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Mardi Gras in New Orleans plus Nashville & Elvis Presley's Memphis
The USA is ideal touring territory, fly to Atlanta and join us as we tour America’s Deep South. This American dream holiday combines the world’s most exciting street party with some of the country’s greatest music cities. Experience the lively jazz of New Orleans, before joining the celebrations of Mardi Gras. Throw in the country sounds of Nashville, the rock ‘n’ roll of Memphis, add in the birthplace of Elvis, Graceland – and you’ve got yourself a musical exploration you’ll never forget!
Tour Includes
- 9 nights hotel
- Return flights to Atlanta with one checked-in suitcase
- Airport transfers in the USA
- Hotel porterage (1 bag per person)
- Escorted in the USA by a Tour Manager
11 days from £3,499pp
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Save money with our Pre-Bookable excursion package! Book New Orleans Guided City Tour & Oak Alley Plantation, Graceland & Sounds of the South and Nashville, Studio B & Country Music Hall Of Fame for £270, and save over £25pp. Please note the excursion package does not include Dinner Jazz Cruise on Mississippi or the Jazz brunch and swamp tour.
Upon arrival in Atlanta you will met by your Tour Director and transferred to your hotel for an overnight stay.
We travel south through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and on to New Orleans, Louisiana for a four-night stay.
Spend the evening at leisure soaking up the vibrant atmosphere of the historic French Quarter, the city’s oldest neighbourhood. Enjoy a stroll along the famous Bourbon Street, listening to the infectious sounds of the Dixieland rhythms, which spill out onto the streets.
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Happy Mardi Gras! Today is free for you to enjoy the finale of carnival season with New Orleans' most famous event.
Mardi Gras is French for ‘Fat Tuesday’ and always takes place on Shrove Tuesday. Attended by hundreds of people from across the world, Mardi Gras is all about the music, parades, costumes and atmosphere. Be sure to catch the many beads, trinkets and doubloons thrown from the passing floats. Your Tour Director will provide information on the best areas to be during this fantastic day. Please note: the city is expected to be very busy today.
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Spend a further day at leisure in New Orleans or alternatively, why not join our optional New Orleans city tour and Oak Alley Plantation visit?
Our guide will take us on a panoramic city tour where you will be introduced to the history and culture of one of America’s greatest and most beautiful cities. We see the French Quarter, St. Louis Cemetery, City Park and the historic Garden District.
We then continue to Oak Alley plantation, built in 1839 to grow sugarcane and located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. It is aptly named due to its 800ft long alley which has a canopy created by a double row of Southern Live Oak trees, a native species to the south-eastern United States.
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Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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| New Orleans Guided City Tour & Oak Alley Plantation* | 2025 £75 |
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
* This excursion is extremely popular and must be pre-booked before your departure – please call to request your place.
Spend another day at leisure in New Orleans, or join us on our optional Jazz Brunch and Swamp Tour.
Enjoy a scrumptious array of hot and cold dishes at the famous Court of Two Sisters restaurant, accompanied by the sound of gentle music played by the jazz trio, which adds to the ambience. The restaurant is in a lovely setting, with most seating in a large French Quarter courtyard dominated by an enormous wisteria.
Later, we head down to the swamp to experience the rich wildlife of this region. View fascinating plant life, see exotic flora and fauna, live alligators and many other wild creatures, as your swamp boat floats leisurely beneath cypress trees covered in Spanish moss.
This evening, there will be the opportunity to join our optional jazz dinner cruise aboard a paddle wheeler on the world-famous Mississippi River. Enjoy panoramic views of New Orleans’ skyline whilst listening to a lively jazz band.
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Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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| Jazz Brunch and Swamp Tour* | 2025 £90 |
| Jazz Dinner Cruise | 2025 TBC |
The optional excursions will be available to book during your tour.
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
* This excursion is extremely popular and must be pre-booked before your departure – please call to request your place.
Today, we leave Louisiana to travel to Memphis, Tennessee for a two-night stay, visiting Tupelo en route.
The city of Tupelo is famous as the place where Elvis Presley was born and is now the site of the Elvis Presley Birthplace Complex. Here you will have free time to visit the museum which displays Tupelo artifacts, and the tiny, two-roomed house in which Elvis was born on 8th January 1935 (admission is extra, paid locally.) The building stands in its original location and has been restored to its original condition, decorated with period furniture.
The actual building of the church that Elvis attended with his family is also located at this site, moved here from its original location for visitors to see and enjoy the story of Elvis’s childhood and first music.
We continue to Memphis, home to the blues and birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll. You will have the opportunity to enjoy some good old-fashioned southern hospitality in this vibrant city.
