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| Travel Guide for Kentucky As the northernmost state of the South located in the east central part of the country and bordered by no less than seven other states, Kentucky, the land-locked Bluegrass State and the largely rural part of the United States, is as much Southern as it is Midwestern, which means that you're bound to be find more than you expect. "I never met a Kentuckian who wasn't on his way home." Like the quote from Mark Twain implies, it's such a blessing to live in a place with such bountiful natural resources, strong cultural traditions, and diverse lifestyles that few other communities size of Kentucky can boast. You visitors can also "come home" to discover the breadth of the Bluegrass Country's rolling pastures and musical genres, poke into the depth of the subterranean caverns in the Mammoth Cave National Park, learn the length of early pioneering and Civil War history in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Daniel Boone National Forest and Civil War battlefields throughout its territory, and enjoy the height of festivities celebrating arts and crafts, food, literature, music, and of course, the Kentucky Derby. No matter the extent of your exploration, rest assured you're likely to feel like "coming home" again and again. Although such a huge diversity would resist any simple generalizations for Kentucky, there are surely certain best-kept secrets that account for its far-reaching reputation as an appealing vacation destination, most notably the jazzy Bluegrass music and frenzied Kentucky Derby, western-style pit barbecue and friendly southern hospitality, and the tasty bourbon and crafty folk arts and fine handicrafts. With its natural scenery and simplicity punctuated with metropolitan sophistication, plus a wealth of outstanding Kentucky hotels as eclectic as the state's rich heritage, you can easily combine nature in its best and culture in its finest while traveling in the fertile and friendly land. No matter you come here for business or pleasure, chances are you'll probably stick around Kentucky's two major metropolises-Louisville and Lexington- most of your time. Playing host to the Kentucky Derby, the most exciting two minutes in the World, at the plush Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May, Louisville, Louisville, the commercial capital and the biggest city of the state, is more affectionately called the Kentucky Derby City. Lest all that animation and excitement is not enough, Louisville adds the 10 days Kentucky Derby Festival before Derby time and the Hat Parade and Infield Party, an orgy of exotic costume, haute cuisine, Derby pie and mint julep, the official Derby drink, during Derby time. Other sports-related sights in town include the Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville Slugger Museum, and Muhammad Ali Center. For less brash carnival and more family-friendly attractions, check out the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville Zoological Garden, Louisville Science Center, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Waterfront Park, the Speed Art Museum on the campus of the University of Louisville, and the Kentucky State Fair on the grounds of Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center every August. If you plan to come in town around the Kentucky Derby hotels in Louisville KY do not come any easy or cheap. Actually, almost all rooms at hotels in Louisville KY are sold out months in advance, as are those Kentucky Derby tickets. Resort to Lexington-the Horse Capital of the World? That will work out to be a brilliant idea, unless you're a diehard fan or a rider of the "Run for the Roses". With the Keeneland racetrack, the Thoroughbred Center, and the Kentucky Horse Park with its twin museum of the American Saddlebred Museum and the International Museum of the Horse, and a selection of hotels in Lexington KY that's no less handy or plentiful than hotels in Louisville KY, Lexington can also keep fans of the equestrian art occupied for quite a few sunny days. Complemented by tours around the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, Lexington Children's Museum, University of Kentucky Art Museum, and the Labrot & Graham Distillery in Versailles, the venture into the heart of the Bluegrass Country would just fit in with all the needs and tastes. Areas north of the Bluegrass Country, especially communities on the northern tip across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, are fast-becoming the more accommodating tourist destinations in the state. Thanks to the many northern Kentucky hotels and motels which are value-priced and with easy access to the convenient interstate highway system, the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the lively dining and entertainment scenes in the waterfront neighborhoods, and world-class tourist attractions like Newport's Purple People Bridge and Newport Aquarium, Sparta's Kentucky Speedway, Covington's MainStrasse Village, Behringer-Crawford Museum and the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, you can just check in and chill out any way you like it. Prefer getting back to nature to getting the familiarity of modernity? The world's longest cave system in the Mammoth Cave National Park, Clermont's Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area near Whitley City, Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, and Cumberland Falls State Park and Red River Gorge Geological Area inside the Daniel Boone National Forest, are just a few of the state's biggest and best-established natural draws. As far as hotels in Kentucky's more rugged East and the forested West is concerned, you can expect the prominent rustic feel of log cabins and cottages with all the amenities of modern hotels in Kentucky's other big cities, you can also opt for camping facilities near Kentucky's many federal and state parks, or mountainside or riverfront resort-style Kentucky hotels, where one gets premier facilities and services. Kentucky travel guide is copyrighted. It cannot be copied. |
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