Elvis moved to Memphis when he was thirteen years old. He loved Memphis and those of us who come on this New Directions tour will find out why.

We will fly into Memphis from Los Angeles. Our lodging will be at the Heartbreak Hotel, which is within walking distance of all of the Elvis attractions. We will tour Graceland, the home Elvis lived in, and can walk through the private jet he named "The Lisa Marie". There are many souvenir shops, museums and restaurants in this area. If you are a movie fan, The Heartbreak Hotel plays Elvis Presley movies 24 hours a day.

Beale Street is a great place to experience Memphis night life. You can hear music from bands that play Handy Park, or dance in the night clubs that line Beale Street. Beale Street is where the Blues were born and live on to this day. Anyone for dancing the night away at BB Kings? We can have dinner at Elvis Presley’s Memphis Restaurant which serves meals made from Elvis’ mother’s recipes and includes many of his favorite dishes.

Beale Street is also a great place to shop during the day. At A. Schwabs, a century old dry-goods store, we can shop for bargains in the manner that people have shopped for one hundred years.

A tour of Sun Studio will be a part of our Memphis experience. In this small recording studio, a long list of legends, including Elvis, recorded music that lives on today. Make sure you have your camera so you can be photographed in front of the same microphone Elvis sang into.

We will have a great time in Memphis and return home with fond memories we will cherish forever.

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