This evening, why not venture to famous Beale Street? With jazz clubs, bars, eateries and street entertainers, it’s a great place to soak up the atmosphere, take in the live music and enjoy fantastic food – especially the spare ribs, for which Memphis is so famous.
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A day at leisure in Memphis. Known as the home of the Blues, and birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll, you’ll have the opportunity to enjoy some good old-fashioned southern hospitality in this vibrant city.
Alternatively, why not join our fantastic optional Graceland and Sounds of the South excursion.
First we visit the famous Graceland, Elvis Presley’s mansion, where you can join an audio tour which will guide you around the house and the grounds, including the Jungle Room, Pool Room and Music Room, plus the Hall of Gold and Racquetball building, ending at the Meditation Garden, which was one of Elvis’ favourite places and one he used for relaxation and reflection.
Then it's onto the National Civil Rights Museum where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated (entrance not included).
Finally we visit Sun Studio, where you can hear outtakes from recording sessions, touch Elvis' first microphone, see loads of memorabilia, hear how Elvis came to record there and the story of the studio that launched the careers of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and many more, including, more recently, Irish rock band U2 and Maroon 5.
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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| Graceland & Sounds of the South* | 2025 £124 |
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
* This excursion is extremely popular and must be pre-booked before your departure – please call to request your place.
We travel to ‘Music City’, Nashville for a two-night stay. The city is known the world over as the birthplace of country music. However, Nashville is also a thriving hub for visual arts, theatre, film, fashion, local food and products for you to explore and enjoy.
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Spend the day at leisure in Nashville, or join our optional excursion.
First, we visit the undisputed home of country music, Studio B – your chance to visit the most famous recording studio in America, where incredible artists like Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton and the Everly Brothers have laid down their much-loved music tracks. You can even sit at the piano which Elvis used on many of his tracks – a 1942 Steinway which has not left the room since the studio opened in 1957.
Then it’s on to Nashville where you will see all the landmarks of the city within historic Downtown Nashville: Fort Nashborough; the State Capitol; the Parthenon; Vanderbilt University; and Ryman Auditorium.
The tour will also feature a visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame, with exhibitions spread over two floors in an impressive building, the windows of which represent the keys on a piano, the round discs symbolising the different sized records and CDs on which country music has been recorded, and, from the air, the building is the shape of a bass clef. The corner of the building represents a 1950s cadillac tail fin.
After free time to explore the city of Nashville, we visit a local shopping mall for some US-style retail therapy. This evening, why not head into the city?
Included Highlights
Optional Excursions
Our optional excursions are a great addition to enhance your holiday experience and are highly recommended.
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| Nashville, Studio B & Country Music Hall Of Fame* | 2025 £85 |
Prices are per person and are subject to change. Payment will be in Euros (cash payments only).
* This excursion is extremely popular and must be pre-booked before your departure – please call to request your place.
Depart Nashville and head to Chattanooga (time permitting), synonymous with the famous train and song, for a short visit before continuing to Atlanta airport for the overnight return flight.
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Arrival in the U.K.
Accommodation
You will stay for one night in Montgomery at the Drury Inn & Suites and four nights in New Orleans at the Holiday Inn New Orleans-Downtown Superdome.In Memphis you will stay for two nights at the Crowne Plaza Downtown, and in Nashville, you will stay for two nights at The Inn at Opryland.
All hotels are of European minimum 3-star standard and have a restaurant or bar on site or nearby.
Please note: due to local laws at least one person in each room booked must be 21 years of age or over.
Holiday Inn New Orleans-Downtown Superdome
The Holiday Inn Superdome is located a short walk from the Saenger Theatre and Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Hotel Facilities
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General
- Outdoor Swimming Pool
- English Speaking Staff
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- Central Location
Room
- TV
- Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
- Hairdryer
- Extra Pillows and Blankets
- Safe Box
- Air Conditioning
- Fridge
- Non-Smoking Rooms Available
- Telephone
- Free Wifi
- Iron or Trouser Press
Food & Drink
- Vegetarian Meals
- Gluten Free Menu
Accessibility
- Disabled Rooms Available
Service
- Room Service Available
- 24 Hour Front Desk
- Laundry Service
Transport
- Bus Stop Nearby
- Train / Tram Nearby
Hotel
- Swimming Pool
- English Speaking Staff
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- WiFi Available
Executive Coach
All of our coaches are modern and comfortable, and you can be assured of a high level of service and reliability from our expert-trained coach crews, who will be on hand to assist and escort you along the way.
