4 day/3 nights

Day One

• KentuckyShow!: Experience the people, sights, and sounds of the Commonwealth woven together in a high-definition production that will excite your senses and steal your heart. This breathtaking 32-minute multimedia show explores the ways Kentucky’s past, present and choices for the future converge to create an utterly unique and powerfully engaging place.
• Falls of the Ohio State Park:  Travel back to the Stone Age on a tour of the Falls of the Ohio State Park. Discover the world-famous fossil beds, dating back 400 million years, with 220 acres of exposed Devonian fossil beds to explore. The Interpretive Center features a full size mammoth skeleton, as well as exhibits on the geology, history, and cultural development of the Falls. A spectacular audiovisual show is also included.
• Dinner aboard the historic Belle of Louisville. Enjoy a scrumptious lunch aboard a treasured National Historic Landmark. At over 90 years old, the Belle is the oldest operating steamboat in the nation. Take a walk on this floating museum’s decks as you cruise leisurely up the mighty Ohio and imagine her historic past.
• Overnight at Louisville accommodation

Day Two

• Backstretch Breakfast Tour at Churchill Downs: Start your day by experiencing the exclusive atmosphere of a morning at the track. Catch a glimpse of the magical process of training world-class thoroughbreds during the early morning workout. Includes meal.
• Kentucky Derby Museum: Experience Derby Day from the starting gate to the finish line. The Kentucky Derby Museum brings the pageantry and excitement of the Kentucky Derby to life. Feel the excitement of the crowds and hear the thunder of the hooves with a presentation of The Greatest Race. Guests can also schedule a Create-Your-Own Derby Hat workshop for an additional fee.
• (Pay one price per person for Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum.)
• Frazier History Museum: A walk through the Frazier History Museum is a journey through time and across continents! Come face to face with some of the people and stories that changed the world forever, including famous politicians, celebrities, frontiersmen, soldiers, knights and kings. History comes to life through ever-changing and interactive temporary exhibits that often feature local history, as well as fascinating and one-of-a-kind permanent galleries. The Frazier is the only place in the world outside Great Britain to permanently display Royal Armouries artifacts.
• Lynn’s Paradise Café: Discover the amazing concoctions at this one-of-kind eatery, featuring Kentucky Proud products from local farmers. Try the Bourbon Ball Milkshake, or Lynn’s take on a Louisville creation, the Paradise Hot Brown. With its quirky décor of ugly lamps and bottle cap art, you will truly feel at home while satisfying your appetite for delicious food and endless eye candy.  
• Farmington Historic House Museum: Constructed in 1815, Farmington’s design was taken from plans by Thomas Jefferson and no house in Kentucky more embodies Federal architecture. The 552 acre former plantation now includes an elaborate early 19th century garden, stone spring house and barn, blacksmiths shops, and carriage house.
• Take a step back in time to Old Louisville: Louisville’s first suburb one of the nation’s largest historic preservation districts and the largest neighborhood of Victorian homes in the United States. These grand Victorian mansions reflect an architectural style of centuries past ranging from the Renaissance Revival, Queen Anne and Chateauesque. Ghost tours, mansion tours, garden tours and walking tours are available for groups.
• Dinner at Joe Huber’s Family Restaurant: “Real food” is waiting for you for at Huber’s! The menu includes Huber honey ham and their famous fried biscuits and apple butter. Everything is made fresh from scratch! 
• Overnight at Louisville accommodation of choice.

Day Three

• Hunka Hunka Burning Breakfast atHard Rock Café: Celebrate rock ‘n’ roll with a breakfast fit for The King, including an all-you-can eat breakfast buffet, a personalized Elvis memorabilia tour, and a group Elvis trivia game.
• Louisville Stoneware: Discover the history of pottery and paint your own piece of art.A tradition that since 1879, Louisville Stoneware is one of the United States’ oldest producers of handmade and hand-painted stoneware.
• Louisville Mega Cavern:Once an urban legend, the Louisville Mega Cavern is now a reality. This manmade cavern was originally a limestone pit mine, but over the past 50 years, this space has served many purposes. Now it has been turned into a one of a kind attraction, where you will take a Jeep-driven tram through 17 miles of underground caverns and learn about the history of the cavern. Temperature is always 58°, so bring a light jacket.
• Muhammad Ali Center: The Center preserves the legacy of Louisville’s most famous native son, Muhammad Ali, and serves as an international educational center that inspires us to find the Greatness Within. Visitors will experience state of the art interactive exhibits and a biographical storyline of Ali’s values: respect, confidence, conviction, dedication, spirituality and giving.
• Lunch at Kingfish Seafood Restaurant: located on River Road, this is one of three locally owned Kingfish Seafood restaurants, regionally famous for their southern fried seafood.
• Historic Locust Grove: Built circa 1790, this National Historic Landmark served as the last home of General George Rogers Clark. Learn about plantation life at this historic home, where the gardens, smokehouse, and stone farm buildings have been preserved.
• Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory:Tour the world-famous 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. The Louisville Slugger has been essential in the sport of baseball since 1884.
• Captains Quarters: Before the turn of the century, this historic restaurant was a way station for weary river travelers. Located on the scenic Ohio River at Harrods Creek, Captain Quarters is a favorite spot for summertime outdoor dining.
• Overnight at Louisville accommodation of choice

Day Four

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky: Built at the location of Lincoln’s birth, the solid marble, neoclassical monument houses the symbolic cabin of Lincoln’s birth.
• Depart for home. Thanks for visiting Louisville, KY!
   

For itinerary and tour planning assistance contact Kate Kane with the Tourism Development Department of the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau at

800-626-5646 or send an email to kkane@gotolouisville.com