Tennessee
Tennessee-produced “America’s soundtrack”
There are a plethora of activities to choose from in Tennessee, including hiking the Appalachian Trail, riding coasters at Dollywood, enjoying BBQ and Jack Daniels, visiting Graceland, and paying your respects at the National Civil Rights Museum. This Southern destination, which includes Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, blends the old and the new. Find Civil War battlefields, monuments honouring the civil rights movement, and some of the most iconic locations in music alongside upscale performance spaces, hip dining establishments, and artisanal breweries and distilleries.
Every Corner of Music History
Tennessee is renowned for its soul-saving, foot-tapping music, which includes rock and roll, blues, bluegrass, country, and everything in between. Visit Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion in Memphis to pay your respects to the King, or stop by a Beale Street blues club. Experience live music at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and indulge in a little country charm at Grand Ole Opry. See the museum commemorating Tennessee native Tina Turner in Brownsville and visit Bristol, the Birthplace of Country Music, where the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers earned fame.
Tennessee’s Magnificent Outdoors
Explore limitless hiking routes and serene waterfalls, or take in the spectacular grandeur of autumn foliage to learn about Appalachian mountain culture. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited natural asset in the United States for all of these reasons. near addition to this well-known national park, adventurous people can zip line through Gatlinburg’s trees, raft the Ocoee River near Cleveland, or visit one of the state parks’ fifty-six locations. Seize the opportunity to enjoy a riverboat tour down the majestic Mississippi River in Memphis.
Southern Cooking and Other Dishes
Indulge in Tennessee-made delicacies like slow-cooked Memphis barbecue and Nashville hot chicken, followed by whiskey matured in oak barrels at Jack Daniel’s Lynchburg. There are many food festivals that honor various foods, such as biscuits and cornbread, or the marshmallow-like delights of Bell Buckle’s RC MoonPie Festival. Of course, Lynchburg is home to the largest barbecue event in the world, the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue, where you may enjoy barbecue from all over the place. Numerous artisan breweries in Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville provide cold beers on tap. Alternatively, you can indulge in hard liquor at one of the thirty distilleries located along the Tennessee Whiskey Trail.