
Reviews of Belle Meade Plantation Tour
4.5 |
62 reviews

Elizabeth Adolf
Edmonton, Alberta
✓ Verified TravelerEdmonton, Alberta
"The plantation is beautiful"
The guide was both informative and funny. His sense of humour added to the tour. The plantation is beautiful - wish we would have spent a little more time there exploring the grounds. The winery is very cute and being able to taste and purchase some of their wines was a bonus. We ate at the restaurant on site and very much enjoyed the food as well.

Diana Brookes
Newport Beach, CA
✓ Verified TravelerNewport Beach, CA
"These California girls loved every minute of it!!!"
Erica, our tour guide really made history come alive at belle meade! We felt like we really got to know the characters of the day and of course all the famous horses and their sires that resided there. This was our favorite tour in nashville and believe me, we did almost everything! I was there for spring break with my 24 year old twin girls who are in grad school. Thank you for a real introduction to the southern way of life. These california girls loved every minute of it!!!

sherry crisel
saint louis, Missouri
✓ Verified Travelersaint louis, Missouri
"My favorite."
My favorite. The grounds were beautiful, the people there were awesome, and the winery was great. We all enjoyed this alot.Loaded with great history. Being able to walk thur every room was so cool.

Jackie and Dave Huband
Hernando, FL
✓ Verified TravelerHernando, FL
"A must on all travels to Nashville area."
What a delightful time we spent here. Tour of very informative and guide made us feel we were there as a house guest. A must on all travels to nashville area. Martha's restaurant was fabulous! I bought the good book!

Barry Rupp
Ephrata, PA
✓ Verified TravelerEphrata, PA
Interesting tour of the plantation mansion and wine tasting at the end of the tour.

Paul Teague
Azle, TX
✓ Verified TravelerAzle, TX
"Loved the mansion tour ."
Loved the mansion tour . Hope to come back for the plantation tour

Mary Iwema Streetz
Oswego, IL
✓ Verified TravelerOswego, IL
"The segways were great."
The segways were great. The tour guide was great. He was helpful in learning the segways.

Shela Yagow
Altamont, IL
✓ Verified TravelerAltamont, IL
Jeff was very entertaining and knew a lot about the history of the mansion. Glad we did this.


Gretchen Dodson
Altoona, PA
✓ Verified TravelerAltoona, PA
It was nice and we did enjoy it however there actual riding off the segways was very limited. We went a short distance and stopped, went a few feet and stopped again. It would have been much more enjoyable to go longer distances and for a much longer time.


Julie Betthauser
Sun Prairie, WI
✓ Verified TravelerSun Prairie, WI
"Stunning grounds."
Stunning grounds. Beautiful way to spend an afternoon

Freddie Harrigill
Milton, FL
✓ Verified TravelerMilton, FL
"Very interesting."
Very interesting....All your employees were very professional and completely knowledgeable...Enjoyed the tour very much..

Rodney Elnick
Washington, Michigan
✓ Verified TravelerWashington, Michigan
"Very worth while."
Very worth while.

Lynne Schrock
Spring Hill, FL
✓ Verified TravelerSpring Hill, FL
"Beautiful Plantation."
Super interesting and very good wine. Beautiful plantation. Good history lesson.

Jamie Jones
Fort Wayne, IN
✓ Verified TravelerFort Wayne, IN
"Well done!"
We had an amazing tour guide for the mansion tour. He was dressed in character and extremely knowledgeable and friendly.
We also did the wine pairing, and the gal who ran this was amazing as well. The wine was great as were the pairings. Well done!
Tip: Do your pairing then lunch to avoid being too tipsy for your drive back to town!

Janet Boggs
Rincon, GA
✓ Verified TravelerRincon, GA
"It was very nice."
It was very nice.

Karen Roy
Plymouth, MA
✓ Verified TravelerPlymouth, MA
"A must visit while in Nashville."
The plantation is beautiful and the staff very knowledgeable!! A must visit while in nashville. The grounds are lovely and the history amazing. Beautiful spot for a wedding! Saw a wedding setup and a princess tea party! Will visit again!!

Kimberly Crutcher
Spring Branch, TX
✓ Verified TravelerSpring Branch, TX
"We loved Belle Mead plantation"
We loved belle mead plantation. The tour guide definitely was a true historian, but while i appreciated his knowledge i didn't appreciate how arrogant he was about it. (he did comment that he normally didn't give tours and it was obvious he felt it was beneath him) other than that it was a 5 star tour and i would highly recommend going.

Joseph Savoia
Saddle Brook, New Jersey
✓ Verified TravelerSaddle Brook, New Jersey
"well worth visiting"
Besides being difficult to get to from out hotel, it was well worth visiting.

