Charlotte, North Carolina City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Charlotte, North Carolina Travel Guide has been your connection to Charlotte's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Charlotte Attractions
 The Uptown area of Charlotte is where the bed and breakfast visitor interested in learning about Charlotte’s past will find the majority of museums and historic places. Oddly enough, this is also the central business area of Charlotte. The square formed by Trade and Tryon Streets is the historic crossing of the Native American trade paths. When planning your bed and breakfast escape to Charlotte at LanierBB.com, look into the special exhibits that will be featured at the Mint Museum of Art during your Charlotte stay. The museum, located in the original Charlotte Mint Building, features a fine collection of American art, ceramics, costumes and decorative arts and regularly hosts traveling exhibitions. The Charlotte Museum of History and Hezekiah, Alexander Homesite, illustrate to the bed and breakfast historian what it means to be a Charlotte local. The permanent, as well as changing exhibits, define Charlotte’s past, present and future. The Levine Museum of the New South hosts walk-through exhibits and hands-on experiences as an introduction to Southern history and influence over the centuries. The Carolina’s Aviation Museum, featuring historic as well as restored aircraft, is located at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. The array of interesting flying machines is fascinating to any bed and breakfast aviator. The James K Polk Historic Site commemorates the Polk administration and significant events associated with it. Take a breather from history and stop in at Charlotte’s Discovery Place. Interactive exhibits, hands-on activities, an Imax Dome and a wide variety of special events are great opportunities for the bed and breakfast visitor to explore the scientific world.
Bed and breakfast sports fans will find ample opportunity to attend exciting sporting events in Charlotte. The favorite Charlotte professional teams include the NBA Charlotte Bobcats and NFL Carolina Panthers. NASCAR racing events occur at Lowe’s Motor Speedway but even if your visit doesn’t coincide with a race event guided tours of this impressive facility are available. You can even take home some sports memorabilia as a Charlotte keepsake.
Charlotte has an excellent performing arts scene for the bed and breakfast visitor to enjoy. The choices include live theater, the types including comedy, dinner, Broadway, Shakespearean, fringe, experiential and more. The North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center has three performance spaces hosting a variety of performing arts that include opera, dance, symphony orchestra as well as theatre. Your bed and breakfast innkeepers can assist with any theater or performance interests you may have.
Charlotte is a great place for the bed and breakfast tourist to spend time outdoors. Golfing is available on the Carolina Trail, featuring seven fine courses in the Metropolitan Charlotte area. Charlotte’s parks are great places to enjoy biking, walking or visit to a nature preserve for a captivating wildlife view. The U.S. National Whitewater Center invites bed and breakfast guest to experience some serious exercise. The three hundred and seven acre facility, located on the Catawba River, offers kayaking, climbing, eco caching, rafting, zip as well as miles of trails for hiking, biking and walking. Perhaps your bed and breakfast hosts can recommend or arrange a massage at a local Charlotte spa to relax your tired muscles.
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