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Things To Do
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail
Awaken your senses and explore the birthplace of Bourbon as you embark on a self-guided journey to discover the story inside every bottle on The Kentucky Bourbon Trail® and the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour®. Check out the website to choose places on the trail to visit!
The Kentucky Horse Park
Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm and an educational park opened in 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky. It is located off Kentucky State Highway 1973 (Iron Works Pike) and Interstate 75, at Exit 120, in northern Fayette County in the United States. The equestrian facility is a 1,224-acre (4.95 km2) park dedicated to "man's relationship with the horse." Open to the public, the park includes shows, museums, presentations, and special events.
Festival of the Bluegrass
The Festival of the Bluegrass, located in Lexington, Kentucky, is the oldest bluegrass music festival in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. The festival takes place the first full weekend of June each year. The Festival of the Bluegrass helped shape the early bluegrass festival culture.
The Summit at Fritz Farm
The Summit at Fritz Farm is a carefully cultivated, one-of-a-kind Lexington destination. Evolving by season, The Summit at Fritz Farm features the region’s best food, fashion, social gatherings, and hosts an exciting collection of national brands and local favorites. The Summit at Fritz Farm includes over 70 street-level shops with more than 20 dining options featuring chef-inspired, local and regional flavors, modern, build-to-suit office space, luxury apartments and Kentucky’s first food hall – The Barn. The Summit at Fritz Farm serves as a community gathering place for the discerning Lexingtonian.
Blue Door Smokehouse
No trip this close to the erstwhile Mason-Dixon Line could possibly be complete without at least a sampling of the smoky flavors of the Deep South, which make an occasional appearance on the streets of Lexington. Nowhere are the barbeque smells and smokes better than at Blue Door; a highly-rated, stripped-down American BBQ diner on Walton Ave. Here, the menu offers up platters of pulled pork and smoked sausage, combo dishes of brisket and authentic smoked racks of ribs – the list of southern staples goes on and on!
Raven Run Nature Sanctuary
Raven Run is a unique, 734-acre nature sanctuary dedicated to preserving the natural beauty of the Kentucky River Palisades and early Kentucky history. The sanctuary is one of the city parks and is thus accessed free of charge. Over 10 miles of hiking trails provide access to streams, meadows and woodlands characteristic of the area. Numerous 19th century remnants of early settlers, as well as over 600 species of plants, allow visitors to become acquainted with and appreciate the natural world. Raven Run also accommodates over 200 species of birds throughout the year.
Aviation Museum of Kentucky
Spread over more than 20,000 square feet of exhibition space on the edge of the Blue Grass Airport, and loaded with everything from awesome F-4 Phantoms to Bell Cobra copters (the type used widely in the Vietnam War), the Aviation Museum of Kentucky is the perfect place for budding petrol heads and lovers of all things with wings (except maybe birds!).
Old Kentucky Chocolates
One of the most well known makers of chocolate, the Old Kentucky Chocolate factory invites visitors to participate in a tour of its factory grounds. The tour provides guests with the opportunity to travel behind the scenes and experience the cooking, molding, and packing process Old Kentucky utilizes to create and sell their treats. The tour brings visitors right to the edge of the table where goods are being crafted and finishes with an “I love Lucy” moment where guests are able to taste a sample directly off the conveyor belt.