Country Roads of the Deep South - Summer 2021
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Highlights
- Nashville: Relax and unwind before meeting your Travel Director and fellow guests to mingle before sitting down to a Welcome Dinner with wine.
- Nashville: Tonight's dinner will introduce you to the flavours of Nashville.
- Memphis: Dinner this evening will be served at The Beauty Shop, a former parlour where Elvis’ ex-wife, Priscilla, was said to get her hair done.
- Greenwood: Dine on a mouthwatering dinner at Fan and Johnny’s. The restaurant’s chef is a James Beard Award finalist and dishes include produce local to area.
- Lafayette: In the evening, indulge on a delicious dinner with your fellow travellers.
- Lafayette: You will be joined by a Local Expert who will help you catch your lunch the old-fashioned way, using hand nets. You’ll be taught how to prepare a traditional crawfish boil, before sitting down to the meal.
- New Orleans: This afternoon, head to the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, where you’ll learn more about the city’s cuisine with a guided tour and included lunch.
- New Orleans: End your day with a Celebration Dinner with your fellow travellers.
- Dining Summary: 11 Breakfasts (B), 2 Lunches (L) and 4 Dinners with wine (DW).
- Nashville: Go behind the scenes of a Nashville recording studio. This intimate experience introduces you to a performing artist, musicians and techniques behind a song’s development. You’ll have the opportunity to connect with a runner up from the hit television show, The Voice.
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- Our highly-skilled Travel Director will ensure your journey is seamless, serving as your expert guide, consummate organiser, and friend overseas.
- Enjoy the comfort of Insight's luxury, air-conditioned, 40-seat coach with double the standard legroom and onboard washroom.
- Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary.
- We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door.
- Hotel and restaurant tips are included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. We also include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.
- Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).
- From time to time, your Travel Director will enchant you with an Insight Flourish, which is a local specialty representing the destination.
- If your arrival and/or departure flights are as per the itinerary start and end dates, then transfers are available at scheduled times. If your flights are outside these times, or you have booked additional nights accommodation with Insight Insight Vacations, you may purchase transfers or make your own way from/to the airport.
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