With spring’s arrival and COVID restrictions slowly subsiding, might you enjoy touring with jovial, like-minded, and COVID-minding people to explore fascinating historic and authentic places together while maintaining social distancing considerations? Then hop in your own car (or ride the train or fly and get a rental car) and join this Tiny World Tour offered in close collaboration with A Tour of Possibilities, specializing in Black History.

This tour includes the following:

A live and participatory Memphis black history car caravan tour ending at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music (NOTE: The Memphis black history car caravan tour has an upper limit of five cars, so some participants may need to ride together)
A tour of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Welcome to Memphis! BBQ dinner outside (5PM-7PM Central Station Memphis Hotel Patio)
Assistance making advance arrangements to visit Elvis’ Home & Museum, Graceland, and/or The National Civil Rights Museum (entrance ticketed at additional cost and subject to availability)
Walk or rent a bike share on the longest public pedestrian bridge across the Mississippi River that connects downtown Memphis to Arkansas, the “Big River Crossing”
Option to stay at the hip and swanky Central Station Hotel downtown across adjacent to the National Civil Rights Museum and the Blues Hall of Fame Museum (NOTE: if you’re arriving from or departing to Chicago or New Orleans, the Amtrak “City of New Orleans” still stops on this hotel property every day!) and the Saturday Memphis Farmers Market is immediately adjacent
Farewell group dinner outside (5 PM - 7 PM Loflin Yard)

Not included:

You provide your own transportation to/from Memphis
You drive your own car or rental car (COVID safety measure) - (NOTE: The Memphis black history car caravan tour has an upper limit of five cars, so some participants may need to ride together)
Alcoholic drinks are not included with the three included meals
You pay for your own hotel room - we recommend the hip and swanky Central Station Hotel, Memphis’ Historic Train Station.
You pay for entrance fees and meals not noted as included in the itinerary below.

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Itinerary

(exact Itinerary subject to change according to unforeseen circumstances / opportunities)

Day 1: Thursday, May 13

Welcome to Memphis! Please arrive in the afternoon, check into your hotel, and join us for a 5 PM - 7 PM welcome Memphis BBQ dinner outside on the patio of the Central Station Memphis Hotel.

Day 2: Friday, May 14

9:30 AM (sharp) - noon: Gather in parking lot next to the Memphis Visitor Center (119 N. Riverside Drive, Memphis, TN 38103 tel:901-543-5333) where we will begin our caravan tour of Memphis Black History sites (this caravan tour ends at the entrance to STAX Museum of American Soul Music, museum entrance fee included)

Afternoon and Evening on-your-own (we will provide you with a variety of recommendations)

Day 3: Saturday, May 15

8 AM - (on your own) Stroll the Memphis Farmers Market adjacent to the Central Station Hotel

10 AM - Art Expert-led Tour of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (entrance fee included)

Afternoon On-your-own (a great time to visit Graceland, the National Civil Rights Museum, the Blues Hall of Fame Museum, Beale Street, or any other Memphis sites). Please let us know if you have any particular special interests.

5 PM - 7 PM Outdoor dinner at Loflin Yard

7:30 PM - Meet on the Tennessee (south) side for farewell walk across the Big River Crossing at Sunset.

Day 4: Sunday, May 16: Tour Conclusion

Extend your stay, or drive or fly to your next destination. Please let us know if you’d like advice!

Memphis Black History, BBQ, & Blues