LAPTA6  Atlanta Asheville The Great Smoky Mountain Nashville Chattanooga 6-Day Tour

1.  Exclusive tour! Official recommended! Visiting North Carolina and Tennessee. 

2.   Hotel breakfast included every day, enjoy the breakfast before we depart.

3.   Elite tour with professional tour leader, no more than 14 guests.

4.   Complimentary 1 bottle water per person per day.

5.   Visit the City of Atlanta, the most populous city in the Southeast of the US, and its popular attraction such as CNN headquarter, Georgia Aquarium, and World of Coca Cola.

6.   Visit historic city Charleston, experience the early history of colonial America.

7.  “Gilded Age” Biltmore Estate, the biggest private estate in North America.

8.   Experience stunning views of natural wonders in South U.S.

9.   Be in the National Park with most visitors in US -- Great Smoky Mountains.

10. Southern dinner show Dixie Stampede featuring America’s civil war

11. Tour in Lookout Mountain: Rock City, Ruby Falls, Incline Railway. 

DAY 1 - HOME - Atlanta

Airport Pickup Information

  1. Complementary airport pickup is provided 9:00AM - 9:00PM at ATL Airport. You may have to wait for other guests.

  2. Paid 24-hour pick-up and drop-off service is also available for $120 for first two persons with $10 for each additional person.

 

Fly from home to Atlanta. For passengers arriving with domestic flights, please wait at Baggage Claim area (North Terminal may meet tour guide at gate N3, and South Terminal may meet tour guide at gate S4); for passengers taking International flight, please wait at the Gate A2 after retrieving your luggage. 

Baymont Inn & Suites Norcross Or equivalent(Breakfast Included);

DAY 2 - Atlanta - Asheville

Asheville is a city in western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. explore the city by foot and learning lots of information about its vibrant arts scene and historic architecture. Later we visit the largest private mansion in the US. And a night tour in Omni Grove Park Inn. 

 

Itinerary: 

Heading to Asheville  → Biltmore estate(Optional, 240 mins. including wine tasting)→Wine Tasting (MUST be 21 ) → Omni Grove Park Inn night tour (Optional, 90 mins)

Biltmore Estate

Biltmore Estate is a Ch?teauesque-style mansion built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 and is the largest privately-owned house in the United States. It stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age. Also, we have a chance to visit Biltmore Winery which is the most visited winery in the country. (Wine tasting MUST be 21 years old).

Omni Grove Park Inn Night Tour

The Grove Park Inn is an historic resort hotel on the western-facing slope of Sunset Mountain within the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has been visited by many United States' presidents and many other notable personages. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the hotel is an example of the Arts and Crafts style.

Baymont by Wyndham Asheville/Biltmore Or equivalent(Breakfast Included);

Day 3 - Great Smoky Mountain - Pigeon Forge

The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. With over 9 million visits per year, it is the most-visited national park in the United States. 

 

Itinerary: 

Pigeon Forge → Titanic Museum(Optional, 60 mins)→Great Smoky Mountain Park (Optional, 120 mins)→Dixie Stampede(Optional, 180 mins)

Titanic Museum Pigeon Forge

The Titanic Museum is a two-story museum shaped like the RMS Titanic. It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and opened on April 8, 2010. It is built half-scale to the original ship. Similar to the one in Branson, Missouri, the museum holds 400 pre-discovery artifacts in twenty galleries. It is the largest permanent Titanic museum in the world. As guests enter, they are given a passenger boarding ticket. On this ticket, is the name of an actual Titanic passenger and the class they were traveling. Guests will learn the individual stories of several passengers. In the Titanic Memorial Room, they will find out whether their ticketed passenger survived.

Great Smoky Mountain In -depth Tour

Explore in Sugerlands Visitor Center, With the innovative itinerary, everyone has this unique chance to visit the most popular National Park. It is the major tourist attraction in the Eastern United States. From the platform, it allows visitors to see a 360-degree panorama of the surroundings, giving visitors a spectacular view and fresh air of the mountains. Open areas in the park offer some best opportunities to see wildlife, for example black bear, elk, white-tail deer, as well as over 1,500 kinds of wildflowers!

 

Dolly Parton's Stampede

Dine in a dinner theatre where you can watch a brilliant show with 32 horses and a cast of top-notch riders plus a mouth-watering four-course feast complete with a delicious dessert! They will thrill you with daring feats of trick riding and competition, pitting North against South in a friendly and fun rivalry. You will also enjoy music, dancing, special effects, and family-friendly comedy along the way.

Howard Johnson by Wyndham Pigeon Forge Or equivalent(Breakfast Included)

DAY 4 - Nashvill

Nashville grew from a foundation built on music. Music has been the common thread connecting the life and soul of the city and its people. And visitors have ventured here to experience the music that weaves such a fundamental pattern in its cultural, business and social fabric. 

