Arrive in St Louis where you will stay for two nights.

Begin your holiday at the world-famous Gateway Arch. The tallest man-made national monument in the country can be experienced via a 630-foot tram ride to the top. Get a feel for Ol' Man River with a relaxing one-hour sightseeing Gateway Riverboat Cruise. For an overview of St. Louis' past, visit the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park where Lindbergh, Lewis & Clark, and the Louisiana Purchase come to life.

Visit the Anheuser Busch Brewery, the single largest brewing complex in the world, where you can see the famous Clydesdales and a taste of the variety of brews. Shop downtown at St. Louis' Union Station, once one of America's largest train stations, restored to feature restaurants, shops and boutiques.

There are a host of choices for evening entertainment - Laclede's Landing, a shopping and entertainment district featuring cobblestone streets and cast iron street lamps, and a choice of bars and clubs. You can still visit authentic blues clubs where Chuck Berry, Scott Joplin and Miles Davies all began their careers, or take a trip to The Loop neighbourhood, named after an old streetcar turnaround, where many of the local restaurants offer live music of all kinds. Blueberry Hill, located in The Loop, is a restaurant and lounge full of Rock 'n' Roll memorabilia and an entire room devoted to Elvis. Stroll the St. Louis Walk of Fame where music legends like Chuck Berry, Tina Turner and Scott Joplin are commemorated.

En route to Branson, to explore Meramec Caverns, one of the largest caves in the country, the oldest stop on Route 66 and the reported hide out of outlaw Jesse James. Boasting more theatre seats than Broadway, Branson offers entertainment to please everyone. Country music, gospel, magicians, comedians and well-known favorites such as The Hughes Brothers and the Oak Ridge Boys entertain groups in first-class fashion.

Visit Dogwood Canyon Nature Park, where you can hike, bike and explore this beautiful natural environment. Step back in time at Silver Dollar City, a crafts and entertainment theme park nestled in the Ozarks. Wander wooded paths amid 1880s shops, restaurants and music shows. In the evening, sit back, enjoy dinner and let the entertainers of the Showboat Branson Belle delight you with comedy, song and dance.

Stay two nights in Branson

Legendary home of Elvis, make your first stop Graceland. You can also see Elvis’ famous 1955 pink Cadillac in the Elvis Presley Automobile Museum and climb aboard his custom jet the ‘Lisa Marie.’ Downtown tour the Stax Museum of American Soul Music - Soulsville is a 17,000-square-foot museum on the original site of Stax Records and houses more than 2,000 cultural artifacts, celebrating the music made famous by Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MGs, Isaac Hayes, the Bar-Kays, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Earth, Wind & Fire and more. Next, tour Sun Studio, which is the birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Today the studio, where Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Rufus Thomas, Howlin’ Wolf, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and many others launched their careers, is open to the public for tours daily while still operating as a studio by night.

Beale Street is the place to be in the evening! One of America’s most famous streets where W.C. Handy first penned the Blues music of the Mississippi Delta. Located downtown stretching several blocks east of the river bluffs, Beale Street’s nightclubs and restaurants offer a variety of food and live music including traditional Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, and Rock ’n’ Roll.

Spend three nights in Memphis

Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and take an exciting, multi-layered journey through the life of country music. A self-guided tour covering two floors of the Museum, and tells the story of country music from its pre-commercial roots in the nineteenth century through its vibrant life in the twenty-first century. Visit the historic RCA Studio B – once the recording home of popular music titans such as Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Eddy Arnold, and the Everly Brothers – first became known as one of the cradles of the “Nashville Sound” in the 1960s. Explore Music Row, home to over 80 record labels, 130 music publishers and, at last count, over 180 recording studios. See where Owen Bradley opened a studio in an old house on 16th Avenue South in 1955. The legendary Quonset hut behind the main house is where Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Buddy Holly, George Jones, REO Speedwagon, Simon & Garfunkel and Johnny Cash all recorded.

At night you can check-out the sounds from live bands playing in the bars and clubs along Broadway, or attend a performance of the Grand Ole Opry, where you’ll catch today’s’ hottest stars, new faces, and Opry legends.

Drop off your car and fly home from Nashville.