EASTERN USA & EASTERN CANADA Travelling Well Includes…
• Filmed narratives exclusively produced for Tauck by filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan feature new insights based on themes from their films, from national parks to country music
• TAUCK EXCLUSIVE lunch with a Nashville songwriter at the Country Music Hall of Fame • TAUCK EXCLUSIVE backstretch tour of Churchill Downs – meet a professional jockey • TAUCK EXCLUSIVE private “Bluegrass and Bourbon” event dinner at a Lexington mansion • Country music performance at the Grand Ole Opry or Ryman Auditorium • Private presentation on Appalachian music and instrument craftsmanship • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted • 22 meals, service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage
into the breeding and training of a Thoroughbred champion. A short drive to Bardstown takes you to another iconic local landmark, Federal Hill, a Georgian-style plantation house built in 1795 by Judge John Rowan that once entertained dignitaries like Andrew Jackson and Marquis de Lafayette. The estate is better known as the inspiration for Stephen Foster’s “My Old Kentucky Home”; you’ll tour the impeccably preserved mansion and formal gardens. Then head to Frankfort for a guided tour of the Buffalo Trace Distillery, famous for its fine Kentucky bourbon, which it has produced continuously since 1775. During Prohibition, the distillery was permitted to output whiskey “for medicinal purposes...” Arrive late afternoon in Lexington where the evening is free. Meals BLD
3. SHAKERS, BOURBON & BLUEGRASS Drive to Pleasant Hill, site of what was once the largest, most successful Shaker community in America. Founded in England in the 18th century, the sect known as Shakers had a profound effect on 19th-century America, as documented in Ken Burns’s film The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God. Known locally as “Shakertown,” the village, which flourished here from 1805 to 1910, comprises 34 original buildings, wonderfully restored as a living museum with costumed interpreters. You’ll gain insights into the hearts and minds of the Shakers, and marvel at their engineering achievements; besides their fame for furniture making, the Shakers invented the circular saw, the clothespin, the wheel-driven washing machine, and numerous other labour-saving devices. Following lunch in the village, delve deeper into equine culture at The Kentucky Horse Park, a working horse farm and theme park showcasing breeds from around the world; you’ll also visit the International Museum of the Horse. Return to your hotel to freshen up for a special, private “Bluegrass and Bourbon” evening, including a banquet dinner, a live band, and bourbon tasting. Meals BLD
4. CURRENTS OF THE CUMBERLAND GAP When you stand at the Cumberland Gap you’ll never forget it – you’re standing at America’s first frontier, the first gateway to the West. The gap was a break in the Appalachian Mountains that provided a passage for migrating buffalo herds, American Indian tribes, and restless pioneers – including Daniel Boone,
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who blazed a trail known as the Wilderness Road here in 1775. And today you will join that long list of “travellers” when you pass through the gap yourself. Explore its rich history and cultural currents at a private presentation at the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park visitors’ centre. The park also features unique geologic sandstone formations, magnificent underground caverns, and restored log cabins from an early 20th-century pioneer settlement. Continue to Asheville, North Carolina, where your accommodation is both historic and gracious. Asheville has emerged as one of America’s top culinary hotspots – a “foodie haven” known for many new twists on traditional Southern cuisine. In addition to being ranked #12 on the recent “Top 100 Best Places to Live in America,” Asheville’s restaurants and chefs have won top accolades in numerous polls. Dine at your leisure at “The Biltmore.” Meals BLD
5. THE BILTMORE ESTATE Back in 1895 George Vanderbilt II, grandson of railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, decided to build himself “a little mountain escape” in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. The result was the Biltmore Estate, a fabulous 250-room
INDIANA Maximum Elevation: 2,300 ft.m Elev tion: 2,300 levat tion
Bardstown Louisville
Frankfort Lexington
Harrodsburg Corbin
TENNESSEE Nashville
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Knoxville
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Blue Ridge Pkwy
Asheville Cherokee SOUTH CAROLINA CAROLINA NORTH KENTUCKY VIRGINIA WEST
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