Day Trips from Lexington

Hi there,

I will be doing a Kentucky driving tour in May. I am currently planning the following:

Day 1 Cincinnati to Mammoth Cave area

Day 2 Lexington to Covington area

Day 3 Lexington to Louisville area

Day 4 Lexington to Natural Bridge area

Day 5 Lexington to Frankfort area

My interests are art museums, interesting neighborhoods and city-scapes, scenics, historical landmarks/houses, and factory tours.

Any suggestions for each days%26#39; itinerary would be great. I like long days (8a to 10p is not unusual). I realize I won%26#39;t be able to see a lot of what the areas havehttp://www.tripadvisor.com/GoListDetail-i5453-Gems_of_Seattle_and_the_Pacific.html

to offer but I like to get a little taste of evrything my first time touring a place.

Thanks,

Day Trips from Lexington

On your tour I would suggest doing the Cincinnati/Covington at the same time and not going from Lexington to Covington. Are you flying into CVG then renting a car? CVG is in Kentucky and you are close to Covington. It looks like you are making Lexington your base?

You may find the Covington Main Stasse area of some interest as well as going over to Cincinnati to the Art Museum and the area in Mt. Adams. Hopefully this will spring more interest and more people will reply.

Day Trips from Lexington

On area you are missing is Lexington to the Lake Cumberland area.Beautiful lake views...Lots of history including a civil war museum and tour.

I would recommend Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort for your day 5. They have a very nice tour that my family really enjoyed.

The Woodford Reserve is a beautiful and historic Bourbon tour. We love the Versailles/Midway area and it%26#39;s worth a stop at Equus Run if you like wine.

If you have time, I%26#39;d suggest that you add a Southeastern day trip to your iterary. The ultimate destination would be Cumberland Falls State Park (about 2 hours if driven straight through), but I%26#39;d stop several times along the way.

First leg:

Lexington to Berea, KY (approx 40 miles down I-75)

Check out the folk arts and crafts made by local artists and students from Berea College. Have lunch at the historic Boone Tavern Hotel Restaurant

http://www.berea.com/

www.boonetavernhotel.com/restaurant.asp

You may also want to make a quick trip over to Bybee Pottery before heading further south down I-75.

http://www.kaht.com/multiple/bybee1.htm

Click on the Berea Trail to see what other artisans are in the area:

http://www.kaht.com/tours/tours.htm

Second leg:

Berea to Renfro Valley (about 14 miles)

Check out the home of the Renfro Valley Barn dance. You%26#39;ll have to check to see what%26#39;s on the schedule.

http://www.renfrovalley.com/

Third leg:

Renfro Valley to Corbin (about 35 miles)

Make a stop at The Sanders Cafe %26amp; Museum which is the very first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. Don%26#39;t save your appetite, the food is pretty much the same as any other KFC.

http://www.chickenfestival.com/sanders.htm

From there, head on to Cumberland Falls State Resort to check out the falls. About 15 miles on a snakey two lane. If you happen to come between May 17-21, you might see a ';moonbow';

corbinkentucky.us/cumberlandfallsstatepark.h…

Grab dinner at The DuPont Lodge before heading back or if you want to have a beer with dinner, get a bite back in Corbin at The Depot on Main. It%26#39;s one of only 2-3 restaurants that can serve alcohol. Until recently, everything in Kentucky southeast of Richmond was ';dry';

http://www.thedepotonmain.com/

Return leg:

Corbin to Lexington on I-75 will take about one and a half hours.

I also highly recommend the Woodford Reserve tour. You can also get lunch on their deck. The bourbon balls are to die for.

No one has mentioned the Kentucky Horse Park. My family and myself really enjoyed that and its a beautiful setting. Also go out and see the prettiest horse track in the country, Keeneland. Churchill Downs is more famous, but its a tourist trap right in the city. Keeneland is still out of town across from the Lexington airport and borders on the very famous Calumet Farm.

Also might want to check out Halls on the River for dinner or lunch which sits on the Kentucky River near Boonesboro. If the weather is nice its great to sit outside on the deck overlooking the river.

The Great American Dollhouse Museum is opening in Danville, KY in May or June. It%26#39;s a social history museum in miniature, and will be huge. Their website has a lot of photographs. It%26#39;s www.thedollhousemuseum.com. Good luck on your trip!