Have a Romantic Getaway in Tupelo

Connect and Reconnect in Tupelo

Whether it’s your first trip together or your fifth decade of trips together, Tupelo is a perfect getaway for romance and for an "us" revolution.

From private dance lessons to live music late into the night, you’ll leave with a connection or a reconnection – to Tupelo and to each other! It’s your getaway – imagine what you can do here.

Featured Attractions

Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum

The most significant landmark of Tupelo's modern history is a modest, two-room house where the King of Rock 'N' Roll was born January 8, 1935. From this humble beginning, Elvis Presley began his swift rise to become the world's most popular entertainer. The house, built by his father with $180, draws over 100,000 visitors each year worldwide and is part of the 15-acre Elvis Presley Park. The home is a Mississippi landmark and the centerpiece of the park, including a museum that chronicles his life, "Elvis at 13" statue, Elvis' childhood church, and more.

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Queen’s Reward Meadery

Queen's Reward Meadery, Mississippi's first meadery, is a small-batch meadery that produces a wide variety of meads from traditional dry and sweet to fruit-flavored meads including cranberry, pinot and lemonade. Mead is an alcoholic drink made from fermenting honey, yeast and water. All the honey used in Queen's Reward meads are locally-sourced from beekeepers that take as much pride in their craft as these mead makers do in making world class mead with a sip of southern hospitality. To compliment your choice of mead, be sure to order a charcuterie board.

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Spring Street Cigar Bar

Tupelo's only Premium Cigar shop is located downtown across from the old court house. They stock all your favorite cigars and accessories.
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Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center

A unit of the National Park Service, the Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444-mile drive through exceptional natural and rural scenery that traverses 10,000 years of North American history. Utilized by American Indians, "Kaintucks," settlers, and future presidents, the Old Trace played an important role in American history. Today, visitors can enjoy not only a scenic drive but they can also hike, bike, boat, horseback ride, and camp. Special events such as Dulcimer Day and Pioneer Day are regularly scheduled to entertain and enlighten visitors. Children can enjoy fun educational activities at Junior Ranger programs. Visitors enter free of charge and can plan their visits and learn about the Trace at the Parkway Visitor Center at milepost 266 in Tupelo, MS. The park rangers engage visitors at the small museum and are happy to share a new, high-quality, modern introductory movie.

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Elvis’ Homecoming Statue

This is one of 14 significant sites in Elvis' formative years in Tupelo marked with plaques on the Elvis' Tupelo Driving Tour. This larger-than-life statue of Elvis' 1956 Homecoming Concert at the Tupelo Fairgrounds was based on a famous shot called "the Hands" by Roger Marshutz. The statue was placed by the Tupelo Elvis Fan Club and the Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau in August of 2012 to commemorate Tupelo's most famous native son. Facing east toward his Tupelo birthplace, the statue is poised for a perfect photo op with Tupelo City Hall standing behind his right shoulder and Tupelo Hardware visible over his left shoulder. The statue stands on the site of the old fairgrounds where the concert took place and was created by Mississippi sculptor Bill Beckwith.

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