Memphis Destination Planning Guide 2009 - (Page 16) regional attraCtions tuniCa, Ms—Casinos www.tunicamiss.org | 662-363-3800 You don’t have to go to Vegas to put it all on black. Just thirty minutes south of Memphis, across the border and through the woods, is Tunica, Mississippi, the casino capital of the South. 24-hours of slots, buffets, card tables and live entertainment await: • Bally’s Casino • Fitzgerald’s Casino • Gold Strike Casino Resort • Harrah’s Casino • Hollywood Casino • Horseshoe Casino • Resorts Casino • Sam’s Town Casino • Sheraton Casino Each location offers live entertainment, championship golf courses, tennis, riverboat, a diverse collection of shops and other options. For more information, contact the Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau. CaseY Jones village www.caseyjones.com | 731-668-1223 Located in historic Jackson, Tennessee, Casey Jones Village is the perfect whistle-stop between Nashville and Memphis. Featuring the Historic Casey Jones Home and Railroad Museum, Brooks Shaw’s Old Country Store Restaurant and Casey Jones Train Store, among other attractions, the Village is one of the Top 10 Travel Attractions in the state. • Tour Length: 1 hour delta Blues MuseuM www.deltabluesmuseum.org | 662-627-6820 While Memphis may be the Home of the Blues, there’s no doubting that the Delta, specifically the area surrounding the junction of Mississippi State Highways 61 and 49, is its birthplace. Housed in a renovated Illinois Central freight depot in Clarksdale, the Delta Blues Museum has preserved, interpreted and encouraged a deep interest in the blues through its collection of photos, instruments, the written word and local artifacts. • Guides available with advance notice • Tour Length: 2 hours memphis botanic garden JaCK daniel distillerY www.jackdaniels.com 931-759-6183 Observe every step that goes into making Jack Daniel’s Old Time Old No.7 Brand Quality Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey (that’s the full title printed on the label) at the oldest registered distillery in the country, located in Lynchburg, Tennessee, which, by the way, is a dry county. • Tour Length: 1 hour 16 http://www.tunicamiss.org http://www.caseyjones.com http://www.deltabluesmuseum.org http://www.jackdaniels.com
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