Day 1 - Saturday, 10/4/2025 Fly to New Orleans
Arrive in New Orleans for a three night stay in the exciting French Quarter. Tonight be sure to enjoy the “The Quarter,” filled with fabulous restaurants and jazz clubs.
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Day 2 - Sunday, 10/5/2025 - Breakfast - Dinner French Quarter
This morning enjoy a French Quarter Walking Tour featuring the St. Louis Cathedral with adjoining Cabildo and rectory, Bourbon Street, Pirates Alley, and the French Marketplace. Next visit the famous Café du Monde to enjoy café au lait and beignets. Later board a Paddlewheeler Steamboat for a relaxing Mississippi River Cruise. This evening join your fellow travelers to enjoy a fun filled Welcome Dinner at the famous New Orleans School of Cooking |
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Day 3 - Monday, 10/6/2025 - Breakfast New Orleans
Today enjoy a New Orleans City Tour to see the Garden District which features one of the best preserved collections of historic southern mansions in the United States. Visit the Longue Vue House & Gardens, a National Historic Landmark. Also stop to view an Above Ground Cemetery, both historic & hauntingly beautiful. This afternoon visit Mardi Gras World, the fun and informative museum brings together a dazzling collection of floats and costumes. Enjoy dinner on your own this evening in New Orleans.
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Day 4 - Tuesday, 10/7/2025 - Breakfast B.B. King Museum / Memphis
This morning relax and travel north towards Tennessee. Pass through Jackson, MS, the capital city and largest in Mississippi. Stop to visit the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, which tells the story of his life and career from the cotton fields to juke joints to legendary Blues icon. Late afternoon arrive in Memphis, the Birthplace of Blues, Rock‘n’Roll, and Soul.
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Day 5 - Wednesday, 10/8/2025 - Breakfast - Dinner Memphis
Tour Elvis Presley’s famous Graceland, a 14-acre estate, museum, and entertainment complex. See Elvis’ business office, trophy building, and meditation gardens where the ‘King’ is laid to rest. Later, enjoy a Memphis City Tour and visit the National Civil Rights Museum, covering centuries of history, beginning at the site where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Also visit Sun Studio, known as “The Birthplace of Rock’n’Roll”, and the discovery location of music legends B.B. King, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Tonight visit action-packed Beale Street. Enjoy dinner and some Blues sounds at a popular local restaurant on Beale Street.
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Day 6 - Thursday, 10/9/2025 - Breakfast To Nashville
This morning begin your journey through central Tennessee. Stop to visit the Delta Heritage Center & Tina Turner Museum which explores Delta Blues music history. See the one room schoolhouse that Tina Turner attended and a collection of her costumes, gold records and other memorabilia. Continue northeast through scenic rolling terrain and pass magnificent mansions enroute to Nashville, Music City USA, for a two-night stay. This evening enjoy a performance of the famous Grand Ole Opry Show, a Nashville highlight.
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Day 7 - Friday, 10/10/2025 - Breakfast - Dinner Nashville
Enjoy a Nashville City Tour. See the Parthenon (replica), Old Ryman Auditorium, the State Capitol, Honky Tonks on Broadway, and famous Music Row. Later visit the Country Music Hall of Fame to see how country music has evolved and enjoy its highlight and central exhibition, Sing Me Back Home. Then visit historic RCA Studio B., built in 1957 and once home to Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison & the Everly Brothers. Tonight’s Farewell Dinner is at a popular local restaurant where some live Country Music will compliment your dining experience.
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Day 8 - Saturday, 10/11/2025 - Breakfast Fly Home
Travel home today filled with wonderful memories! |
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