Honeymoon Road Trip Round Tennessee.

As you may know I got married last year and in October we took our honeymoon in the USA state of Tennessee. It was fabulous from start to finish so I thought I'd write a blog in case this sort of trip appeals to you.

We started with business class flights with British Airways to Nashville which was an amazing way to travel and a first for my husband, although I have been lucky enough to travel business class before.

On landing into Nashville, we collected our Mustang convertible car which was a dream of my husbands to drive and off we went to find out first hotel. We arrived at Aloft in Nashville and checked in and then decided to venture out to grab some food. To be honest it was quite late at night and we were both quite tired, so we decided to grab a pizza and take it back to our room.

After a night’s sleep, our busy day ahead began with visits to downtown Nashville and onto "Broadway" which is bar after bar after bar all with live music belting out, it is a music lover dream. We also had visits to the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Ryman Auditorium which is where the Grand Ole Opry started and then we took a hop on and off trolley tour to see some more of Nashville. That evening we decided to eat down on Broadway. Now my tip is to decide during the day where you want to eat and make a reservation, we didn't and ended up eating quite late.

After our second night we were then off on our travels to Memphis, which took about 3 hours. We checked into the Guest House at Graceland which was an absolutely amazing hotel and a definite must for Elvis fans. There is Elvis music playing throughout the hotel with the bonus of having an outside pool and it’s across the road from Graceland itself. The next day we had a tour of Graceland which was just amazing seeing his house, cars, planes and thousands of pieces of memorabilia. We also visited Sun Studios which was amazing to hear the stories of bands that have recorded in there. We took a trip down Beale Street which is a little like Broadway in Nashville with live music. BB Kings is a must.

The next day we were off again in the car and onto Chattanooga which took about 5 hours. We had a two night stay here and had an amazing steamboat sail down the Tennessee river and also visited the aquarium. After our second night we were off to Pigeon Forge which a lot of people have not heard of but this is where the amazing Dollywood theme park is located. Aside from that it was an amazing place, with so much to do and see. We could have done with longer than 2 nights here, but we managed to cram an awful lot in, including a visit to a moonshine distillery and a visit to the Smokey Mountain Oprey and also a fun dinner show. Then we were off back to Nashville for our flights home.

I would thoroughly recommend this trip to anyone who has a love of music. For any more info please get in touch.