The United States
The music of the South, Louisiana and Florida in fourteen days
The United States
The great journey of the South: Atlanta, Nashville and country music, Memphis and Graceland, Natchez and the plantations, Cajun country, New Orleans, Alabama and Tallahassee, the Homosassa springs, Orlando and Kennedy Space Center, the Everglades, Key West, then Miami. With 3 more nights in Miami Beach (17 days) from €3,870 per person.
When
Mar-May, Oct-Nov
Price
From 3 347€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
12 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-4
The music of the South.
Day 1
Arrival in Atlanta
Flight to Atlanta, welcome and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2
Atlanta – Nashville
A tour of Atlanta (the Capitol, the World of Coca-Cola), then Nashville.
Day 3
Nashville – Memphis
The Country Music Hall of Fame, the Ryman Auditorium and the honky-tonks of Broadway. Then Memphis.
Day 4
Graceland – Natchez
Graceland, Elvis Presley's last home, then across Mississippi to Natchez.
Days 5-7
Plantations, Cajun country and jazz.
Day 5
Saint Francisville – Lafayette
Greenwood plantation in Saint Francisville, Baton Rouge, then Lafayette.
Day 6
Cajun country – New Orleans
The Acadian museum in Lafayette, Saint-Martinville, capital of Cajun country, then Avery Island, its gardens and its Tabasco factory.
Day 7
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.
Days 8-14
From Tallahassee to Miami.
Day 8
Mobile – Tallahassee
Alabama, scene of the Civil War and the civil rights movement, Mobile, then Tallahassee.
Day 9
Homosassa Springs – Orlando
Homosassa Springs park and its manatees, then Orlando.
Day 10
Kennedy Space Center – Tampa
The Cape Canaveral launch base, its rockets, the Atlantis shuttle and the NASA IMAX film.
Day 11
Sarasota, Everglades – Florida City
Sarasota and Fort Myers. The Everglades, a vast marsh of grasses and mangroves, by airboat to meet the alligators.
Day 12
Key West – Miami Beach
The Overseas Highway, a road built over the ocean from island to island, to Key West, Hemingway's house and the sunset on Mallory Square.
Day 13
Miami – flight home
A tour of Miami: the Art Deco district of South Beach, Ocean Drive, the street art of Wynwood and Little Havana. Fly to France.
Day 14
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.
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