Elvis: Walk A Mile In My Shoes Tour Series by Sweet Magnolia Tours

August 16, 2007
9:00 amto12:00 pm

Boarding at 8:30 AM; Departure at 9:00 AM and returns to TN Welcome Center on Riverside Drive at 1:00 PM. Tour departs TN Welcome Center on Riverside Drive in Memphis. Elvis himself gave the first Elvis tour of Memphis. Some of the sites you will see on your tour will include places like his alma mater, Humes High, his old neighborhood at Lauderdale Courts, and Pop Tunes where he would linger hoping to meet Sam Phillips. Some sites will be narrations as time has taken its toll. Some will be drive-byes and others picture stops. The highlight of this one-of-a-kind adventure will be at Lauderdale Courts, where you will visit Elvis’s apartment. You will be able to tour the Presley’s apartment, which has been carefully restored to replicated the original furnishings and decor. The remaining time on your tour will take you by Lansky’s on Beale Street, The Chisca Hotel, Lowe’s Theater, the site of Crown Electric, the Peabody Hotel, Humes High School, and the Overton Park Band Shell. Tour is $40.00 per person and includes motor coach transportation, Sweet Magnolia Tour guide, and tour inside the Lauderdale Count Apt. If you have questions or you wish to book your tour date, please call 1-866-320-5295

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