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Best of the South: Atlanta to New Orleans

Best of the South: Atlanta to New Orleans

This twelve-day Atlanta to New Orleans tour takes you deep into the heart of America’s past for an indepth look at how it shaped today’s movement for human rights. Immerse yourself in the history and culture of famous cities where you’ll dig deeper to learn more about the mansions of Savannah, land which once housed vast cotton plantations, the refined elegance of Charleston and the toe-tapping tunes of Nashville, the heartland of country and western music. If you want to do more than just see the sights, this immersive historic tour is calling your name.

Activities

  • Atlanta – Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site
  • Atlanta – Atlanta History Centre – Curated private tour
  • Savannah – Bonaventure Cemetery tour
  • Savannah – Walking Food tour
  • Charleston – Black History walking tour with a local guide
  • Asheville – Leader-led walking tour
  • Nashville – Leader led walking tour
  • Nashville – Distillery Tours & Tennessee Hot Chicken Dinner
  • Nashville – Country Music Hall of Fame
  • Nashville – Studio B tour & recording session
  • Memphis – Sun Studio Visit
  • Memphis – Graceland, The Home of Elvis Presley
  • Memphis – National Civil Rights Museum
  • New Orleans – Jazz Music Tour
  • New Orleans – Cooking Class
  • New Orleans – Plantation Tour

Highlights

  • Wander the historic streets of Savannah trying the local food on a walking tour which blends the city’s history with some of its most delicious eats.
  • Learn about Charleston’s rich and complex past with a local storyteller and guide and uncover the ‘lost stories’ of Charleston’s rich history.
  • Take a guided tour of Bonaventure Cemetery where you’ll hear stories of the fascinating people interred here among the live oaks dripping with Spanish moss.
  • Earn your place in the Country Music Hall of Fame as you take part in a recording session with a professional sound engineer at the iconic Studio B in Nashville.
  • Get to know the real New Orleans during a walking tour that celebrates the city’s jazz music heritage, stopping off at some lively venues along the way.
  • It doesn’t get much better than Southern food – learn how to cook a classic New Orleans Cajun feast for a true taste of Louisiana.
  • Visit the Whitney Plantation where you’ll get a sobering glimpse at what life was like for those enslaved on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation.

04/02/2023 through 11/12/2024
04/02/2023 through 11/15/2024

Day 1 Atlanta
Day 2 Savannah
Day 3 Savannah
Day 4 Charleston
Day 5 Asheville
Day 6 Nashville
Day 7 Nashville
Day 8 Memphis
Day 9 Memphis
Day 10 New Orleans
Day 11 New Orleans
Day 12 New Orleans

Asheville

ASHEVILLE — Set in the western part of the state off the Blue Ridge Parkway, the region around Asheville overflows in natural grandeur: Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Pisgah National Forest (remarkable mountainous landscape, as well as Mount Mitchell) are near at hand. Asheville itself is beautifully located — well deserving of a three-day stay. While there, be sure to stop at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial (a tribute to the Southern novelist), the Folk Art Center, various appealing B-and-Bs (such as the Lion & the Rose), and Connemara (the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, a farm outside town where the poet lived his later years). If you’re interested in man-made grandeur, you should see the Biltmore Estate, built by George W. Vanderbilt in the 1890s. The 250-room mansion — patterned after 16th-century French chateaux — is accessible for self-guided tours. The trunk room and bowling alley are as unique as the library is complete. The crowds are largest at two distinct times during the year: November-December, for “Candlelight Christmas at Biltmore” — sights and sounds of a Victorian Christmas; and April-May, when spring flowers decorate the grounds and rooms.

Atlanta

Located in Northwest Georgia, it is the capital of the state and its largest city. Atlanta was founded in 1837 at the end of the railroad line. Its original name was Terminus and was changed to Atlanta in 1845. During the Civil Was Atlanta was severely burned during General Sherman’s march to the sea. It was rebuilt after the was and became Georgia’s capital in 1877. Atlanta is now the home of numerous corporations and professional sports teams.

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