To experience the history and culture of the Deep South, is to experience America’s history and culture. Millington Travel recommend a self-drive holiday which we can help arrange for you, suggesting places to visit and stay, or we can select your ideal escorted tour if you’d like someone else to do the driving.

Millington Travel’s Top Ten sights and sounds in the Deep South

1. Graceland. The home of Elvis Presley and now a moving tribute to the life and work of The King.
2. The French Quarter, New Orleans. Fully restored after Hurricane Katrina, this district of New Orleans is full of romantic southern charm.
3. Civil War Battlefields. Fierce battles were fought all across the southern states. See how these battles changed America forever.
4. The National Civil rights Museum. A powerful tribute to Martin Luther King, housed in the motel where he was assassinated.
5. The Great Smoky Mountains. America’s most visited National Park, renowned for its beauty, especially in Autumn when the leaves turn a blazing red & gold.
6. Grand Ole Opry. Nashville’s most famous music hall. Whenever you visit you’re bound to catch one the regions biggest stars.
7. Dollywood. Yes, that’s right, Dolly Parton has her very own theme park on the edge of the Smoky Mountains at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
8. The Natchez Trace Parkway. 444 miles long, running through Tennessee and Mississippi this National Scenic Byway commemorates the ancient route once taken by people and animals, with specific locations to enter and exit the route.
9. Mississippi Steamboat Cruise. What better way is there to experience the might of the Mississippi River than aboard a traditional paddle steamer.
10. Baton Rouge & Plantation Hopping. Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana is known as plantation country, and an hour in one of the pre-Civil War Antebellum homes will transport you back 200 years to a time far removed from the modern-day Deep South.

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