Memphis offers its visitors an authentic and vibrant destination, headlined by music and full of one-and-only, nowhere-else experiences. While here one must get a taste of Memphis in the back alley barbecue joints and in upscale restaurants. Whether you're visiting Graceland or rhyming to the emotional echo of an e-chord from a Gibson guitar, music is the heart of Memphis soul. Visit the obvious and required Graceland and Beale Street, then hit the flipside of Memphis at the W.C. Handy House Museum, Shelby Farms, the largest urban park in the country, or the "twisted" Ornamental Metal Museum. Food here is a delight and no Memphis’ taste buds abide by any rules and it is this kind of reckless abandon for flavor that Memphis dining is soulful experience. Lodging options include the Embassy Suites, a brand new, full service hotel located at the gateway to Memphis with free shuttle service to all airport terminals. Blues music, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Sun Studio, performing arts, an ornamental metal museum, the Memphis Zoo, Northwest Passage, mouth-watering barbecue, jazz, Southern Soul food, a history that fascinates – Memphis is loved for all this and more. While here one must get a taste of Memphis in the back alley barbecue joints and in upscale restaurants. From the King Cotton culture and the deep Delta blues to the legend of the King of Rock and Roll and the civil rights legacies of Martin Luther King, Jr., the city's rich cultural history created the core of Memphis soul.