Louisville OverviewLouisville is world-renowned for being home to America's most
exciting two sporting minutes each year when the Kentucky Derby is
run at the famed Churchill Downs racetrack. The thundering of the
hooves of thoroughbred racehorses, however, is not all this lively
city on the banks of the Ohio River has to offer. Kentucky's
largest city also offers scores of fine restaurants and a diverse
arts community, and boasts some of America's most beautiful parks
and renowned art and science museums. Louisville is definitely a city of good taste, with more than
2,500 restaurants serving an astounding variety of cuisines,
ranging from quiet cafés and coffee houses to ethnic restaurants
and gourmet palaces. The city is big on the national sporting map,
too, being the home of the famed Louisville Slugger, and baseball
fans flock to the downtown museum dedicated to the 'Official Bat of
Major League Baseball'. This, together with some exciting
attractions like an indoor forest, a restored old sternwheeler
river boat, an excellent zoo and a thrilling amusement park, makes
Louisville a perfect family holiday destination, set in the very
heart of America. The local tourist authority boasts that the city
is within a day's drive of more than half the population of the
United States. |