Eureka
Springs
Eureka Springs is Victorian splendor at its best. Numerous
restored homes cling to the Ozark mountainsides in a town where no two
streets intersect at right angles. Historic Spring Street offers excellent
shopping, dining and sightseeing opportunities. With popular country music
shows, a major botanical garden, a variety of museums, a steam-operated
train with dining car, Christ of the Ozarks statue, and the Great Passion
Play...there’s something for every taste in this vacation
mecca. The town offers a wide variety of accommodations, ranging from historic
hotels and restored Victorian homes to cabins and cottages, with an ample
selection of prices, styles, and amenities.
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Canoeing-Rafting-Kayaking
Arkansas has more than 9,000 miles of streams, and a good deal
of this mileage is perfect for floating - be it by canoe, johnboat, raft
or kayak. The variety of Arkansas river rafting adventures is remarkable,
ranging from matchless trout fishing trips and rugged whitewater rafting
to peaceful float trips ideal for first timers. Take a canoeing vacation
in Arkansas, where the streams are, in a word, inviting.
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Get Cooking
Two of the best culinary destinations in the state offering
very different experiences are the Ozark
Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, providing a pioneer perspective
on gardening and cooking with herbs, and Winthrop
Rockefeller Institute near Morrilton, where you can live like a Rockefeller.
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Oklahoma Renaissance Festival
A family oriented event held every weekend in May, and through
Memorial Day weekend.
Day and evening events (King's Feaste, Masque Ball, Ceilidh); Professional
troupe,
period costumes and entertainment.
Recreated Torture Chamber, Catacombs; Living Chess Baord; Carriage
Rides; Contest; Children's Realm; Ultimate Maze; Birds of Prey interactive
aerial spectacle, much more!!
"Step back in time and enjoy the wonderment of a day in REanissance
England! Journey to an age of sorcerers, kights in shining armor,
kings, queens, and maidens fair. Become mesmerized as magiicians,
jugglers, musicians, dancers, acrobats, and jousters thrill and delight
you.
Quench your thirts and tantalize your taste buds with the wonderful
varieties of drin, and morsels found throughout Castleton.
Stroll through the World Trade Market with over one hundred Artisians
dispalying 16th century goods from around the world. Take the wee
ones to the Children's Realm for games and hands-on demonstrations."
Other events at The Castle are:
Halloween Festival at the Castle every weekend in October
Boare's Head Feaste
Christmas Kingdom
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Visit the Elk in Boxley Valley, Ponca and Jasper, Arkansas
http://littlerock.about.com/od/tournorthwestarkansas/p/elkinarkansas.htm
http://www.agfc.com/!userfiles/pdfs/education/ponca/ponca_brochure.pdf |
Visit Cosmic Cavern in Berryville, AR
http://www.estc.net/cosmiccavern/ |
Bull Shoals Cavern
http://www.bullshoalscaverns.com/ |
Gentry Drive-through Safari
http://www.wildwildernessdrivethroughsafari.com/ |
Belle of the Ozarks boat tour
http://www.estc.net/belle/ |
Branson Train Ride/dinner
http://www.bransontrain.com/ |
Banson Belle showboat
http://www.showboatbransonbelle.com/ |
Eureka Springs train ride
http://www.esnarailway.com/ |
Springdale train ride
http://www.amrailroad.com/ |
Devils’s Den State Park/picnic/trails/paddle boats
http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/devilsden/ |
| Beaver Dam area |
Weekend Getaways
http://www.arkansas.com/itineraries/ |
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge
http://www.turpentinecreek.org/ |
| Bike Trails around Fayetteville |
Take a day-long float trip on the Buffalo River |
Go to a horse race
http://www.officialusa.com/stateguides/horseracing/oklahoma.html
http://www.horseandtravel.com/horseracing/missouri.html
http://www.oaklawn.com/ |
| http://www.arkansas.com/things-to-do/ |
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