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Stuff to do in Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Nashville in March
I am visiting the United States for roughly 9 days spanning between March 9th, a Saturday to March 18th, a Monday. I am coming to visit my parents as my father works in Nashville during the weekdays and then flies home for the weekends. However, instead of meeting my mother and father in their home city where they live, the plan that they've conjured up is that my mother and I should just meet up with my father in Nashville and stay around a week or so that we can do our family outings there.
I'm not really looking to be blown away by a visitor experience or anything of the sort as this trip to the United States for me is to catch up with my parents. I haven't seen them or the United States since March 2016, which is to say that by the time I get back to the United States that it will have been 3 full years since the last time I was there.
I've been to some of these cities at least once before but obviously am not a local nor know much about these cities aside from what's visible on the surface. I'm not quite sure why we're making trips to Birmingham and Chattanooga yet but my father mentioned that he has some friends in both of those places that he hasn't seen in a long time and that if it is possible that he would like to fit both of those cities into our itinerary as well. So plans remain on the fluid end for now. In any case, I'm planning on giving Birmingham and Chattanooga the same fair chance as I am to Atlanta and Nashville.
I'd like to get some suggestions on stuff to do in these cities for myself. When I get some alone time in this trip, I want to go out, walk around, and explore each of these cities in their core areas to get an understanding of what their natural built environments are like. I tend to like museums and enjoy tasting foods that are specific to that city and/or region to get an authentic experience in that regard. For nightlife, I tend to prefer bars over other sort of nightlife establishments.
Eh, for those that either live in these cities or have traveled to them before in the past, what are some things worth checking out?
This will be my last trip to the United States for a pretty long time, so I'd like to make the best of it.
Obviously you should post in the respective subforums. From my experiences ATL is extremely active and helpful. Nashville and Birmingham are pretty decent too. Chattanooga not so much but there's certainly a wealth of info you can search through and a few insightful folks pop in from time to time.
You will have a good time I believe. Bham and Chattanooga have enough interesting sites and walkable neighborhoods to fill a day or two of activity and sightseeing. Obviously Nashville and Atlanta have been booming and if you haven't been back in at least three years you should be able to feel the difference.
Obviously you should post in the respective subforums. From my experiences ATL is extremely active and helpful. Nashville and Birmingham are pretty decent too. Chattanooga not so much but there's certainly a wealth of info you can search through and a few insightful folks pop in from time to time.
You will have a good time I believe. Bham and Chattanooga have enough interesting sites and walkable neighborhoods to fill a day or two of activity and sightseeing. Obviously Nashville and Atlanta have been booming and if you haven't been back in at least three years you should be able to feel the difference.
What are these walkable neighborhoods in Birmingham? I don't know of one that I would consider walkable.
I think the OP will find about 100x more things to do, see, eat, and hear in both Atlanta and Nashville. Chattanooga has Lookout Mountain which is much better hiking and scenery than Birmingham and has the aquarium and Chattanooga Choo Choo (I guess that's still around). Don't forget its proximity to Gatlinburg.
Other than the Civil Rights Institute, I'm not sure of anything worthwhile to do in Birmingham. Now, I'm sure you'll have a lot of Homers weigh in who will disagree and exaggerate some of the features or "things to do" but I lived there for many years and can say, there's not much to do.
What are these walkable neighborhoods in Birmingham? I don't know of one that I would consider walkable.
I think the OP will find about 100x more things to do, see, eat, and hear in both Atlanta and Nashville. Chattanooga has Lookout Mountain which is much better hiking and scenery than Birmingham and has the aquarium and Chattanooga Choo Choo (I guess that's still around). Don't forget its proximity to Gatlinburg.
Other than the Civil Rights Institute, I'm not sure of anything worthwhile to do in Birmingham. Now, I'm sure you'll have a lot of Homers weigh in who will disagree and exaggerate some of the features or "things to do" but I lived there for many years and can say, there's not much to do.
Only the world's greatest motorsports museum. Hell, I don't give a rip about cars & motorcycles myself, but this place is amazing.
Thank you for having me over in your hospitable city.
Before I forget, I enjoyed Giuseppe's Cafe next to UAB. I can see why they've got 4.6 out of 5 on the reviews, very much well deserved (it was a delicious throwback to what I love about American food):
It's a good museum but if it's the world's greatest why isn't it even mentioned in these lists of the best automotive museums in just the US? And even if it is the "worlds greatest motorsports museum" that doesn't negate my other comments. Not. Even. Mentioned.
It's a good museum but if it's the world's greatest why isn't it even mentioned in these lists of the best automotive museums in just the US? And even if it is the "worlds greatest motorsports museum" that doesn't negate my other comments. Not. Even. Mentioned.
Birmingham has a great downtown and it is a great place to walk around. It will be amazing in 5 years (or less) when all the storefronts are filled in.
If you are still in town Clairmont at 39th is a cute little shopping district and the Whistling table is my new favorite restaurant.
I am going to assume you are traveling clockwise, if not Highlands at Virginia is a great walkable commercial avenue in Atlanta, In Chattanooga I'll recommend Frazier on the North shore across from downtown.
Back in Nashville I assume you've visited the Hillsborough shopping district? If not I hope you get a chance.
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