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.
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
Fodor's Choice
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
Things To Do in Memphis
Memphis's streets are well marked, and there's plenty...read more
Travel Deals in Memphis
- $695-$975 -- Europe & Iceland from Seattle (R/T, incl. Tax) Icelandair
- $139 -- Chicago: Trendy W Hotels, $100 Off Starwood Hotels & Resorts
- $79 & up -- Chicago: Winter Hotel Sale, Save up to 40% Starwood Hotels & Resorts
- $325 & up -- Cosmopolitan Las Vegas: 4-Nights w/Air Pleasant Holidays
Memphis Experiences
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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
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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
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Old and new mingle as Memphis progresses with its riverfront development and urban renewal. Peabody Place, a collection of offices, shops, restaurants... Read more
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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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Best of the Best
Every state boasts at least one distinctive road that tells a story about that place and its people... Read more
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Trip Ideas & Itineraries
It's amazing how much you can see from your car... Read more
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Trip Ideas & Itineraries
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