father, Vernon moved his grave to its final resting place in Meditation Garden at Graceland.

Terms & Conditions: A deposit of $100.00 will be due 30 days in advance. The balance is due two weeks in advance. After this time all monies are non-refundable. If you have questions or you wish to book your tour date please call us toll free 1-866-320-5295 / Local 901-525-2842 / Fax 901-525-2901 or email Memphis@SweetMagnoliaTours.com