Down by the Ohio legend has it that there’s an Olympic gold medal in the mud… Muhammad Ali’s gift to Kentucky.
In truth, the world’s greatest-ever sportsman’s legacy is far greater than the trinket he threw.
Into the Ohio River in protest against racism.
And in this the tenth year we are reminded of how we can mark it in his home town of Louisville.
On a knockout Internet Traveller 14-night Legends & Landmarks of Kentucky fly-drive holiday from £2,375pps.
In the rounds
You’ll fly into Cincinnati and stay two nights at the vibrant Hotel Covington in Covington.
And sign up for a Sin City Mobster Tour.
Days 3-6 will be spent in Louisville at the 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, where you’ll came face to face with a 20C icon.
Where you can step into the ring at the Muhammad Ali Center.
While if racing is more your thing and it is Favourite Cousin Kath’s Kentuckian husband Mark’s.
Then you can immerse yourself in the Churchill Downs at the Kentucky Derby Museum.
Where the history of ‘The Run for the Roses’ gallops to life.
Drink it all in
Now drinking in Kentucky obviously means bourbon and where better to stay than the Distll-Inn in Bardstown.
Stay two nights and embark on A Taste of Bardstown Tour where you’ll learn the art of bourbon-making.
Shifting gear your next pit stop is the National Corvette Museum in the lyrically-named Bowling Green.
With a billet at the Holiday Inn Express.
And the enchanting Mammoth Cave, which is no idle boast, with it stretching 426 miles.
Making it the longest known cave system in the world, though we don’t expect you to do it all.
It’s finger-licking’ good
Now no visit to Kentucky is complete obviously without a stop-off for a KFC.
And where better than the Colonel’s home town of Corbin and the original Sanders Café.
While because Southerners believe that anything the North can do they do it better.
Then take in the nearby Cumberland Falls, ‘the Niagara of the South.’
You’ll round off your tour with three nights in classic equine country, Lexington.
Not in a stable although Kentuckian horses are housed in style.
But in the elegant Campbell House in Lexington.
And be treated to a Kentucky Horse Farms Tour that takes you through the rolling pastures of the Bluegrass Region.