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Start in style and put the finishing touches to a memorable holiday with our Chauffeur Drive Service. Your smart, uniformed driver will meet you at your door and whisk you to and from the airport terminal so you are guaranteed a stress-free and relaxing journey. You’ll travel in a showroom condition Mercedes E Class for two people or a sumptuous Viano for families or groups up to six.
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Distance: 220 miles
Before departing Atlanta you’ll certainly want to drive to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site where you can learn about Dr. King's life and his influence on others.Distance: 310 miles
Instead of driving directly to Nashville, we suggest a detour through some lovely areas of middle Tennessee and make a stop in the quaint village of Lynchburg, TN, which also happens to be the home of the Jack Daniels Distillery. All the Jack Daniels bourbon distributed throughout the worlds comes from here. You can take the free tour of the Jack Daniel’s Distillery in little Lynchburg (where alcohol cannot be sold or consumed, since it is dry county, except the State of TN Legislature passed a special law allowing them to sell only one special bottle of Jack Daniels).Distance: 129 miles
This morning depart for Tuscumbia, in the Muscle Shoals area of north Alabama. Just outside of Nashville, the Old Tennessee Trail is waiting for you. A scenic drive as rich in history as it is in fresh air, gentle rolling hills, and down-home charm. Get a glimpse of the original Tennessee, a time when Native Americans hunted on this land, and later found themselves nose to nose with the settlers arriving to lay claim to the Revolutionary War land grants they would shape into homesteads and farmlands. In Springhill you can tour Rippavilla Plantation home built in the 1850’s. In Columbia you can tour US President James K. Polk’s home.Distance: 275 miles
This morning depart for Memphis, along the beautiful Natchez Trace Parkway which stretches from the Mississippi River in Natchez through the Shoals area in Alabama and across the Tennessee Valley to Nashville. The 444-mile National Scenic Byway and All-American Road has emerged as one of America's most important examples of natural and cultural heritage. Administered by the National Park Service, the road's non-commercial environment coupled with a wide variety of historic sites, wayside exhibits and beautiful venues make it a memorable destination for an unhurried trip that both reveals and explains a unique time in America's history.Distance: 128 miles
Today depart for Greenwood, but first drive-by the National Civil Rights Museum and see where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. Leave Memphis on the famous Highway 61, known as America’s Blues Alley where your first stop is in Clarksdale. From the 30's on through the 50's Clarksdale was a major blues town. John Lee Hooker, Ike Turner, Little Junior Parker and Sam Cooke were born here. We suggest you visit the old train station and the Delta Blues Museum. Next door is the Ground Zero restaurant & bar owned by the famous actor, Morgan Freeman.Distance: 174 miles
Today continue through the rich Delta farmland to the famous river city of Natchez. En route stop in Vicksburg and tour the Old Courthouse Museum, Vicksburg's most historic building, constructed by slaves in 1858, has hosted such great Americans as Jefferson Davis, Theodore Roosevelt, John Breckinridge, Booker T. Washington, William McKinley, and U.S. Grant.Distance: 134 miles
This morning depart for Lafayette, but first tour the beautiful antebellum home, Monmouth Plantation. Monmouth is listed as a National Historic Landmark. A 'Breathtaking beauty' marks both the 'lovely grounds' and 'magnificent' 1818 Greek Revival estate, built by John Hankinson in 1818, Monmouth was purchased by General John A. Quitman, a hero of the Mexican War, in 1826 and remained in his family for nearly a century.Distance: 168 miles
Today you depart for New Orleans. En route to New Orleans drive through Cajun back country and make a stop at Avery Island and tour the one and only original, Tabasco Factory. Your next stop will be near Houma for a Cajun Man’s Swamp Cruise operated by a real Cajun character, Black Guidry, who is not only a singer, but a former army green beret and Louisiana state trooper. Just before you get to New Orleans and as you drive along river road, stop and tour Oak Alley Plantation Home. Located on the Mississippi River between the historic Louisiana cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Oak Alley Plantation has been called the Grande Dame of the Great River Road. Nowhere else in the south will you find such a spectacular setting. The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek-revival style antebellum home.
Then continue onto New Orleans and check-in to your downtown / French Quarter hotel. Tonight is free to explore the famous French Quarter. At the heart of New Orleans' enduring allure are the hundred-odd squares of the French Quarter. Alive with history, myth, music and a joie de vivre, the Vieux Carre attracts visitors from around the world to its time worn streets. Overnight New Orleans.
This afternoon is free for you to further explore the French Quarter and for Duty Free shopping. Tonight have a wonderful experience with the New Orleans Steamboat Dinner Jazz Cruise on the mighty Mississippi River. It is one of the last remaining authentic steam driven paddle wheelers featuring live jazz music by the Grammy nominated Dukes of Dixieland Band. Overnight New Orleans.
Distance: 308 miles
This morning depart for Montgomery, Alabama and check-in to your hotel. This afternoon take a tour of the Hank Williams Museum, the Hank Williams statue and the Hank Williams gravesite. The Hank Williams Museum houses the most complete collection of Hank Williams' Memorabilia. Over 35 Showcases filled with personal artifacts, Signed Programs And Books, Sheet Music, Song Books, and more. There are 4 sterling records, albums, 78 RPM records, 45 RPM records, 16 Inch records and Box Sets, lyrics to Men With Broken Hearts, plus autographed records, platinum records, awards and proclamations. Overnight Montgomery.Distance: 186 miles
Before departing Montgomery this morning tour the Dexter Ave King Memorial Baptist Church, which is the church where Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. pastored from 1954-1960 and began his quest for civil rights. In this National Historic Landmark, see the modest pulpit where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. first preached his message of hope and brotherhood. This church was also a centerpoint of the Montgomery bus boycott. A large mural in the church depicts King’s civil rights crusade from Montgomery to Memphis.Call the USA travel experts at Bon Voyage to discuss your perfect Ultimate Music and Heritage Tour of the Deep South.
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