A Short Drive Away

Attractions

Louisville


• Fourth Street Live! Louisville's new rockin' downtown entertainment district!



• Actor's Theater of Louisville



• Kentucky Derby Festival - It's For You! Go to the web site that describes Louisville's most famous annual events, a whirlwind of activity from mid April until the first Saturday in May.



• Churchill Downs



The Kentucky Derby Museum


• The Louisville Zoo



• Louisville Slugger Museum a shrine to baseball



• Frazier Historical Arms Museum.  Quickly becoming one of Louisville's top attractions, this 3 story museum on W. Main Street opened in 2004 and contains an impressive collection of historic arms and armor in collaboration with the British Royal Armouries collection



• Locust Grove Historic1790's home of General George Rogers Clark in eastern Jefferson County



• The Thomas Edison House Edison's home from 1866-1868.



• Glassworks Tours, exhibits, events relating to the art of glass.  Visitors can see flameworking, cold and hot glass studios and 3-dimentional displays.  



• Louisville Science Center  Exhibits, programs and IMAX theater.



• Louisville Ballet



• Kentucky Center for the Arts and the W. L. Lyons Brown (formerly McCauley) Theater.  For the performing arts including Broadway productions, The Louisville Orchestra and Kentucky Opera, New Masters Series, Jazz Cabaret, Lonesome Pine Specials, Midnite Ramble Series, Phillip Morris New Directions in Dance, Travelogue Series, Special Events and more!



• Kentucky Shakespeare Festival right here in Old Louisville's Central Park



• Kentucky Opera



• Rebecca-Ruth Candy Factory Tours (in Frankfort)



• River Walk A scenic walk along the Louisville Riverfront. And Across the river, the Falls of the Ohio.



• Historic West Main Street preservation district has become a center for museums such as the Louisville Slugger Museum and Louisville Science Center, as well as to artists and galleries such as the Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation. 



• Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Thrill Park



• Kentucky State Fair and Exposition Center Year-round events on 400 acres and the downtown Kentucky International Convention Center



• When the steamboat "Idlewild" began plowing the waters of the Allegheny near Pittsburgh in 1914, and later tramped the Ohio, Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri River systems, no one had any idea she would eventually become the Belle of Louisville.   Read her story, get info on her cruises, and even listen to her calliope.



• Caesar's Indiana Casino "The Glory of Rome."  This 452 foot-long and 100 foot-wide vessel is the largest passenger carrying riverboat on any river in the world.



• Bernheim Forest a beautiful 14,000 acre Arboretum and Research Forest 20 miles south of Louisville.  Established in 1929 by distiller Isaac Bernheim, an original resident of 1014 S. Third Street in what is now Old Louisville.  

Dining

• Louisville HotBytes The comprehensive listing of Louisville restaurants with ratings and unbiased reviews. You'll find information on the city's full dining scene by former Old Louisvillian and beloved CJ&T food and wine critic, Robin Garr.
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• LouisvilleDiner.com Your Resource for restaurant menus and information on Louisville's best restaurants



• The Courier-Journal's Louisville Scene for what's doing around Louisville: Dining and entertainment, the arts, features and much more

Transportation

• Public Transportation in Louisville (TARC) bus fares, schedules and other information



• Louisville International Airport   Including flight schedules and and information on navigating the airport itself.   The airport is only five car minutes from Old Louisville!



• Yellow Cab of Louisville

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