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Stuff to do in Louisville KY?
I am currently in Louisville KY celebrating Family Weekend with my friend from the army and his mother. What is there to do while we are here other than Six Flags? We’re looking for something fun but maybe less waiting around (in lines, etc). Thanks!
Here are some suggestions:
Churchill Downs: Recently completing a $121 million renovation and expansion, the racetrack is most famous for the oldest continuously run sporting event in the United States the Kentucky Derby.
Louisville Zoo: The Louisville Zoo has more than 1,300 animals from all over the world, exhibited in beautiful natural settings. Favorites include gorillas, lions, tigers, penguins, pygmy hippos, orangutans, reptiles, hundreds of colorful birds and many more. Enjoy the popular, interactive Lorikeet Landing and the award-winning Gorilla Forest featuring 11 gorillas, and the newly opened Glacier Run Splash Park. The zoo is open year-round.
Huber’s Orchard & Winery and Joe Huber Family Farm & Restaurant: At Joe Huber Family Farm choose from a wide variety of just-picked fruits and vegetables in the Farm Market and Gift Shop. In the restaurant, everything is made from scratch. Huber’s Orchard & Winery includes over 550 acres of farmland and offers a children’s farm park, farm market, cheese shop, ice cream factory, winery, gift shop and a banquet facility
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: See the world’s biggest bat! Exhibits at the interactive museum honors baseball’s greatest hitters. The fun and fascinating tour includes a walk through of an underground locker room into a full-size dugout and a virtual home plate where guests can test their skill against a fastball.
Speed Art Museum: Established in 1927, the Speed Art Museum is Kentucky’s oldest and largest art museum. The museum has distinguished collections of 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting, 18th century French art, Renaissance and Baroque tapestries, and significant holdings of contemporary American painting and sculpture.
Frazier International History Museum: Located in the heart of Louisville’s downtown cultural arts district, the Frazier International History Museum is a collaboration with Britain’s Royal Armouries. Visitors enjoy interactive exhibits and live reenactments. Many of the artifacts once belonged to noted politicians, celebrities, frontiersmen and soldiers
Belle of Louisville: No other river steamboat in American history has lasted as long, been to as many places, or traveled as many miles as the Belle of Louisville, commissioned in 1914. The Belle, a National Historic Landmark, is now recognized as the oldest river steamboat still in operation. Now in her nineties, the Belle continues to journey back to the time when she carried passengers and goods to ports all along the beautiful Ohio River.
Fourth Street Live!: Louisville’s $70 million entertainment district has revitalized downtown, adding a variety of restaurants and entertainment venues, all within walking distance of the majority of downtown hotels and the Convention Center. Tenants include; Hard Rock Cafe; Sully’s Restaurant and Saloon; Saddle Ridge; Red Star Tavern; The Pub; Lucky Strike an upscale bowling alley, and the one and only Maker’s Mark Bourbon House and Lounge.
American Cave Museum & Hidden River Cave
119 East Main Street
Horse Cave , KY 42749
Phone: (270) 786-1466
Website: www.cavern.org
The American Cave Museum exhibits unravel the story of Kentucky’s caves. Hidden River Cave features a 100′ descent to an active underground river.”
Broad Run Vineyards
10601 Broad Run Road
Louisville, KY 40299
Phone: 502-231-0372
www.broadrunvineyards.com
Estate Winery. Spacious Indoor/Outdoor areas in Rustic Setting overlooking vineyards, pond and rolling hills. Wine Tastings with personal attention by knowledgeable staff.
Dinosaur World
711 Mammoth Cave Rd.
Cave City, KY 42127
Phone: (270) 773-4345
Fax: (270) 773-5303
Website: www.dinoworld.net
Description: Visit over 100 life-size dinosaurs in an outdoor museum setting. Search for authentic fossils to take home at the Fossil Dig. Indoor prehistoric museum & more!
Downtown Ghost Walking Tours
4201 South Second Street
Louisville, KY 40214
502-689-5117
502-367-1664
www.louisvilleghostwalks.com
Spook-tacular Walking Tour, Friday nights, May 11-October 19, 7:30-9:00 downtown. $10 per person, reservations required, 502-689-5117, private tours by request.
My Old Kentucky Dinner Train
602 N. 3rd Street
Bardstown, KY 40004
Toll-Free: (866) 801-3463
Phone: (859) 881-3463
Fax: (859) 881-2599
Website: www.kydinnertrain.com
Two-hour train excursion featuring lunch & dinner excursions aboard an elegant 1940′s dining car in Bardstown, KY. Reservations recommended. Open year-round.
National Corvette Museum, The
350 Corvette Dr.
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: (270) 781-7973
Website: http://www.corvettemuseum.com
Wild Turkey Distillery
1525 Tyrone Rd.
P.O.Box 180
Lawrenceburg, KY 40342
Toll-Free: (800) 455-5585
Website: www.wildturkeybourbon.com
I would go to this website for more it has a complete listing of all the attractoins in the area:
http://www.gotolouisville.com/attractionlist.aspx
Very helpful I use it to plan my trips there! Have a good time.
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