For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Memphis, Tennessee Travel Guide has been your connection to Memphis's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Memphis Attractions
With a nickname of “The River City”, Memphis overlooks the Mississippi River atop scenic bluffs. Take a stroll beside the mighty Mississippi at sunset and watch the spectacular colors spill across the impressive waters. Amble over to Shelby Farms, one of the largest urban parks and hike, bike or horseback ride along the variety of trails found there. Pack a picnic lunch and relax among the trees as you enjoy the view of one of the park’s 11 lakes or take a peak at the Bison Range. Animal lovers can also enjoy the Memphis Zoo, home to over 500 different species of animals, with a total of over 3,500 wild animals to look at.
The Pink Palace Museum is the spot to head to for the history of the 18th largest city in the country. See what the city was like during the time of Spanish explorers
to the Civil War, to how it became the bustling business center it is today. Built at the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination, the National Civil Rights Museum is dedicated to preserving the dream of civil rights that Dr. King envisioned. Today the museum inspires workers for civil rights all over the globe through exhibits and educational programs.
No bed and breakfast travelers trip to Memphis would be complete without a visit to Beale Street. The eclectic combination of shops, restaurants, clubs and local hangouts create an atmosphere that is bursting with energy. The bed and breakfast traveler can hear the very best in Blues music at the B.B. King's Blues Club found on Beale Street. Schwab’s a must see, it is a well-known souvenir shop, which houses not only trinkets and other memorabilia to remember your trip by, but also the Beale Street Museum, as well as part of the original 1876 dry goods store. The sole remaining business on Beale Street that has been there since it was paved, Schwab’s still sells a variety of cooking utensils, underwear, voodoo candles and nickel candies. A slightly lesser known attraction, which every bed and breakfast visitor can see is the “March of the Ducks”. Held in the Peabody Hotel every day at 11am. The resident ducks are lead from their penthouse “Duck Palace” on the roof of the hotel to the marble fountain in the lobby. The ducks then ride the elevator down to the ground floor where they walk across the red carpet laid out for them to the sounds of the “King Cotton March” by John Phillip Sousa. The ducks then play in the lobby fountain until they are led back up to the penthouse with accompanying fanfare at 5pm. Surely a must see for every bed and breakfast guest before they head home to their delightful, southern B&B accommodation for dinner.
