In the Bluegrass State of Kentucky you can experience Bluegrass music, but one thing you won’t experience is a “Blue Christmas.” Join us in Louisville during our festive holiday season and experience both the pageantry and the beauty of the state.

Day One

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• Reindeer Games at the Kentucky Derby Museum – Guests choose between two games to play during their visit including Reindeer Races or Jingle Bell Bingo. Experience Derby Day from the starting gate to the finish line at the Kentucky Derby Museum where the pageantry and excitement of the Kentucky Derby come to life. Feel the excitement of the crowds and hear the thunder of the hoofs with a 360º presentation of “The Greatest Race.”

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• Derby Dinner Playhouse – Sit back, relax and enjoy dinner and a show as Derby Dinner Playhouse puts on a professional Broadway-style production of comedy, music or mystery with a delicious southern buffet-style dinner.
• Overnight at Louisville accommodation of choice

Day Two

M O R N I N G

• Breakfast on the Belle of Louisville – Enjoy a scrumptious breakfast on a treasured National Historic Landmark. The Belle is over 90 years old and is the oldest operating steamboat in the nation. Price varies
• Lunch and Tour of Kentucky Horse Park – The only park of its kind in the world, the Horse Park in Lexington is a working horse farm and educational theme park dedicated to man’s relationship with the horse. Enjoy daily equine presentations, horse drawn tours and carriage rides, horseback riding and pony rides and an array of horse shows.

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• Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory – Tour the worldfamous bat factory. Admire the world’s largest baseball bat before going inside to see how Louisville Sluggers are made. Have an all-star experience by swinging a bat just like Babe Ruth’s, facing down a 90 mph fastball and sharing a dugout with Mickey Mantle.
  
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• Glassworks – Enjoy the country’s first complete center dedicated to the art of glass. Watch glassblowers, flameworkers, cutters and designers create magnificent pieces of art in an open air atmosphere.
  
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• Frazier International History Museum – Take an unforgettable journey through history that spans 1,000 years and two continents. The Frazier features a collection of arms and armor of famous politicians, celebrities, frontiersmen, soldiers, knights and kings.

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• Christmas Show – Derby Dinner Playhouse or A Christmas Carol at Actors Theatre Price varies
• Overnight at Louisville accommodation of choice

Day Three

M O R N I N G

• Mansions and Milestones Tour in Historic Old Louisville – Wonderful architecture and fascinating history await participants on this narrated tour through America’s grandest Victorian neighborhood. Old Louisville boasts some 45 square blocks of charming homes and splendid mansions.

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• Lunch and Cooking Demonstration at Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History – Col. Michael Masters “The Host of Kentucky” is your Bardstown host for a Kentucky Bourbon and fine foods tasting. The Oscar Getz Museum houses a collection of rare and fascinating artifacts from American whiskey history. Price varies
• Tour My Old Kentucky Home – Built in 1812, Federal Hill was the inspiration for Stephen Foster’s ballad My Old Kentucky Home – the Kentucky State Song.
• Jim Beam’s American Outpost – Visit the world’s largest Bourbon distiller. Learn all about Jim Beam Bourbon and Beam family heritage at the American Outpost. Tours provide insight into the centuries-old art of distilling and the legacy of Jim Beam Bourbon. Sample a selection of hand-crafted smallbatch Bourbons. Free admission

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• Dinner at Claudia Sanders Dinner House – Named for Col. Sanders’ wife, The Dinner House specializes in family-style dinners of fried chicken, country ham and eight famous vegetables. Located at the former home and headquarters of Claudia and Col. Harland Sanders. True Kentucky cooking.
• Overnight at Louisville accommodation of choice

Day Four

M O R N I N G

• Breakfast at Lynn’s Paradise Café – Wake-up to breakfast at one of the four “most fun” restaurants in America, according to Esquire magazine!!
• Depart for home. Thanks for visiting Louisville!