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Lexington [1] is the second largest city in Kentucky.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 2.5 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 9.1 Budget 9.2 Mid-range 9.3 Splurge 10 Drink 11 Sleep 11.1 Budget 11.2 Mid-range 11.3 Splurge 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out

Understand

Get in

By plane

• Blue Grass Airport; 4000 Terminal Drive; Phone: (859) 425-3114; [2];

By train

By car

By bus

By boat

Get around

See

• Triangle Park, especially at night. Enjoy slipping off your shoes or sandals in the summertime and wandering in the step-like fountains that ring the backbone of this park. Get plenty of pictures of the illuminated fountains against the Lexington Convention Center. Cross the street and talk to the concierge at the Radisson Hotel to book a horse-drawn carriage tour of downtown.
• The Kentucky Theatre ] is a historic two-screen cinema with restored architecture and beautiful interior murals located downtown on Main Street. Its schedule tends to emphasize foreign, independent, and art films, plus occasional concerts and panel discussions at the premiers of controversial films. The theatre has an offbeat side as well, and raucous midnight showings of movies like the Rocky Horror Picture Show draw crowds of nearby University students every weekend.

Do

Despite the relative small size of this South-North straddling city, Lexington offers a surprisingly delightful palette of interesting activities. Whether you choose to explore some of the world-class and stunning horse farms ringing the city (especially to the north and west), hit up some of the surprisingly upscale shopping venues(Fayette Mall, Hamburg Pavilion, Victorian Square downtown), take in a play at the Downtown Arts Center or the Lexington Opera House, tour the oldest university west of the Appalachian Mountains (Transylvania University), catch an insanely popular UK basketball game (Rupp Arena) or sample one of the myriad great restaurants that have sprung up all over town, you can be sure your experience here will not be a bland one. And, once you've returned safely back home, you can tell everyone, "yes, they do wear shoes in Kentucky!"

If you are touring through and want to see some horse country, than you should include the Kentucky Horse Park in your travel plans. The park not only offers a museum, nice walks, views of famous racehorses and lots of bluegrass, but is also the host of some very large horse events. Probably the most high profile is the Rolex, Horse Trials, Three Day Event which takes place every Spring. These horse trials are also used as Olympic selection trails so you can expect to see some world class horses and riders. The park is located five miles north of Lexington off Interstate 75, exit 120.

• Keeneland Race Course. Enjoy horse racing in a "days-gone-by" setting. Admission to the racetrack was increased to $3 in 2005 but remains inexpensive. Be sure to attend the Spring meet, usually held in the month of April. The feature race of the Spring meet is the Toyota Bluegrass Stakes, a prep race for the Kentucky Derby. Keeneland is also home to the yearling horse sales, where some young stallions have commanded price tags in the millions. Buyers include local horse farms and bidders from Europe, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai. Keeneland lies on Versailles Road, one mile outside (west) of New Circle Road. Recent movies "Seabiscuit" and "Dreamer" have been filmed at Keeneland.

Learn

• University of Kentucky [3]; is the largest university in Kentucky.

Work

Buy

Eat

A startling array of restaurants, suiting a variety of tastes and budgets, can be found in this surprisingly cultured town. Massive chain restaurants, typical in most American cities and towns, can be found here, as well as a great number of privately owned and operated establishments. The city's college town atmosphere and affluent lifestyle contribute to this relatively small metropolitan area's great culinary offerings. You will find the greatest concentrations of restaurants around the Fayette Mall and Hamburg Pavilion shopping areas and also downtown and scattered about the rest of town.

• Charlie Brown's is a hip sandwich restaurant located at the end of Euclid Avenue just off the University of Kentucky campus. Patrons lounge in sofas and armchairs while chatting in the permanently low lighting. Bookshelves line all four walls and are crammed with old hardbacks; patrons may take any book they please as long as they replace it with another. Virtually all sandwiches are $6.50.
• Joe Bologna is a moderately-priced Italian restaurant near downtown and the intersection of Vine St and Limestone Ave. It is located inside an old church, complete with stained-glass windows and raised pulpit (now a small bar).
• Tolly Ho is the local greasy spoon, located on Limestone. It was once written up in Southern Living as one of the places you need to visit if in Lexington. If you haven't been before, tell them, and they will give you a proper "Tolly Ho" welcome. They serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If youre looking for a fantastic burger, this is the place to get it.

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Drink

Sleep

In Lexington accomodation rooms are taxes at a total of 13.4%

Budget

• Microtel Inn Lexington [4], 2240 Buena Vista. Tel: (859) 299-9600. A Great Room at a Great Price.

Mid-range

• Hyatt Regency Hotel - In the heart of downtown, this towering hotel is integrated into the Lexington Convention Center with its shops and Rupp Arena. Breezeways connect to the four other blocks which surround Triangle Park, including the ritzy Victorian Square. 401 West High Street, (859) 253-1234.
• Radisson Plaza Hotel - Basically identical in appearance, location, and amenities, the Radisson boasts a popular and stylish bar but is less-directly connected to the Convention Center. 369 West Vine Street, (800) 333-3333
• Sheraton Suites Lexington Hotel - Located at 2601 Richmond Road on New Circle, it offers a mix of gracious Southern hospitality and regional tradition. (859) 268-0060. http://sheraton-lexington.felcor.com/

Splurge

Contact

Stay safe

Cope

Get out

• Louisville is 79 miles from Lexington.
• Frankfort (Kentucky)
• Cincinnati is 82 miles from Lexington.

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