If you are a music lover, Memphis is your Mecca. You could lose yourself to the soulful strings of blues on Beale Street, make the pilgrimage to Elvis’s sanctuary at Graceland, and tour the Sun Studio, the recording space where the King himself, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis all gave life to their music. Memphis is the spiritual centre of blues and rock-and-roll. Music fills the air here, and musicophiles fall into a hushed, reverent silence.
Memphis is also a city of colourful contrasts. Here college campuses and sleek, gleaming new offices have sprung up beside abandoned cotton warehouses. Stately Victorian mansions and teeny-tiny boho lofts stand on the same street. Here Memphis-styled pulled pork sandwiches and dry ribs jostle for the foodie’s nod along with pizza and hot dog. When you go on a holiday in Memphis, experience the destination through the eyes of an artist and the heart of a lover.