 

Itinerary: 

Madame Tussauds Nashville(Optional, 60 mins)→Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum(Optional, 60 mins)→Tennessee State Capitol(15 mins)(Outside Visit)→Nashville Best spot for taking photos- John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge (15 mins)→ Nashville Night Tour(Optional, 180 mins)

Madame Tussauds Nashville

The world's most famous wax attraction celebrating American music, is coming to Music City. This attraction focused solely on the lyrical legends that have shaped the musical landscape of America. You'll get an opportunity to get up close and personal with greats such a Johnny Cash, Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire and more. Also featured are themed zones like WSM Studios, MTTV featuring current pop icons, Music Alley and the Grand Ole Opry where you can touch and take photos with your favorites in fun and famous scenes.

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is a premier Nashville attraction and the one and only museum in the world that honors the talented musicians who played on the greatest recordings of all time. Chartered in 1964, the museum has amassed one of the world's most extensive music collections.

Ramada by Wyndham Murfreesboro Or equivalent(Breakfast Included)

DAY 5 - Chattanooga—Lookout Mountain

We will spend the day exploring Chattanooga, and the surrounding area. Our day includes heading to Lookout Mountain to take the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, see the Ruby Falls as well as visit the Rock City. 

 

Itinerary: 

Chattanooga → Heading to Lookout Mountain → Ruby Falls (Optional, 90 mins) → Rock City (Optional, 75 mins) → Lookout Mountain Incline Railway (Optional, 75 mins)

Ruby Falls

A breathtaking 145-foot underground waterfall is a natural wonder. It is located over 1,120 feet below the surface of Lookout Mountain. It is fed by rainwater and underground springs and the water from the falls eventually flows into the Tennessee River.

 

Rock city

On the top of the Rock City, it is said seven neighboring states might be seen from Lover's Leap - you can find out whether it is true or not. However, we are sure you will be amazed by the breathtaking panoramic views of the natural landscape, massive ancient rock formations, and gardens with over 400 native plant species.

 

Incline Railway

This historic hilltop on the southern border of Tennessee has a colorful history as a place of importance during wartime. Most notably, it was the centerpiece of the Battle of Lookout Mountain during the American Civil War. This team has been running almost continually since 1895 and except for an engine update in 1911, it hasn't changed very much in more than 100 years of operation. The ride stretches about one mile up the mountain and the incline reaches a breathtaking 72.7% grade – almost straight up! Enjoy the “America’s Most Amazing Mile“ aboard!

Baymont Inn & Suites Norcross Or equivalent(Breakfast Included);

DAY6 - Atlanta City Tour

Atlanta is rated as a "beta( )" world city that exerts a moderate impact on global commerce, finance, research, technology, education, media, art, and entertainment. Downtown is home to the city's sporting venues and many of its tourist attractions.

 

Itinerary:

Georgia Institute of Technology(40 mins) → Georgia State Capitol(Outside Visit,15 mins)→Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park(20 mins)→ Margaret Mitchell House and Museum(Optional, 60 mins) → CNN Studios(Optional, 60 mins)→ Georgia Aquarium(Optional, 90 mins)→ Coca-Cola World(Optional, 90 mins)

 

Special notes:

Coca-Cola World  closed Dates: Closed for Private Event (4/21), Closed for private event until noon (4/22), Closed on Thanksgiving (11/26) & Closed on Christmas (12/25)

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, is a public research university and institute of technology located in the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. The campus itself has few buildings over four stories and has a great deal of greenery. This gives it a distinctly suburban atmosphere quite different from other Atlanta campuses such as that of Georgia State University.

 

The Georgia State Capitol

The Georgia State Capitol is an architecturally and historically significant building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It has been named a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

Margaret Mitchell House and Museum

Margaret Mitchell's one and only novel, "Gone with the Wind," was born in an apartment in this turn-of-the-century Tudor Revival mansion. Now a museum on the National Register of Historic Places, the house offers visitors a tour that tells the story of the author, the Pulitzer Prize-winning book and the making of the movie.

CNN Headquarters

This in-depth tour takes guests inside the CNN studios and offers a one-of-a-kind look into what is needed to produce a news show. Journey behind the scenes of “The Worldwide Leader in News” to see how a news broadcast is put together and aired. Inside CNN Studios offers an exclusive look at the headquarters of one of the largest and most venerable news organizations in the world.

 

Georgia Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium houses more than a hundred thousand animals and represents several thousand species. It was the largest aquarium in the world from its opening in 2005 until 2012. With exciting marine life on display, such as beluga whales, manta rays, whale sharks, and bottlenose dolphins.

 

World of Coca Cola

Experience the fascinating story of Coca-Cola, meet our Coca-Cola Polar Bear, enjoy 100 beverages from around the world and more at World of Coca-Cola!  Visit the vault where the legendary secret formula for Coca-Cola is stored and get a behind-the-scenes look at the bottling process.  Discover this one-of-a-kind attraction that offers something for everyone to enjoy!

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