Ghosts of Nashville: Family-Friendly Ghost and History Tour is a 90-minute night walk from Ghost City Tours, booking from $29.99 per person at our August 2, 2026 check. That is the lowest price of the six Nashville listings we carry pages for, and its 816 Viator reviews are the deepest base of the four ghost products among them. Five stops are named and none carries a pass-by flag: the Tennessee State Capitol, the Church of St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows, Downtown Presbyterian Church, Printer's Alley, and a bare street address, 231 6th Ave N. It is the only Nashville ghost listing we carry with child and infant booking bands, and it is listed wheelchair and stroller accessible. Nothing on it is entered.
| Detail | What the listing shows |
|---|---|
| From price | $29.99 per person (checked August 2, 2026), the lowest of the six Nashville listings we carry pages for |
| Duration | 1 hour 30 minutes (checked August 2, 2026) |
| When | Night. Our July 29, 2026 facts pass recorded an 8:00 pm listed start; take the departure from the booking page. |
| Stops named | Five, none flagged as a pass-by: Tennessee State Capitol, the Church of St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows (the listing spells it St Mary's of the Seven Sorrow Catholic Church), Downtown Presbyterian Church, Printer's Alley, and 231 6th Ave N (checked August 1, 2026) |
| Ages | Booking bands run infant 0 to 5, child 6 to 11 and adult 12 to 100 (checked August 1, 2026). The listing publishes no age sentence, so we print the bands. Its family-friendly title and a child band that starts at 6 are not the same statement. |
| Group size | Posted maximum of 25 travelers (checked August 1, 2026) |
| Meeting point | By the Alvin York Statue at 471 6th Avenue N, at the corner of Dr. MLK Jr Boulevard and 6th Avenue N (checked August 1, 2026) |
| Accessibility | Listed wheelchair accessible, with surfaces and transportation both marked accessible, and stroller accessible, at our July 29 and August 1, 2026 checks. Our July 29 pass adds that the wheelchair access ramp is on the opposite side of the Capitol. Moderate physical fitness level, and back problems are flagged. |
| Included | All fees and taxes, and the walk itself with a local professional guide (checked August 1, 2026). There are no admissions, because the route does not go inside anything. |
| Cancellation | Free cancellation flagged at our August 2, 2026 check; free to 24 hours in advance per our July 29, 2026 aggregate. Confirmation at the time of booking. |
| Rating | 4.6 from 816 Viator reviews (checked August 2, 2026), the deepest base of the four Nashville ghost products we carry pages for |
| Booking window | Departures posted through August 17, 2027 at our August 1, 2026 check |
| Operator | Ghost City Tours, a multi-city operator. We do not run this tour. |
What you will see
Five stops, all named by the listing and none flagged as a pass-by, which here means five buildings seen from the street. One of the five is not identifiable at all: 231 6th Ave N is a bare street address, the listing identifies nothing at it and neither could our research, so we name it and stop there. The Capitol closes to the public at 4 p.m. on weekdays, St Mary's is a working parish and Downtown Presbyterian an active congregation, so nobody goes inside any of them on a night walk.
The Tennessee State Capitol, at 600 Dr. Martin L King, Jr. Blvd., had its cornerstone laid on July 4, 1845 and was finished in 1859; National Register reference 70000894, and a National Historic Landmark since November 11, 1971. Two things are worth carrying honestly. The first is the labor: from the spring of 1846 to January 1847 the state rented fifteen enslaved Nashvillians to cut the building's cellar out of the limestone knob at $18.00 per month per person, twelve of their names known, recorded by a 2025 Tennessee General Assembly resolution honoring them. The second is the burials. Two men lie in the fabric of the building: the architect William Strickland, who died at Nashville in April 1854, at the northeast corner, and Samuel Morgan at the southeast. The ghost story built on those vaults has the two quarrelling forever over money; the Tennessee State Museum's own director of education and community engagement says on the record that they got along quite well, so we leave the legend where we found it.
