Art Lover’s Paradise: Discover Chattanooga’s Arts Scene (3 days/2 nights)
Dive into creativity with the Art Lover’s Paradise package from Sweet Magnolia Tours. Chattanooga offers a variety of artistic inspiration, and on this tour, you will get to experience the best. From guided tours to trips to the art museum your creative juices will start flowing!
Cash’s Nash: The Footsteps of the Man in Black
No one has shaped country music like Johnny Cash. This brand-new group tour explores the life and legacy of “the man in black,” as we walk in his footsteps throughout his Music City and the rolling hills of Middle Tennessee he called home.
Chattanooga: Enchanted Christmas in the Scenic City
Feel the magic of Christmas in Chattanooga with the Enchanted Christmas in the Scenic City package. From Christmas caroling to visits with Santa, this tour has everything to remind you that the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year.
Chattanooga: Outdoor Adventure in the Scenic City
Leap into an exciting vacation with the Outdoor Adventure in the Scenic City package in Chattanooga. For anyone who loves to relax while staying active, this package includes cave tours, ghost tours, and adventure courses and more while exploring this beautiful city.
Cherokee Phoenix: The Unbroken Spirit of the Cherokee and the Start of the Trail of Tears
Learn more about the Trail of Tears with this unique travel package from Sweet Magnolia Tours. Once the heart of the Cherokee Nation, the area’s history is full of compelling stories of human spirit and sacrifice. Come explore the many fascinating Cherokee sites in the region.
Discover Chattanooga
Explore one of Tennessee’s most beautiful cities with our Discover Chattanooga group travel tour. Visit the Tennessee Aquarium, enjoy a dinner show, and take a vintage train ride through the city. You can marvel at the natural beauty with a visit to Ruby Falls and lunch at Rock City.
My Tennessee Mountain Home: Your Great Smoky Mountains Adventure
Explore the richness of the Smokies! Sweet Magnolia Tours has assembled the ultimate group package to explore the sites, culture, and beauty of Pigeon Forge. You’ll be treated to everything from dinner shows to museums against the backdrop of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Nashville Student Performance Package
Get a taste for Music City with the Nashville Student Performance package. Each group will have the opportunity to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, receive a tour of RCA Studio B, and explore the Country Music Hall of Fame. The perfect package for music students of all ages.
Nashville: LIVE from Music City
Experience all the entertainment Nashville has to offer with the LIVE from Music City tour. In this package, you will head backstage at the Ryman Auditorium, RCA Studio B, and the Country Music Hall of Fame for a legendary experience in music and history.
The Athens of the South: Nashville’s Antebellum Past
Discover Nashville before it was Music City. Our Athens of the South package includes historical tours rich in Southern history. From guided tours of grand estates to lively entertainment, this package has it all.
The Death Knell of the Confederacy: The Civil War’s Legacy in Chattanooga
For the history buff! Chattanooga’s legacy during the civil war will be explored throughout this travel tour. The package includes the Battles of Chattanooga, a walk through Point Park, and a Civil War-themed dinner show and so much more!
The Mountains are Alive: Fall Foliage in Chattanooga
Discover the natural beauty of Chattanooga with The Mountains are Alive tour. Designed for Fall exploration, you’ll take a cruise on a riverboat, explore Lookout Mountain, and participate in Ruby Falls Lantern Tour and many more. It’s a true celebration of Fall foliage.
African American Civil Rights Tour
Our African American Civil Rights Tour will take you to historic sites related to our Black Heritage and present-day places significant in the development of the African American community in Memphis. Please take a moment to review just some of the interesting places that you will see on this tour.
This tour is a narrated riding tour with picture stops. Click below to see African American Civil Rights Tour packages that include stopping to tour inside various attractions described below.
In 1968 an important labor dispute brought Dr. Martin Luther King to Memphis. A strike was raised by the City of Memphis Sanitation Workers that escalated into a full-fledged commitment to human dignity, economic equity, and segregation. On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel, now the National Civil Rights Museum. Your Sweet Magnolia tour guide will take you to the spot of the assassination for a presentation.
All Elvis - Graceland & More
Follow the footsteps of the King from “rags to riches” starting with Elvis’ early life in Memphis as a teenager at Lauderdale Courts, to his sky rocking career after recording his first record at Sun Studio.
Inclusions:
- Elvis from Rags to Riches Tour
- Graceland Platinum Tour & Sun Studio Tour
- The highlight of this one-of-a-kind adventure will be at Lauderdale Courts, where you will visit Elvis’ apartment, which has been carefully restored to replicate the original furnishings and Decor.
Group rates available
Civil War & Antebellum South
Holly Springs, MS
The Mississippi Delta’s earliest storytellers possessed a similar trait that is detected in the classic writings of southern-based native authors, such as, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams and in the contemporary writings of John Grisham. It is a sense of place and a devotion to the traditions of its past. Nowhere in the South are these traditions more evident than in small southern Mississippi towns.
Clarksdale Delta Blues Tour
Welcome to the Mississippi Delta where writers and blues men, planters and scholars have lived and created the culture that we call “the Old South.” In many small towns dotted along the roadside this culture has remained virtually unchanged throughout the many decades since Plantation Life flourished in the Delta. You will be traveling down one of those roads today, Highway 61, America’s “Blues Highway” on your way to Clarksdale, a town highly acclaimed for keeping the blues alive. Clarksdale is a mix of legend, lore and literary greatness. It is not only home to many of the original blues artists of our time but also, the famous playwright Tennessee Williams. Experience the Clarksdale Delta Blues Tour today!
Inclusions:
- Fully excorted & narrated by our professional tour guide.
- A tour inside the Delta Blues Museum.
- Lunch at Ground Zero.
- Visit Hobson Plantation and the Commissary.
- Group will be given an “RC Cola and Moon Pie” upon departure from Clarksdale.
Group Rates Available
Memphis City Tour
Memphis, the Gateway to the Old South, is one of the most beautiful cities in the Southern United States. Filled with Southern charm, beautifully restored mansions, sculptured tree-lined parkways, on a setting high on the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff, this river city boasts of glowing sunsets over the Mississippi, the world’s finest BBQ restaurants, and the “Red, Hot and Blue” sounds of the Beale St. Historic Entertainment Distinct. Come with us on this inclusive tour to explore the city that is called, “The City of Good Abode.”
Rhythms of Memphis Tours
- Beale Street Blues Tour 3hrs
- Rock n Roll Tour 3hrs
- Soul Music Tour 3hrs
In the quest to identify the roots of American music, all roads led to Memphis, as stated by to the Smithsonian Museum. The Music of Elvis and Graceland, BB King and the Blues, the Gospel of Al Green, Isaac Hays, Otis Redding, and the sounds of soul … Memphis, the epicenter of the Blues, Rock ‘n Roll, Gospel and Soul … this is where it all began.
Each one of our “Rhythms of Memphis” tours begin with a music related sightseeing tour, a visit to the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum and one other music attraction. All tours end on Beale Street, making it convenient to add an optional Sweet Magnolia lunch and/or dinner package at B. B. King’s Blues Club, Alfred’s on Beale, Kings’ Palace, Pig on Beale or the Blues City Café.
