Feel the excitement build as your plane descends into Music City!

After making your way to your chosen Nashville hotel, don your cowboy boots and head out for your first night on Broadway. You’ll find it’s way too easy to stay out late as you hop from honky tonk to honky tonk, but hey, you can always have a lie in tomorrow!

Country music fans will be in heaven, with new bands and singer-song writers to discover, as well as ample opportunity to sing along to classic covers. It ain’t all country through… rock, blues, Americana, bluegrass, newgrass all have a place in Nashville.

Your chosen Nashville hotel

Having had a taste of Broadway you’ll know doubt want more! The music starts early, but whilst in town do take the chance to visit some of Nashville’s other great attractions. The Country Music Museum & Hall of Fame takes your on a journey through the history of America’s favourite music genre, whilst the Johnny Cash Museum offers an intimate insight into the life and career of one of country’s biggest stars.

Make sure to also catch a show at the Grand OIe Opry. From its purpose built concert hall on the east of the Cumberland River, it’s recorded live for radio, with performances from emerging talent and household names.

Your chosen Nashville hotel

Today you can sink in to your ‘Business Class’ seat and relax as you travel by luxury coach from Nashville to Memphis. The journey takes just over 3 hours, after which, hop into a cab to make your way to your chosen Memphis hotel.

If you’re already experiencing live music withdrawal symptoms, Beale Street is Memphis’s answer to Nashville’s Broadway. Blues, soul and rock ‘n’ roll are all on the menu, accompanied by Memphis-style BBQ and smoked meats – it would be rude not to!

If you would like to stay a night, or more, at the Guest House at Graceland just let your Travel Consultant know.

Your chosen Memphis hotel

No holiday to Memphis would be complete without paying homage to ‘The King’ at Graceland, his home 20 years. Here, you’ll learn how a poor small-town boy reached super stardom, changing pop culture forever. Plus you’ll get to see his fabulous collection of vintage cars and motorcycles.

Back in town, make sure to check out Sun Studios, the ‘Birthplace of Rock ‘n ‘Roll’ where Elvis and Johnny Cash recorded their first tracks. Just south of Downtown, the National Civil Museum at the Lorraine Hotel, the site of Martin Luther King’s assassination, is equally worth a visit.

In the evening, if you can manage to walk down Beale Street without getting drawn in to one of the blues clubs, a dinner cruise on the mighty Mississippi offers a perfect end to your time in Tennessee.

Your chosen Memphis hotel

Make your way to the airport this morning for your flight from Memphis to New Orleans (with a short stop in Atlanta or Houston en route).

Check into your chosen New Orleans hotel then head out to explore the ‘Big Easy’. You’ll probably recognise the French Quarter from photos or travel shows; its colourful buildings with cast iron balconies. In the centre, St. Louis Cathedral overlooks Jackson Square, where musicians and street performers baffle and delight passers by.

If you would prefer to travel from Memphis to New Orleans by train, a 9 hour journey, just let you Travel Consultant know.

Your chosen New Orleans hotel

You have two more days to enjoy the sights and sounds of New Orleans.

A short ride from the French Quarter on the St. Charles Streetcar are the mansions and treelined streets of the Garden District, perfect for a morning stroll. By the Mississippi River is Mardi Gras World, where you can watch floats being crafted for the city’s world-famous carnival. Nearby, the National WWII Museum houses an impressive collection of 1940’s planes, boats and Jeeps.

If you’re feeling adventurous, why not book onto a half day Louisiana swamp tour? Keep your hands inside the boat, there are alligators lurking!

In the evening, if you want to go ‘out out’, Bourbon Street is a non-stop party. Also try Frenchman Street and Royal Street for buskers and jazz bars with live music.

Your chosen New Orleans hotel

Your holiday to America’s music cities ends today. If you have time, perhaps grab breakfast in the French Quarter for the final time before making your way to the airport for your flight home.