Holidays To Kentucky

The iconic Kentucky Bourbon Trail® gives visitors a first-hand look at the bourbon making process and includes ten of the state's distilleries including Maker's Mark, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey and Evan Williams. Pick up a free souvenir passport at your first distillery stop, collect a stamp from all ten distilleries and you bag yourself a free gift. Learn about the recipes, view the facilities and travel through the beautiful Kentucky landscape as you discover ‘America’s Official Native Spirit’ and stick around for after-tour tastings to make the best of the fantastic Kentucky Bourbon Trail®.

Home to the longest recorded cave system in the world, the famous Mammoth Caves reach over 400 miles.Well worth a visit this scenic park also includes the river valleys of the Green and Nolin rivers and part of the hilly country of south central Kentucky and is a favourite spot for picnics, hiking and horseback riding.

Visit Owensboro in May for an annual meaty extravaganza during the International BBQ Festival. This two day festival of food and family fun also features the legendary mutton sandwich eating contest.

Get set for one of America’s great sporting fixtures. Every May the racing fraternity descends on Louisville for an afternoon of high stakes Thoroughbred races and equally spirited hospitality during the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs has hosted the race day since 1875.

Kentucky’s famed for its bluegrass music legacy and the Festival of the Bluegrass is the ultimate event to celebrate it. Today the flame is kept burning by this three day festival each June in Lexington. 

Burgoo is a delicious and wholesome Kentucky staple. It’s a stew generally comprising of at least three different meats, alongside beans, corn, lima beans, okra, potatoes and, sometimes, tomatoes. Whatever meat you choose, this stew will set you up for a busy day in the saddle.

Tuck into a ‘hot brown’, a hearty, open-faced turkey and bacon sandwich that is smothered in rich, cheesy Mornay sauce before being either baked or broiled. This filling Frankenfood was cooked up by Fred K. Schmidt in 1926 while cooking at Louisville’s Brown Hotel.

Fried chicken is arguably the dish that put Kentucky on the fast food map, as the world’s second biggest chain KFC is headquartered right here in Louisville.