Executive Coach Features
- Air-conditioning, an onboard servery, onboard toilet and reclining seats. Please note that on selected air holidays, the executive coach may have limited facilities.
Your Flights
Return flights are from London Heathrow direct to Atlanta. Regional connections may be available at a supplement. All prices and airports are subject to availability. Flight supplements may apply. Please call for more details. This holiday is operated by Leger Air Holidays Ltd. ATOL 3880.
All prices and airports are subject to availability – routes can be reintroduced, cancelled or amended by the airline at any time.
Frequently asked questions about flights
Yes, unfortunately there is no feeder/transfer service to/from the U.K. airports.
Estimated flight times are given at the time of booking. The times given are for guidance only and may change.
Exact flight times will be confirmed on travel document which are sent 7-10 days before departure. For more information on flight times please contact our Reservations Department on 0844 324 9265 or email us at reservations@leger.co.uk.
We are able to pre-book flight seats with most airlines. There may be a charge for this service.
Any charges will be confirmed at the time of booking. Most other airlines will allocate your seats at check-in.
Yes, we can. Please contact our Customer Service Department on 0844 324 9265 to arrange wheelchair assistance or any other medical requests.
We recommend you check-in for your flight three hours before the scheduled time for long haul flights and two and a half hours before the scheduled time for any European holidays.
Luggage allowances vary from airline to airline. The luggage allowance is normally up to 20kg (44lbs) and 5kg for hand luggage. Ryan Air's luggage allowance is normally up to 20kg (44lbs) and 10kg for hand luggage. All allowances are subject to changes made by the airline.
For more information on luggage allowances please contact our Customer Service Department on 0844 324 9265 or email us at reservations@leger.co.uk.
The transfers on the majority of our flight tours are included. Our Reservations Staff will be able to advise you when you call. On tours where you book your own flight the transfers may only be available at certain times or not at all.
This depends on which airline the flight is booked with. Please call our Customer Service Department on 0844 324 9265 for more details.
Reviews
4 Out of 5 ( 4 Reviews )
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Quality
4 / 5
Value for Money
3.8 / 5
Alison pontypool, 1 year ago
Poor responses from Leger Customer Service, ignoring emails, asking for help to complete the ESTA spoilt the holiday of a lifetime. The tour was over 11 days but 5 of those were pure, travelling by bus. The hotel in Memphis was out of the way and no restaurant or bar. Hotel should be consistent and offer all facilities including breakfast trip to Tupelo was rushed as we did not arrive until gone 3 and it was obvious staff wanted to shut up and go home. Graceland was amazing as was visit to swamp and Studios. Suggested that Leger need to review timings on the trip and provide a welcome pack. Hotels need to be central especially catering for people with less mobility. The tour guide should be more visible evening as we felt abandoned at the hotels in an unknown city and felt uneasy going out at night - guidance needed. Driver Dale was an great asset to the trip. This was my first guided tour and I did enjoy it but improvements needed, eating out was very expensive as we did not know the area - budget for $50 per couple plus tips (20%). The weather was extreme 84 degrees in New Orleans, rain in Graceland. Best to use Google to find what is in the area. The city tour could be better, did not see need to visit a cemetery, would have been better time spent at WW2 or civil was museum. Beale street was an experience not to be missed but drinks $6-9 for a small bottle or pint. When shopping tax added at till so be aware. Stopping at Walmart for lunch were a let down, should go to a road side restaurant for a better experience, yes the tour was packed with different themes to support the history of the music from Jazz to blues but more time at Graceland was the main part of the holiday for us and again this was limited. For the price paid I do not feel we got value from money on several of the optional trips, entry to most were around $30-$49 but we paid £100 per person so difficult to see vfm. Some companies offer flying as alternative to a 7 hour coach trip, but not Leger. Paperwork on line was very good but Leger lack that personal touch.
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i j, 1 year ago
The trip is fantastic. To make it better I would change one of the trips in New Orleans, I would not put a brunch trip and then jazz night on a steamer with dinner on the same day. It would be better to fly in nearer to New Orleans. After a long haul flight you don’t need a 2 hour drive to Montgomery and then a 5/6 hour drive to New Orleans. If it has to stay the same then surely put in some interesting stops on the way.
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Carol White, 1 year ago
Not the most comfortable coach for amount of travel Budget hotels - but clean with comfortable beds But despite the issues it was a fantastic trip - we’ll worth doing
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Carl Buttigieg, 1 year ago
This is an exceptional trip. Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Memphis and the wonderful experience of Nashville. All hotels and breakfast included and some quality optional trips out. Well worth the trip and grab the chance to visit Gracelands while your there,
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