TENNESSEE USA

Aholiday to Tennessee offers legendary southern hospitality with a wonderful blend of iconic cities that overflow with music legends and live music, along with quaint towns and spectacular mountain scenery.

Whether it’s hiking the Appalachian Trail, conquering the coasters at Dollywood, savouring some Tennessee whiskey and barbecue, it’s hard to beat the variety of things to do in Tennessee. This Southern USA destination mixes historic and modern with Civil Rights sites and some of music’s most legendary landmarks alongside world-class cultural venues, trendy food spots, craft distilleries and breweries.

When it comes to music, Tennessee is packed full of musical legends past and present and is famous for every genre from the foot-tapping, soul-saving kind – blues, bluegrass and country to rock & roll and everything in between. In Memphis, visit famous Sun Studio and the Stax museum, pay homage to the King at Elvis Presley’s estate Graceland, spend an evening at a blues bar on Beale Street. In Nashville catch live music at the Ryman Auditorium or the Bluebird Café, get a little bit country at the Grand Ole Opry, visit the Country Music Hall of Fame & RCA Studio B.

In the east of the state, you’ll find the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; soak up magnificent vistas whilst hiking more than 900 miles of trails or take a stunning scenic drive. This region is also home to Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s theme park.

On a culinary level, Tennessee is a constant discovery of mouth-watering flavours, from barbeque in Memphis and the iconic Loveless Café in Nashville, which has been serving southern favourites for over 65 years to trendy farm-to-table restaurants and the booming local distilleries and brewery scene.

No matter the season you visit, the duration you stay, or your budget, Tennessee will not disappoint any traveller that is lucky to experience this wonderfully unique, natural and exciting state. Purely America offers flights, hotels, car hire, attractions and self-drive tour itineraries to Tennessee and with direct flights on British Airways from London to Nashville there has never been a better time to visit.