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These tours are some of the MOST exciting, informative, and tasty ways to experience Louisville, for locals and tourists alike!

You’ll get a unique experience with local food, bourbon, history, architecture, and more!
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Here are some of the exciting tours you can experience!
Step aboard Louisville’s historic trolley to explore distilleries, tasting rooms, & bourbon-infused bites!
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As you roll through downtown, NuLu, and Butchertown, you’ll get exclusive access to tasting rooms, tour a bourbon distillery, and sample treats with a bourbon twist. Each stop features pours, tours, cocktails, stories, and plenty of Bourbon City surprises

Take a delicious stroll through the heart of downtown Louisville. As you walk along iconic Whiskey Row and Museum Row, you’ll enjoy classic dishes and drinks that define Louisville’s flavor, all while learning about the city’s fascinating past.
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Taste quintessential Kentucky dishes and desserts including the Hot Brown, Derby Pie, and Modjeskas — and sip on iconic Louisville drinks, including bourbon cocktails and barrel-aged beer.

Led by expert guides, this one-of-a-kind walking bourbon & food tour explores the story of bourbon along with paired bites and drinks.
Even if you’ve visited a bourbon distillery (or several), you’ll experience Kentucky bourbon in a whole new way!

As you stroll through the lush avenues of historic Cherokee Triangle, you’ll taste classic Kentucky bites such as fried chicken, spoonbread, and a Louisville Hot Brown paired with refreshing cocktails (or mocktails).
Along the way, you’ll uncover the diverse history of Kentucky’s Queer folx, from a Black Prohibition-era drag queen to the poets, authors, and activists that paved the way for Kentucky’s Queer community. You’ll end your tour where the rest of your night begins, at the city’s best gay bars.

Is it a food tour or a cocktail tour? Is it a ghost tour or a Prohibition tour? The answer, of course, is yes.
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Like the combination of rye, corn, wheat, and malted barley, this tour is the perfect blend of cocktails, food, ghosts, and Prohibition history.

As you walk through urban NuLu and historic Butchertown, you’ll taste Kentucky and Appalachian classics like bourbon balls and fried chicken, visit a historic home once occupied by Thomas Edison, taste a curious confection inspired by a Victorian-era actress, trace the history of German immigrants in Louisville, and more.

The Highlands is one of Louisville’s oldest neighborhoods – and its most quirky.
Historic Victorian homes branch off of the quirky Bardstown Road thoroughfare, lined with vibrant murals, eclectic shops and hip local restaurants & bars stretching all the way to Bourbon country.

Led by expert storytellers, this immersive walking tour delves into the darker chapters of Louisville’s history.
Our tour explores the sort of history only told in whispers, from notorious criminals and bootleggers who once ran Louisville’s underworld to what lies beneath the quiet waters of the Ohio River – and the spirits whose souls never left.

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