Advice needed please

Hi everyone,

My boyfriend and I will be staying at the La Quinta Inn Primacy Parkway for 2 nights in January. We only have one full day in Memphis to visit Graceland and the Civil Rights Museum, and hopefully to have a look around Beale Street (although we do have another night to visit Beale St as well).

If possible, could someone provide advice regarding the best way to visit these attractions i.e. what would be the best way of getting between the hotel and these attractions (we won%26#39;t have a car), should we take a tour to visit Graceland, etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Advice needed please

Another quick question - what would be the best way of getting from the airport to the hotel? Does anyone know what the approximate cost of a taxi would be? Thanks again.

Advice needed please

Just do a tour of Graceland I guess that%26#39;s the best way, if you haven%26#39;t been there before it%26#39;s not that big of a deal in my opinion. Some think it%26#39;s a disappointment and sort of tacky, but I guess it%26#39;s a bit of history. Personally I thought it was a waste of time and effort given the hassle factor ! No car?? then you%26#39;re going to be introuble in Memphis because the cab system is pretty awful, you also can%26#39;t %26#39;hail%26#39; a cab in Memphis ! My experience is that they are SLOW as heck to get to you. From Primacy Parkway which is right off Ridgeway and Poplar area I would count on about 30 bucks or so now !

Cvil Rights museum is a fairly decent attraction and done okay, not terrific, but adequate. Memphis is obviously mentioned and highlighted a bit but in the overall context of a pretty bad time in our history. I guess you are from Australia and not from the US. I don%26#39;t know how much US history that you were taught in Australian school, but Memphis was pretty bad about race relations (Black/White), and frankly I don%26#39;t think it%26#39;s evolved as much as other US southern (or northern/western, etc) cities . It%26#39;s primitive compared to NYC or even Atlanta. My opinion. I hope you have a good and safe adventure in Memphis. Be careful, Memphis is one of the most dangerous cities in the US too.

I don%26#39;t believe Graceland is a waste of time, especially if you like Elvis.

I love Graceland.

Anyway, the taxi system in Memphis is a bit bad. You have to call and have them come pick you up and it might take some time to wait. There is a taxi stand at Graceland so getting to your hotel probably wouldn%26#39;t be too bad. Also, at your hotel you could call and have one come get you. I beleive it is $21 from the airport to downtown on a taxi. Graceland is near the airport. I could see it costing about the $30 range, and with the Australian dollar not being great, that might be more than you want to pay.

try looking on the web for Blues City Tours. they might be able to help you.

The civil rights museum is a good site. I went there recently and spent around two hours there. Beale street is more of a night thing so that shouldn%26#39;t be an issue.

as far as your hotel is concerned have you considered staying in downtown? you will be there in the middle of all the sites excluding Graceland. You can ride the trolley to the civil rights museum and beale street. if you are planning on taking taxis to graceland and downtown from your hotel, you would save a bit of money by spending more on a hotel in downtown but then being able to walk to things in downtown or take the trolley. plus, you can get a free shuttle at sun studio to graceland. have a look at sunstudio%26#39;s web site, probably sunstudio.com.

Thanks for your responses. Since finding out how much taxis will be, we are planning to change our hotel booking. We only booked at the La Quinta because it was quite cheap and included breakfast, but I think it will now be more economical to stay downtown. Just hope there won%26#39;t be a cancellation fee for the other one. Now looking at the Comfort Inn Downtown, which seems to be in a decent location.

Thanks again for your advice! It has been really helpful, and is greatly appreciated.

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