Nashville Golf Cart Tour — 35 Music City Landmarks from Broadway to Music Row

Nashville golf cart tours start around $54 per person for the Top-Pick 1.5-hour Sightseeing Cart Tour from Joyride Nashville and go up to about $165 for the premium 2-hour Bootleg & Barrels Tennessee Whiskey Tasting Golf Cart Tour. Mid-range cart variants — the Brewery & Distillery Tour ($59), the Street Art & Instagram Tour ($63), and the Sights, Street Art & Brewery combo ($104) — sit in between. The featured 1.5-hour tour includes the open-air sportscart, an English-speaking local Joyride driver-guide, and 35+ sightseeing stops; food, drinks, and tips are not included on the base sightseeing version.

The Top-Pick 1.5-hour Sightseeing Cart Tour includes the open-air sportscart for up to 6 passengers, a local Joyride driver-guide who narrates Nashville history live, and photo stops at 35+ Music City landmarks — Ryman Auditorium, Lower Broadway, Music Row, The Gulch, Midtown, and the Country Music Hall of Fame area. It does not include food, drinks, gratuities, or admission tickets. Other Nashville golf cart tours add extras: the Brewery & Distillery tour stops at four local breweries/distilleries; the Bootleg & Barrels whiskey tour adds Tennessee whiskey tastings; the Street Art & Instagram tour adds professional photo stops at the city's biggest murals.

The Top-Pick Sightseeing Cart Tour is 1.5 hours door-to-door — enough to cover 35+ stops from honky-tonk Broadway through Music Row and Midtown into The Gulch and back. Longer Nashville golf cart tours run 2 hours (Brewery & Distillery, Bootleg & Barrels Whiskey) or up to 3 hours (Sights, Street Art & Brewery combo). The Street Art & Instagram tour is the shortest at 105 minutes. Plan to arrive 10 minutes early; carts are small and seats fill on time.

Yes. Joyride Nashville's Sightseeing Cart Tour carries the GYG 'Top Pick' badge and sells out faster than the average Music City tour, especially on weekends, during CMA Fest week (early June), and the four nights before any major show at the Bridgestone Arena. Book online with free cancellation up to 24 hours before — that's standard across all five Nashville golf cart tours we list. Peak demand runs April through October.

The featured 1.5-hour sightseeing tour hits 35+ Nashville landmarks: the Ryman Auditorium (Mother Church of Country Music, original home of the Grand Ole Opry), Lower Broadway's neon honky-tonks (Tootsies, Robert's, Legends), the Country Music Hall of Fame, Music Row's recording studios (RCA Studio B, Quonset Hut), The Gulch (giant wings mural, SoBro arts district), Midtown, Printers Alley, and the AT&T 'Batman' Building. Your guide narrates the history and music connections at each stop. The Street Art & Instagram variant adds 1.5 hours dedicated to the city's biggest murals.

Yes. The Nashville Brewery & Distillery Cart Tour from Joyride Nashville ($59, 4.7/5 from 66 reviews, 2 hours) stops at four of Nashville's top breweries and distilleries — you get insider access to the local craft beer and Tennessee whiskey scene with an experienced driver-guide. Tasting flights are paid separately at each stop. For a more premium version, the Bootleg & Barrels Tennessee Whiskey Tasting Golf Cart Tour ($165, 4.9/5, 2 hours) includes the whiskey tastings in the price.

Yes. The Nashville Street Art & Instagram Golf Cart Tour from Joyride Nashville ($63, 4.8/5 from 83 reviews, 105 minutes) is the dedicated mural and Instagram-photo tour. Your driver-guide stops at the most photogenic spots in The Gulch (the famous wings mural), East Nashville, and downtown — taking the photos for you so you can be in the shot. It's the highest-rated mural-focused cart tour in the city. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

The Top-Pick Sightseeing Cart Tour meets at a downtown pickup point near Lower Broadway — coordinates 36.1472°N, 86.7806°W, a short walk from the honky-tonk strip. The exact street address is provided in your booking confirmation. Most Joyride Nashville cart tours leave from the same downtown area. Plan to arrive 10 minutes early; the open-air carts seat 6 and leave on time.

Comfortable casual clothes and weather-appropriate layers. The cart is open-sided, so on hot Nashville summer afternoons (June–August), bring sunglasses, sunscreen, and water; on cooler evenings or early spring/late fall mornings, a light jacket helps. Closed-toe shoes are fine — you stay seated for almost the whole tour. The tour runs in light rain; bring a small rain shell October through April. Children between five and seven must be in a booster seat per Joyride's safety rules.

By GYG editorial choice, the Top-Pick is the Nashville Sightseeing Cart Tour by Joyride Nashville — 4.7/5 from 202 reviews, $54, 1.5 hours. For pure rating, the premium Bootleg & Barrels Tennessee Whiskey Golf Cart Tour ties the top at 4.9/5 (9 reviews, $165) and the Street Art & Instagram Golf Cart Tour at 4.8/5 (83 reviews, $63). The highest-volume best-seller — and the cheapest way to cover the same ground without a golf cart — is the Double-Decker City Tour at 4.6/5 from 777 reviews ($35), but it's a bus, not a cart, and it skips the side streets and murals the cart can reach.

The Double-Decker City Tour ($35, 1 hour, 777 reviews) is a hop-on style bus that follows a fixed downtown loop — fast, cheap, and big-picture, but it can't drive into the back streets, alleys, or up to Music Row's recording-studio row. The golf cart tour ($54, 1.5 hours) is the opposite: it skips the highway loop and weaves through the actual neighborhoods — honky-tonk Broadway, the Music Row studios, The Gulch murals — at a relaxed pace with a live local guide who can stop for photos anywhere. Bus is best if you want a one-hour overview; the cart is best if you want the neighborhoods and the music history with a guide who lives in Nashville. Our full comparison table breaks down the differences side by side.

Based on 202 reviews at 4.7/5 and the 'Top Pick' badge, yes — guests consistently call it the best value sightseeing in Music City. For $54 you get 35+ landmarks in 90 minutes, a local Nashvillian guide who knows every honky-tonk's house band, music-history commentary live the whole way, and a personal nightlife shortlist at the end. Compared to a $35 bus tour the cart is more expensive per minute but reaches places the bus can't, with a guide who's actually engaged. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before keeps the risk low.