
The United States
Dallas, the Alamo, NASA, New Orleans, Graceland and Nashville
The United States
The South from Texas to Georgia: Dallas and Fort Worth, San Antonio and the Alamo, Space Center Houston, Cajun country and Avery Island, New Orleans, Oak Alley plantation and Baton Rouge, Memphis and Graceland, Nashville, then Atlanta.
When
Mar-May, Oct-Nov
Price
From 3 617€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
12 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-4
Cowboys, the Alamo and NASA.
Day 1
Arrival in Dallas
Flight to Dallas, welcome and transfer to the hotel.

Day 2
Dallas, Fort Worth – San Antonio
Dallas in the footsteps of John F. Kennedy, then Fort Worth, 'Cowtown', its Stockyards and its longhorn cattle drive.

Day 3
San Antonio – Houston
The Alamo, symbol of Texan independence, the Spanish missions and the River Walk.

Day 4
Houston and NASA – Lafayette
Space Center Houston, NASA's official centre, its rockets and mission control, then the drive to Lafayette.

Days 5-7
Cajun country, New Orleans and the plantations.
Day 5
Lafayette – New Orleans
The Acadian museum in Lafayette, Saint-Martinville, capital of Cajun country, then Avery Island, its gardens and its Tabasco factory.

Day 6
New Orleans, the French Quarter
On foot through the French Quarter: its French street names, wrought-iron balconies, St Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square and the French Market. In the evening, jazz on Frenchmen Street.

Day 7
The Plantation Road – Baton Rouge
Along the Mississippi, Oak Alley plantation and its avenue of centuries-old oaks, then Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana.

Days 8-14
Blues, rock and country.
Day 8
Baton Rouge – Memphis
The neo-Gothic Old State Capitol and the Louisiana State Capitol, then Memphis.

Day 9
Memphis and Graceland
Graceland, Elvis Presley's home, and its museum, then Beale Street, the street of the blues.

Day 10
Memphis – Nashville
A tour of Memphis, then Nashville.

Day 11
Nashville – Atlanta
The Country Music Hall of Fame, the Ryman Auditorium and the honky-tonks of Broadway. Then Atlanta.

Day 12
Atlanta
Martin Luther King's birthplace: Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead, Centennial Olympic Park and the World of Coca-Cola.

Day 13
Atlanta – flight home
Free time depending on your flight, then transfer to the airport and fly to France.

Day 14
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.


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