Graceland visit suggestions

bonnielu · ‎03-11-2010

After seeing the movie Elvis. I would like to visit Graceland. Any advice. Direct flights? Hotels? Tours. I noticed that none of the Washington DC- Baltimore airports have direct flights or I should say... I would have to change planes. Not likely to want to do this with all the horror stories I have been reading about airports. I don't want to drive. We on in northern maryland, 60 miles from Baltmore and 60 miles from DC.

Love to Run · ‎03-22-2012

@bonnielu wrote:
After seeing the movie Elvis. I would like to visit Graceland. Any advice. Direct flights? Hotels? Tours. I noticed that none of the Washington DC- Baltimore airports have direct flights or I should say... I would have to change planes. Not likely to want to do this with all the horror stories I have been reading about airports. I don't want to drive. We on in northern maryland, 60 miles from Baltmore and 60 miles from DC.

@bonnielu American has regular nonstop flights from Reagan National (DCA) into and out of Memphis. My husband and I dated long distance between DC and Memphis before getting married. I lived in Memphis for 26 years and never visited Graceland.

The blocks just north and south of the property are nice, they built a new hotel on site and there's a museum across the street. The surrounding area doesn't offer much in the way of shopping or dining. I would stay downtown or in midtown if I was planning to do anything more than visit Graceland. Enjoy your visit.

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RollTide2008 · ‎02-14-2017

I lived in Memphis for 15 years and visited Graceland 27 times. I would stay downtown or out east. The Peabody duck March and the zoo are popular attractions. The Civil Right museum and Mud Island are great too.

It’s fun to visit Graceland in December when it’s decorated for Christmas.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

I have never been to Graceland. The closest I got was driving by it.

Looked up Graceland tours and found this -

Know Before You Go

What: Graceland tours
When: Graceland is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m. (depending on the day of the week and time of year). It closes or has abbreviated hours on holidays. The last mansion tour begins at 4 or 5 p.m., depending on the day and time of year.
Cost: There are four tour options that range in price and access. Tickets for Elvis Presley's Memphis (mansion tour not included) start at $47 for adults and $26 for children ages 5 to 10. Tours of both the complex and the mansion start at $75. Meanwhile, the Ultimate VIP Tour (which includes the mansion and Elvis Presley's Memphis) is led by a guide and starts at $190 per person; children 2 and younger tour for free.
Must-know tip: Visit the mansion after 2 p.m. to enjoy fewer crowds and shorter wait times, as this is the slowest time of day. Check Graceland's website for exact opening times; there are certain days and holidays where hours vary.
Check Website for information

Have no idea about traveling to Graceland and not driving. Maybe there is a bus tour.

Desert Lily · ‎06-24-2011

Around the year 2000 I was on a business trip, and my boss had us go to Graceland. I probably still have the sweatshirt I bought there LOL, but I remember the home as being rather dark inside. I was a Buyer for a large number of hotels at that time, and we were traveling via a company plane. About 30 miles from Graceland was Tunica, Mississippi where we had a meeting at one of the casinos. (that was a fun job!) Anyway @bonnielu if you visit Graceland and want more to do in the area, you might want to look up Tunica.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

Bonnie, I just want to say as a fellow Marylander, we visited Graceland in 1997, and I have been on many tours before but Graceland is my fave. And I was never an Elvis fan. But the tour is wonderful from the house which is as is from when he died, to the basement memorabilia to the airplane and to seeing the family graves in the back yard, enjoy!! We drove there, also went to Nashville and Atlanta and Myrtle Beach. . It was very crowded when we were there because it was the 20th anniv of his death.

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

I went there when I visited my father and his wife, after they had moved to Alabama.

Consequently, I don't have info on flying there and hotels, etc, just for that, as we drove there from their house.

What I AM glad we did was to take the tour that had you seeing everything. At least back when I went, they had different packages that allowed you to tour just different bits. We did the whole thing.

It was kind of like touring Hearst Castle. I did that many years before and was also glad I did a complete tour so as to see everything instead of just parts of it. (I couldn't remember that name and had to look it up. d'oh!)

What was the oddest thing for me was that the mansion is really not all that large. Many of the rooms seemed pretty small. But it was very cool to see everything.

To the right, if you are looking at the front of the house, are the graves. I remember always thinking that Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron, but on the grave it is spelled 'Aaron'. Oddly, that's one weird thing I recall.

I took so many pictures I was in pain and that was before I got decrepit. I'm glad, though. I should dig them up. Would be fun to revisit them.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

It is only the first floor and the basement that is open for tours, the upstairs is sealed off to guests. Lots of shag green carpet!!

Greeneyedlady21 · ‎01-06-2015

I have been there , my Mom loved Elvis and she always wanted to go there. Now I am so happy that she did. Graceland is beautiful and we loved all the rooms and exhibits.

We stayed at a Homewood Suites not far from downtown Memphis, don't know if it's still there but it was nice. We went to Graceland, the Memphis Zoo (good zoo and they had two pandas when we visited), the Civil Rights Museum (a must see, it includes the Lorraine hotel where Dr. King was killed), Sun Studios (another must see), and the Gibson guitar factory. Memphis is full of history and the people there were so nice.

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