Family-friendly Chattanooga Is Just A One-tank-trip Away
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A riverboat calliope toots a tune as it lazily rolls along the Tennessee River through the heart of Chattanooga. On the shore, children giggle and splash in a gurgling animal fountain near a carousel.
Families stroll across a walking bridge where music drifts across a plaza, and families gather in the shade eating ice cream. Inside an aquarium, in amazing forests under glass, the South’s favorite creatures are waiting to be discovered: frolicking river otters, colossal catfish, graceful stingrays, lurking gators and stealthy sharks.
Chattanooga is distinctly a Southern favorite, a city that’s just as proud of its icons, like Rock City and Ruby Falls on Lookout Mountain, the Chattanooga Choo Choo downtown - as it is of its idyllic new riverfront where the Riverwalk is scattered with countless parks and attractions you won’t find anywhere else in the country – all within strolling distance on the banks of the beautiful Tennessee River.
When Chattanooga unveiled the new $120 million waterfront, the Tennessee Aquarium opened its new Ocean Journey experience, the Hunter Museum created a whole new interactive museum and the Creative Discovery Museum created a new adventure for children. Visitors to Chattanooga have now discovered a summer vacation spot where they could truly travel from the mountains to the sea and see it all in one family-friendly city.
Get a complete wrap-up of attractions and activities that have earned Chattanooga the title of one of the South’s “favorites” at http://www.chattanoogasummer.com
The Chattanooga Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is a non-profit, Hamilton County funded organization, formed to strengthen the area economy through the marketing and promotion of the Chattanooga area as a year-round destination for meetings, conventions, and leisure travel.
June 15, 2006
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