Susan Paravis
Pottstown, PA
✓ Verified TravelerPottstown, PA
"Loved this!"
Loved this! What a beautiful house and grounds. We had a good tour, then we got to walk around the grounds on our own. We enjoyed the wine tasting. There was a great restaurant on site for a delicious lunch.

Joe Carro
Bohemia, New York
✓ Verified TravelerBohemia, New York
"excellent tour."
Excellent tour. Wine tasting super. Good lunch at cafe.

Catherine Serey
Tipp City, OH
✓ Verified TravelerTipp City, OH
"This tour was so interesting"
This was a reunion of sorts with my girlfriends from grade school, and we are now all sixty! This tour was so interesting, a lovely plantation, and the wine tasting just topped it off beautifully! A great time...

James Barrett
Marietta, GA
✓ Verified TravelerMarietta, GA
"overall interesting"
Alot of walking, but overall interesting

Lisa Risebrough
Uxbridge, ON, Canada
✓ Verified TravelerUxbridge, ON, Canada
"The wine tasting was a nice feature to this tour"
This was a nice change from the big city rush- the house tour is lovely- the history was very interesting- our guide had a lot of knowledge.
The wine tasting was a nice feature to this tour.
Well done.
Lisa risebrough

Billie Pfeifle
Colorado Springs, CO
✓ Verified TravelerColorado Springs, CO
"The wine is so good!"
The wine is so good!

Michael Covert
Hartwick, NY
✓ Verified TravelerHartwick, NY
"A great history lesson"
A great history lesson

Debbie Gustafson
Duffield, Alberta
✓ Verified TravelerDuffield, Alberta
"Very informative"
Very informative, interesting history though would have liked to take pictures inside mansion

William Hartz
Hamilton, NJ
✓ Verified TravelerHamilton, NJ
"This may have been our best plantation tour."
This may have been our best plantation tour.
The buildings and grounds were excellent and our tour guide jesse was one of the best we have ever had. We highly recommend touring the belle meade plantation

Marsha Saenz
Mesquite, TX
✓ Verified TravelerMesquite, TX
"This is a tour you need to take."
Enjoyed the tour and the fantastic tour guide.
This is a tour you need to take.

Richard McDonnell
Kalamazoo, Michigan
✓ Verified TravelerKalamazoo, Michigan
"It was a great way to learn"
It was a great way to learn about the history of plantation owner and how family fortunes can shift so quickly given larger economic shifts even so long ago.

JanaLe Fox
Preston, ID
✓ Verified TravelerPreston, ID
"Time well spent on the plantation!!!"
Loved the tour, loved our tour guide sarah, the mansion was spectacular! The city bus got us to and from our destination! Time well spent on the plantation!!!

Pam White
Louisville, KY
✓ Verified TravelerLouisville, KY
"Enjoyed this tour a lot."
Enjoyed this tour a lot. Tour guides are dressed in period clothing and provided lots of stories and historical information. There was a nice wine tasting at the end of the tour. Plan about 4 hours at venue.

David Haskins
Kettering, OH
✓ Verified TravelerKettering, OH
"The guide knew his stuff."
The plantation was a little different than others i have seen. The tour thru the house itself was very good. The guide knew his stuff.

Shelly Russell
Ward, Arkansas
✓ Verified TravelerWard, Arkansas
"The wine tasting was fun too!"
Our tour guide was outstanding! We love the old plantations and the history connected with them. The wine tasting was fun too!

Brenda Hancock
Jefferson City, MO
✓ Verified TravelerJefferson City, MO
"This was an afternoon well spent."
We did take the home tour and really enjoyed the guide in period costume. Our lunch at the bell meade restaurant, on the grounds, was one o the best meals we had while in nashville. You don't have to pay to eat as this restaurant or to walk the grounds. This was an afternoon well spent.

Mary Stagray
Bay City, MI
✓ Verified TravelerBay City, MI
"My favorite thing on vacation"
My favorite thing on vacation

Connie Larsen
Washington, IO
✓ Verified TravelerWashington, IO
"Very interesting"
Very interesting, wine was delicious.

maryann giuffrida
Middletown, CT
✓ Verified TravelerMiddletown, CT
"An absolute must do "
An absolute must do

Bianca Woodell
Hillsboro, Texas
✓ Verified TravelerHillsboro, Texas
"Favorite tour of the whole trip!"
Favorite tour of the whole trip!

MARY ANN FITZGERALD
Indianapolis, IN
✓ Verified TravelerIndianapolis, IN
"Horses were so sweet."
Loved the tour of the mansion and the wagon tour. Craig the guide was excellent. Horses were so sweet.

