Perfect for culture vultures, foodies, music lovers, history buffs, sports fans and outdoor adrenaline seekers. This incredible journey traverses around the beautiful Deep South states of Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia in your very own motorhome. This itinerary also includes:
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Depart the UK on your chosen scheduled flight to Atlanta, Georgia. Upon arrival, independently make your way to your hotel, where you spend the first night of your adventure.
NOTE: you may choose to add extra nights in Atlanta at the start of your journey or, as you return to Atlanta to fly home, you could stay extra nights at the end. Or perhaps do both!
Loews Hotel, AtlantaAfter picking up your motor home, it’s an easy two and a half hour Interstate drive into Alabama for your first night in the State Capital, Montgomery. Visit: Jefferson Davis’ Confederate White House and Old Alabama Town.
You’re heading for New Orleans but you need a break. Mobile, Alabama, seems like a good place and the Shady Acres Campground will offer a warm welcome. Visit: the Battleships at Memorial Park and the once English Conde-Charlotte House.
Heading for the historic, gracious and unique city of New Orleans: the birthplace of jazz. You can walk from The French Quarter RV Park into the heart of New Orleans. Though the RV Park looks a little like a car park, it has full hookups and the Clubhouse is very ‘New Orleans’ with great facilities. The wonderful restaurants, the world famous music and nightlife for everyone might make you extend your stay here. Visit: Jackson Square, Basin Street and Audubon Park. Cruise the Mississippi aboard a paddle steamer.
North now into Elvis country. It’s a long ride to ‘Elvis Town’ so we are breaking the journey just south of Jackson, Mississippi – another State Capital and staying at The Swinging Bridge RV Park. Visit: The Old Capitol, Governors Mansion and the Capitol Building.
Leave the freeway traffic and take the very scenic Natchez Trace bound for Tupelo, Elvis Presley’s birthplace and home town to the age of thirteen, After a stop to visit, your campsite is at Barnes Crossing, just minutes north of the town. Visit: Elvis’s birthplace and the museum dedicated to his life.
A couple of hours driving through the Holly Springs National Forest to Memphis. Where better to stay than within walking distance of Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home. The Memphis-Graceland RV Park & Campground is located on 19 acres just off Elvis Presley Boulevard. Visit: Graceland of course but also the Civil Rights Museum in what was the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King was shot; Sun Studios and Beale Street immortalised by W.C. Handy blues.
To the home of Country Music and the city that saw Dolly Parton and a host of other great singers become international stars. Just north of Nashville is Goodlettsville and the Nashville Country RV Park and they organise tours through Grayline to major attractions such as the Grand Old Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame and the Jack Daniels Distillery. Visit: the Grand Old Opry, the Jack Daniels Distillery and much more on tours leaving from the campground gates.
Just over two hours to our last stop of this trip near Chattanooga. Raccoon Mountain RV Park & Campground is the closest campground to the area’s major attractions: Tennessee Aquarium, Lookout Mountain, Southern Belle Riverboat, IMAX Theatre, and downtown Chattanooga. Adjacent is Raccoon Mountain Caverns with five and a half miles of cave systems to explore. Visit: the Lookout Mountain battlefields aboard the ‘Incline Railway’. Explore the caves and caverns.
Allow a good two hours to get back to the Cruise America depot, especially if driving in rush hour. Return your motorhome, make your way to Atlanta airport and check in for your flight back to the UK.
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