Billy Connolly's Great American Trail Episode 3
23/09/2019 · By Katie Shaw
Follow in Billy Connolly's footsteps on the Great American Trail. Read the fascinating journey on our blog and plan your own with Grear Rail Journeys.
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2025 Tour code: DSG25
About the tour
Historic tracks lead us on an unforgettable rail tour through the heartlands of great American music - from Nashville, home of country music, to the blues, soul and rock 'n' roll of Memphis and the expressive jazz of New Orleans. Starting our journey in North Carolina, we discover the music legends of Tennessee, then continue on the City of New Orleans train through Mississippi to Louisiana, tracing musical tracks on a culture-packed adventure.
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Itinerary
Our holiday begins at London Heathrow, where we meet our Tour Manager and the rest of our group of fellow travellers before joining our flight to Charlotte, North Carolina. After touching down in Charlotte, we transfer to our city centre hotel to spend our first night. In this sleek modern city, Downtown is known as Uptown, due to its position on a slight ridge. Our hotel is right in the heart of Uptown, which has a cosmopolitan atmosphere, pedestrianised streets and a great range of restaurants to choose from when you head out for dinner this evening.
Please Note - For departure 05/06/2025 our flight will travel via Philadelphia.
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4.3 / 5 · 121 reviews
Mrs. Lita Boghurst
Submitted 5/May
Excellent trip, Ann our guide made the whole holiday effortless. It exceeded our expectations. Although quite a bit of coach travel, it didn’t seem long in the coach as we stopped off at interesting places on route. Only disappointment, Mississippi cruise, historical, not musical. I was expecting music aboard. All in all a fantastic holiday and would definitely recommend.
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Bill Warrick
Submitted 5/May
Best tour manager great coach driver, interesting group of people, great itinerary.
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Matthew Rachel
Submitted 27 Oct 2024
Unbelievable tour. Music everywhere! Food to die for! And the company!
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A Walker
Submitted 04 Oct 2024
Excellent+
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Sarah Wiggins
Submitted 30 Sep 2024
I was a single traveler and had the most amazing time on this tour. The tour group I joined were very welcoming and the Tour Manager Angie Eccles was fantastic. Nothing was too much trouble. I loved the variety of places that we went, my highlight being the Chatanooga, the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville and Graceland. This tour was well paced but I got to see such a lot. Loved travelling on the Amtrak train too would highly recommend this trip. Definitely worth the wait. Thank you Great Rail Journeys. Cant wait to get the next trip booked.
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Mr Stephen Hills
Submitted 28 Sep 2024
A great holiday with lovely people managed by Angie who sorted out travel plans that got changed due to Hurricane Francine. Enjoyed Nashville, Memphis, Graceland, crazy New Orleans and finishing at Houston Space Centre was a real treat.Amtrak journey from New Orleans to Houston arrived ahead of time, almost unheard of with Amtrak!
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