Travel Information for Kentucky Hotel Guests
If you are searching for an inn, hotel, motel or resort near a Kentucky attraction, amusement and theme parks, or close to shopping, cultural events, historic sites, museums and performing arts centers, or nearby zoos, a festival, a golf course, a Kentucky state park, this is where you will find it.
From the hills and hollows of eastern Kentucky through the rolling bluegrass of its heartland to the massive lakes and flatlands of the west, KENTUCKY has much to offer vacationers: from roller coasters to scenic tours to classical music concerts; its diverse landscape and waterways provide great opportunities for outdoor recreation and all year long, Kentucky is alive with more than 700 festivals.
CAVE COUNTRY in South Central Kentucky is dotted with sinkholes and caves. Beneath the sandstone-capped ridges of Mammoth Cave National Park lies the longest known cave system, with over 350 miles of cave passageways. The most famous of the many caves in the region is probably Mammoth Cave surrounded by attractions, activities, accommodations and restaurants.
Some of the communities in the region include BOWLING GREEN, home to the world's only GM Corvette Factory, a facility visitors can tour, and the National Corvette Museum. At Horse Cave visitors can discover the history and science of caves at the American Cave Museum and Hidden River Cave. Kentucky Caverns features some of the most intricate onyx formations to be found in Kentucky's cave country and Kentucky Down Under is an Australian-themed animal park. Some of the attractions at Cave City are the Floyd Collins Museum, a tribute to a legendary cave explorer, the Mammoth Cave Wax Museum, Guntown Mountain where the Old West is brought alive, and Mammoth Cave Wildlife Museum with its many rare and exotic animals.
For over 140 years Historic Diamond Caverns at PARK CITY has offered tours of what is said to be one of Kentucky's most beautiful caves.
Kentucky's fourth largest city, COVINGTON, is across the Ohio River from Cincinnati; MainStrasse Village is a restored 19th-century German neighborhood where visitors are welcomed on the hour by the sounds of the 100-foot Carroll Chimes Bell Tower; 450 million years of Northern Kentucky's heritage are on display at the Behringer-Crawford Museum; Covington is also known for its historic churches: The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption is noted for its resemblance to Notre Dame in Paris. Daniel Boone National Forest is located in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, there is abundant wildlife, vegetation, scenery, and recreation opportunities.
The charms of historic FRANKFORT, Kentucky's State Capital, have been well preserved through the years: there are historic homes with original furnishings, and a bourbon distillery which has been in operation since the 1850s; the Old State Capitol has been restored to its pre-Civil war decor; at the "new" Capitol built in 1905 there is a giant Floral Clock; two historical attractions are the Kentucky History Center which houses the state museum and a research library, and the Kentucky Military History Museum.
The history of Kentucky's oldest town, HARRODSBURG, is showcased at Old Fort Harrod State Park where a full-scale replica of the original fort stands; the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is America's largest restored Shaker community with 33 restored 19th-century buildings.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin at Sinking Spring Farm, HODGENVILLE; the National Historic Site honors Lincoln's humble beginnings.
LAWRENCEBERG visitors can experience the sites, sounds and smells of the Wild Turkey Distillery where its 1893 bourbon is still made today.
Nestled among the densely timbered rolling hills of western Kentucky the 170,000-acre inland peninsula LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES lies between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake; attractions include outdoor recreation, and the Golden Pond Planetarium and Observatory; with shoreline and marinas on each lake and the recreation area just a mile away, Grand Rivers is known as "Kentucky's Resort Village".
So cultured was its lifestyle, LEXINGTON gained the nickname "Athens of the West"; today, attractions include the Kentucky Horse Park, dedicated to man's relationship to the horse, the Thoroughbred Center, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at a normal working day in the lives of thoroughbreds and those who train and care for them, and the American Saddlebred Museum, a colorful showcase of Kentucky's native breed of horse; other attractions include the Aviation Museum of Kentucky with restored historic aircraft, artifacts and equipment and interactive displays.
For more than 126 years, the world has turned to LOUISVILLE and Churchill Downs the First Saturday in May for the First Leg of the Triple Crown of thoroughbred horseracing, the Kentucky Derby; here the Kentucky Derby Museum has "The Greatest Race" multi-image show; The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory presents the history of baseball, and Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom is a full-feature theme and water park with seven rollercoasters; Waterfront Park is a family recreation area.
Just south of MAYSVILLE is Old Washington, a 1700s village of shops and museums including the Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum, the house where the author witnessed the slave auction she would describe in Uncle Tom's Cabin; the Underground Railroad Museum at Maysville highlights the area's important role as an escape route for thousands of slaves.
Since the Museum of the American Quilter's Society opened here in 1991, PADUCAH has become known as "Quilt City USA".
The PERRYVILLE Battlefield State Historic Site 40 miles southwest of Lexington is the site of Kentucky's bloodiest, and most important, Civil War battle.
RENFRO VALLEY is the country music capital of Kentucky, offering ten different live shows, headliner concert, special events and festivals.
With over 100 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places and three National Register Historic Districts, downtown RICHMOND is considered to be one of the Kentucky's finest restored 19th century commercial districts; the Battle of Richmond Self-Guided Driving Tour is part of the National Trust Civil War Discovery Trail; Fort Boonesborough State Park, first established by pioneer Daniel Boone, has been reconstructed as a working 1775 fort where artisans perform pioneer craft demonstrations on 18th-century antiques.
From VERSAILLES a train ride on the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad travels through 11 miles of Bluegrass horse country and tobacco farms.
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