The Church of St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows stands at 330 Fifth Avenue North, a street since renamed Rep. John Lewis Way. The ground was bought on March 30, 1844, the cornerstone laid on June 6, 1844, and the church dedicated on October 31, 1847; it was the cathedral of the Diocese of Nashville until the see moved in 1914. It is Greek Revival, not Gothic, and its architect is genuinely contested, with the National Register nomination not settling it, so we name nobody. Bishop Richard Pius Miles died in office on February 17, 1860 and was buried beneath the altar; in 1972 the congregation moved his cast iron casket to a chapel in the northwest corner. The building was pressed into use as a hospital during the Battle of Nashville in December 1864, ceasing in January 1865. Only one Nashville listing we carry names this stop, so read none of this as what Nashville ghost tours in general say.
Downtown Presbyterian Church, at 154 Fifth Avenue North, is the strangest thing on the route: a full Egyptian Revival temple on a downtown corner. Strickland took the commission on December 15, 1848 after the previous building burned that September; the cornerstone went down on April 28, 1849, the church was usable by 1851, and the portico pillars did not go up until 1871. It became a National Historic Landmark on April 19, 1993. The 1970 nomination records a pre-war gallery for enslaved worshippers and, during the Federal occupation, army horses stabled below in what is now the fellowship hall. One thing to know if you have read otherwise: there is no cemetery at this church, and the ghost claim that circulates for this stop is built on one. The operator selling this tour publishes nothing at all about this building.
Printer's Alley, where our July 29, 2026 pass recorded the walk ending, went on the National Register on August 26, 1982 as reference 82003964, running Union to Church between Third and Fourth Avenue North. The district's official name has no apostrophe even though every listing writes one. It was laid out by 1831, held thirteen publishers and ten printers at its 1915 peak, and carried the Men's Quarter of saloons along Cherry Street, now Fourth Avenue North, until statewide prohibition closed it in 1909. One number to watch while you shop: this operator's own website shows a 4.9 for products that Viator records at 4.5 and 4.6. The figures here are the Viator ones.
Who it suits
Families and mixed-age groups who want a short, cheap night walk with real buildings on it and history that holds up. Ninety minutes is manageable for children still awake at the end of it, the price is the lowest of the six Nashville listings we carry pages for, and the accessibility lines are among the fullest in that set. Read the age bands rather than the title, though: the child band starts at 6, which is a different statement from family-friendly.
- Not for anyone wanting bars, drinks or interiors. Nothing on this route is entered and no bar is on it.
- Not for anyone wanting the true-crime register. That is the sibling listing's frame, not this one's.
- Moderate fitness, and the listing flags back problems.
How it compares
Its closest rival is its own sibling. Murder in Music City is the same ninety minutes from the same statue for $5 more, with a booking band starting at 16, a 9:00 pm start against this one's 8:00 pm, and a different second half; the two share only two stops, the Capitol and Printer's Alley, whatever you may read elsewhere. Seeking Spirits is the same operator's two-hour pub crawl, $34.99, 21 and over, not wheelchair accessible, and Nightly Spirits' Boos and Booze walk is the opposite product in every dimension at $39.18, two and a half hours, capped at 14. Across the six Nashville listings we carry pages for, checked August 2, 2026, this one is the cheapest, it ties its sibling as the shortest ghost walk, and it is the only ghost listing with a family frame or two churches on it. The one-hour double decker bus also carries child and infant bands, but it is sightseeing, not a ghost product. See also haunted places in Nashville.
Questions people ask
How long is it, and when does it run?
Ninety minutes, at night. Our July 29, 2026 facts pass recorded an 8:00 pm listed start, so take the departure from the booking page.
Can children come?
The booking bands run infant 0 to 5, child 6 to 11 and adult 12 to 100, and the live title calls it family-friendly. No minimum-age line is published on the listing, so the bands are what we print.
Do you go inside anything, and where does it start?
Nothing is entered. All five stops are exterior: the Capitol closes to the public at 4 p.m. on weekdays, St Mary's is a working parish, and Downtown Presbyterian an active congregation. It starts by the Alvin York Statue at 471 6th Avenue N, and our July 29, 2026 pass records it ending in Printer's Alley.
Is it accessible?
It was listed wheelchair and stroller accessible at both our July 29 and August 1, 2026 checks, with surfaces and transportation both marked accessible. Our July 29 pass notes that the wheelchair access ramp is on the opposite side of the Capitol. The listing states a moderate fitness level and flags back problems.
How big is the group, and can I cancel?
A posted maximum of 25 travelers. Free cancellation was flagged at our August 2, 2026 check, and free to 24 hours in advance per our July 29, 2026 aggregate.
