The United States
From Texas to the Great Lakes, on the roads of jazz, blues, rock and country
The United States
The road of American music: Dallas and Fort Worth, San Antonio, NASA in Houston, Cajun country, New Orleans, the plantations and Baton Rouge, Memphis and Graceland, Nashville, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, then Chicago, home of the electric blues.
When
Mar-May, Oct-Nov
Price
From 3 704€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
12 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-4
Dallas, San Antonio and Houston.
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 5-8
Cajun country, jazz and the plantations.
Day 5
Lafayette, Thibodaux – New Orleans
The Acadian museum in Lafayette, then New Orleans.
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.
Day 8
Baton Rouge – Memphis
Baton Rouge's capitols, then Memphis.
Days 9-14
Rock, country and the electric blues.
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 – Indianapolis
The Country Music Hall of Fame, the Ryman Auditorium and the honky-tonks of Broadway. Then Indianapolis.
Day 12
Indianapolis – Chicago
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a temple of speed, then Chicago.
Day 13
Chicago – flight home
Chicago and its modern architecture, then fly to France.
Day 14
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.
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