Carol Thelen
Plymouth, WI
✓ Verified TravelerPlymouth, WI
"Loved the winery also!"
Loved the tour and then being able to walk aroung the grounds on our own. Loved the winery also!

Nancy Mansi
Newtown Square, PA
✓ Verified TravelerNewtown Square, PA
"Loved the plantation."
Loved the plantation.

Shelby Arthur
Irving, TX
✓ Verified TravelerIrving, TX
"The tour was enjoyable."
The tour was enjoyable. The grounds also allowed for some neat areas to take pictures of and explore that helped piece together an image of how life on the plantation may have been.

Rebecca Childress
Charlottesville, VA
✓ Verified TravelerCharlottesville, VA
"This was great history"
This was great history

Duane Juveland
Owatonna, MN
✓ Verified TravelerOwatonna, MN
"was nice to learn how it was in the Old Southern Days"
Good information, was nice to learn how it was in the old southern days.

Michael Urban
Fenton, MO
✓ Verified TravelerFenton, MO
"Nice tour"
Nice tour and very informative.

Joanna Whitacre
Potlatch, ID
✓ Verified TravelerPotlatch, ID
"The tour was ok"
We spent so much time being lost on the freeways, and using a map that didn't work, following written directions, pulling over and getting directions, that we really didn't care if we ever made it there or not.
Once we found the plantation, we settled down and mellowed out a bit.
The tour was ok. It's not something i'd recommend, sorry.
I've always wanted to see a southern plantation, but this fell short of my expectations.
The historical information was good.
The plantation part of the tour was a let down. I guess it just didn't feel like a real plantation, sorry.

Wayne Livingston
Barrie, 0
✓ Verified TravelerBarrie, 0
"Tour guide was very knowledgeable"
We were the only 2 people on the tour and all of our questions were answered. Tour guide was very knowledgeable and it was apparent that he enjoyed his job.

Linda Cole
Houston, TX
✓ Verified TravelerHouston, TX
"It was really a treat."
The tour guide we had was so wonderful and made it all so interesting. Then we got to explore the grounds on our own. It was really a treat.

Martha Johnson
Chicago, IL
✓ Verified TravelerChicago, IL
"The guides are fairly well educated"
The guides are fairly well educated and the history is interesting, but it's hard to find, there is no good parking, the buildings on site aren't marked well. The gift shop is overpriced and has nothing to do with history and the restaurant is only open 11 to 2. They seem to have put aside history in favor of society and the site suffers for that.

Donald Layton
Baltimore, MD
✓ Verified TravelerBaltimore, MD
"Nice tour if you have historical interest."
Nice tour if you have historical interest.

Larry Herman
Suttons Bay, MI
✓ Verified TravelerSuttons Bay, MI
"A great look at the history of our country"
A great look at the history of our country

Geraldine Williams
Spring Valley, MN
✓ Verified TravelerSpring Valley, MN
"Great."
Great. Signage may be a problem coming from the east, but we found it.

James Mann
Martinsville, IN
✓ Verified TravelerMartinsville, IN
"Pleasant place to visit and relax."
Pleasant place to visit and relax.

Laurel Heflin
Alliance , OH
✓ Verified TravelerAlliance , OH
"loved the restaurants"
Loved the restaurants they have there

Lorraine Wilson
Jacksonville, FL
✓ Verified TravelerJacksonville, FL
"Interesting and enjoyable."
Interesting and enjoyable.

Karen Hurst
Brandamore, PA
✓ Verified TravelerBrandamore, PA
"Beautiful mansion"
Beautiful mansion, we enjoyed the tour. It was nice to be able to walked through most of the rooms.

Nancy Harden
Fonda, NY
✓ Verified TravelerFonda, NY
"very interesting to visit."
This plantation was beautiful and very interesting to visit.

Lena Webb
Germantown, MD
✓ Verified TravelerGermantown, MD
"Very interesting"
Very interesting and tour was great!

Karen & Robin Folmar
South Park, PA
✓ Verified TravelerSouth Park, PA
"Tour was very interesting."
Tour was very interesting.

Linda Cierach
Auburndale, FL
✓ Verified TravelerAuburndale, FL
"very well informed"
The belle meade planatation tour was a very educational and our guide at the plantation was very well informed.

Sandra Koenig
Mentor, OH
✓ Verified TravelerMentor, OH
"interesting and historical look at the past."
Really enjoyed this interesting and historical look at the past.

Shirley Martin
Washington, IL
✓ Verified TravelerWashington, IL
"Thoroughly enjoyed the tour of Belle Meade."
Thoroughly enjoyed the tour of belle meade. The guide was very informed and made history come alive. One regret... We would have had lunch there had we known it was possible.