Memphis Travel Guide

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On the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, Memphis is Tennessee's largest city and the commercial and cultural center of the western part of the Volunteer state and several of its neighbors. The city is a blend of Southern tradition and modern efficiency, where aging cotton warehouses stand in the shadow of sleek new office buildings, and old-fashioned paddle wheelers steam upriver past the city's most striking landmark, the gleaming, stainless-steel Pyramid Arena.

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Memphis Hotels

Memphis hotels are especially busy during the month-long Memphis-in-May International Festival and in mid-August, during Elvis Tribute Week. Book well ahead...read more

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Memphis Restaurants

Although Memphis has a satisfying variety of restaurants, the local passion is barbecue; the city has 70-odd barbecue places. Popular "meat-and-twos" and...read more

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Things To Do in Memphis

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  • Sizzling, Smokin' Tastes of Memphis

    To many folks, Memphis means barbecue, and in Memphis, barbecue means pork. It can be sandwiches of "pulled" pork loin drenched in sweet, tomato-based... Read more

  • A Brief Memphistory

    Memphis was founded in 1819, but long before that, the Mississippi River, on whose banks it was built, exerted a powerful influence on the area... Read more

  • A Good Tour of Downtown Memphis

    Old and new mingle as Memphis progresses with its riverfront development and urban renewal. Peabody Place, a collection of offices, shops, restaurants... Read more

  • Side Trips from Memphis

    The flatness of the northern tip of the Mississippi Delta is a sharp contrast to East Tennessee's mountains. Cotton and soybeans thrive in the... Read more

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