BOURBON, HORSES & HISTORY REGIONAL ITINERARY DAY 1 1 Yew Dell Botanical Gardens , Crestwood Slip into the Secret Garden to smell hellebores, hostas and other shade plants. Explore plants from the Himalayan Mountains in the Sunken Rock Garden. Be enchanted by a stone castle built by hand. It’s all right here, at one of the nation’s top destination gardens. 2 Whiskey Row , Louisville Inside a beautifully preserved lineup of Revivalist and Chicago School-style buildings, many with cast-iron storefronts, are half a dozen bourbon distilleries at Ground Zero in Bourbon City. Take a tour. Taste the spirits. 3 The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass , Simpsonville You know the names: Tory Burch. Kate Spade. Ann Taylor. Michael Kors. Explore some 90 coveted designer outlets offering big discounts in a setting with a welcoming vibe, food court, fountains and a fireplace. 1 2 3 DAY 2 4 Bullitt County Wine, Whiskey & Ale Trail , Bullitt County Four award-winning wineries, two renowned bourbon distilleries and one brewery – the first brewery in Bullitt County, in fact – make up this fascinating trail. 5 Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History , Bardstown In the beginning, there was bourbon. This bourbon tell-all digs into the juicy details: Prohibition-era “prescriptions,” Abraham Lincoln’s tavern license, hatchet-swinging temperance warrior Carry Nation and much more. The 5,000-piece collection even includes an authentic moonshine still captured in the hills of Kentucky. 6 My Old Kentucky Dinner Train , Bardstown Lunch, dinner and themed excursions trundle through Bernheim Forest on 32-mile excursions aboard period restored vintage trains. The dining is fine (seasonally inspired menus), the views are spectacular and the experience is pure nostalgic fun. 4 5 6 SCAN HERE to explore this region! kentuckytourism.com/ explore-kentucky KEY: National Parks State Resort Parks State Recreational Parks State Historic Sites Leitchfield Louisville 270-259-5587, visitleitchfield.com 888-568-4784, gotolouisville.com Oldham County 502-222-0056, touroldham.com Shepherdsville/Bullitt County 502-543-8656, travelbullitt.org Radcliff/Fort Knox 800-334-7540, radclifftourism.org Springfield 859-336-5412 ext. 6, springfieldkytourism.com Meade County 270-422-3626, visitmeadecounty.org Shelbyville/Simpsonville/Shelby County 502-633-6388, visitshelbyky.com Taylorsville/Spencer County 502-902-7039, visittaylorsville.com kentuckytourism.com 53
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