Visit Tennessee ý Satisfy Your Cultural and Artistic Instincts

Do you like visiting places of cultural and artistic values? Do you enjoy music? Do you like the breathtaking sight of majestic mountains? If your answer is yes, then Tennessee is a place that you MUST visit. Tennessee is not only about Smoking Mountains or music; it is something much beyond that. Tennessee has myriad of activities for sports and adventure lovers. They range from water sports at most exotic locales to horse riding and cycling.

The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and Museum located in Nashville provides a complete insight about sports in Tennessee. Nashville is also famous as a centre of country music and offers best recreational facilities and infrastructure. Knoxville Museum of Art is a place to be if you are interested in modern art. The museum houses a good collection of modern art. Knoxville zoo and World's Fair Park are also worth visiting in Knoxville.

Your next tourist spots in Tennessee should be Memphis and Gatlinburg. Memphis has many museums which are a hot attraction among tourists from all over the world. Similarly, Gatlinburg is famous for its scenic beauty comprising of streams and mountains. It is a fantastic place for sports enthusiast and lovers of natural beauty. You can walk along the quiet walkways in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and enjoy the forests and scenic waterfalls and the solitude they offer.

If you like outdoor experience and natural beauty, Tennessee is the right place for you. It has more than 50 state parks, each offering a different experience. Some of these include South Cumberland State Park, Fall Creek Falls Resort Park, Rock Island State Park and Radnor Lake State Park. Memphis Botanic Gardens is a great hit among garden and flowers lovers. It has 24 gardens based on different themes and is spread over an area of 96 acres.

Tennessee can be easily divided into three areas from touristýs point of view. These are East Tennessee, West Tennessee and the area in between. The eastern part of Tennessee has Kingsport, Knoxville, Bristol, Chattanooga and Johnson City as its major cities. It is famous for country music and a number of tourist attractions like Tennessee Aquarium, Rock City, Ripley's Aquarium and Ruby Falls to name a few.

West Tennessee is the area that falls between Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers. It is famous for its natural beauty. Some of the major tourist attractions of this region include Reelfoot Lake, Sun Studio, Kentucky Lake and Stax Museum.

The area in between West and East Tennessee comprises of cities like Nashville, Columbia, Clarksville and Murfreesboro. Country Music Hall of Fame, Fayetteville Historic Downtown, General Jackson Showboat and Hartsville Memorial Park are some of the interesting places to visit in middle Tennessee. Grand Ole Opry in Nashville is a live testament of Nashvilleýs reputation as the heart of country music.

With so many places of natural beauty, cultural, historical and musical links, Tennessee is place to visit for your vacations. Be it honeymoon, annual holidays or family get together, Tennessee has something to offer to all of us. Pack your bags, get into your John Deere boots and visit Tennessee for that perfect vacation. Enjoy a horse ride at French Broad Outpost Ranch and get that perfect cowboy experience.

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