Chattanooga’s Top Ten Summer Adventures –

 Stay & Play for a Week of Fun

CHATTANOOGA, TN (May 2009) – Chattanooga is located along the Tennessee River and is surrounded by picturesque mountains. We’re a safe, friendly, vibrant and walkable city that provides the perfect escape for your vacation where you can refresh, rejuvenate and reconnect.

Park your car and explore Chattanooga aboard the free electric shuttle that connects you to downtown hotels, world-class attractions, boating options, sophisticated restaurants, walkable riverfront scattered with parks, green spaces and a minor-league baseball stadium, coffee shops, museums, galleries, and shopping venues throughout the Downtown/Riverfront, North Shore and Southside Districts. With so much to do, you can experience Chattanooga your way – at your very own pace.

To make planning easier, view one of our multi-day adventures using our existing social itineraries created by Chattanooga fans or you build your very own and post it online to share with others. 

We promise fun for the whole family, with children of any age in mind – from toddlers to teenagers to the young at heart. So get ready, you have a lot of exploring to do.

CHATTANOOGA’S TOP 10 ADVENTURES

Here’s our top 10 Summer adventures to keep you entertained. We’re not just a day trip so plan ahead to make your multi-day vacation as exciting as possible.

1.      BOATING CRUISES: Explore the downtown riverfront and the Tennessee River on an eco-cruise aboard the Tennessee Aquarium’s new River Gorge Explorer or on the Blue Moon; a sightseeing, lunch or dinner cruise on the Southern Belle Riverboat or a scenic ride on the Chattanooga Water Taxi/Fat Cat Ferry or Chattanooga Ducks.

2.      WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS: Come face-to-face with sharks, stingrays, penguins & thousands of other animals that swim, fly and crawl at the downtown Tennessee Aquarium; go an exotic undersea voyage at the Tennessee Aquarium’s IMAX 3D Theater; or venture near snow leopards, red pandas, jaguars and more at the Chattanooga Zoo.

3.      FESTIVALS & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Be entertained at numerous downtown music festivals throughout the summer including the 9-day Riverbend Festival, 5-month Nightfall Concert Series, Riverfront Nights Music Series, Southern Brewer’s Festival or year-round concerts at Rhythm & Brews.

4.      CULINARY DISCOVERIES: Ever wonder where the food you eat in restaurants comes from? In Chattanooga, you can visit many local organic farms and then dine in the restaurants that serve these locally made & grown foods.

5.      HISTORICAL EXPLORATIONS: Visit the famous Chattanooga Choo Choo in the Southside District, who’s also celebrating their 100^th anniversary this year; the Trail of Tears passage at Ross’s Landing on the downtown riverfront; the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, Chattanooga African-American Museum or the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum only 15 minutes from downtown.

6.      ARTS & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES: Take in one of the nation’s largest collections of American art at the Hunter Museum of American Art; stroll through museums & galleries in the North Shore, Bluff View Arts & the Southside Districts; create your own masterpiece at the interactive Creative Discovery Museum for children or enjoy public art throughout the First Street and the downtown area.

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