Places to visit in AL with Southern charm

Hello,

My husband and I are going to do a one week road trip through Alabama as part of our vacation to the United States (we are from Australia). Can anyone recommend good towns and places to visit? Our route is very flexible at present.

We are not as interested in the big cities but rather would like to experience the countryside and southern charm of smaller places. I also love cooking and am very interested in trying some of the famous southern cooking.

We are also interested to know if there any scenic lakes or forests in AL that people would recommend visiting? Finally, does anyone know of a good farm stay option in AL?

Thanks very much

Annie J.

Places to visit in AL with Southern charm

Where will you be starting from? Alabama is a big state and there%26#39;s a lot to see if you are interested in small towns and backroads. Here%26#39;s a few links for places in the northern part of the state that might help.

A comprehensive list of north Alabama links-http://www.alabamamountainlakes.org/default.aspx?id=5

http://www.alabama.travel/

http://www.town-of-mentone-alabama.com/

http://www.tourdekalb.com/

http://www.jacksoncountychamber.com/

http://www.marshallcountycvb.com/

http://www.huntsville.org/

http://www.tourathens.com/

http://www.cullmanchamber.org/

http://www.digitaldecatur.com/

http://www.shoalschamber.com/

And a great place to visit like no other place in the south- http://www.dismalscanyon.com/

As you can see there is a lot to see and do. Hope this helps. If you have any questions I%26#39;ll try to help and many others can to I%26#39;m sure.

Places to visit in AL with Southern charm

Don%26#39;t personally know of any farm stays but found this for you: http://www.alabamaagritourism.com/

Click on ';search the trail'; then ';all accommodations'; and 42 are listed. If i can help with this please ask

You should consider Fairhope Al down on Mobile Bay near the coast. Here is my towns website

http://www.cofairhope.com/

Go to the Fairhope forum for some of my posts

Here%26#39;s a link for a working farm our school sometimes takes a field trip to tour:

http://www.burrittonthemountain.com/

This website shows lots of thing to see and do in Alabama:

http://www.800alabama.com/

Scenic lakes include:

Guntersville Lake

Smith Lake

Logan Martin

Blount County (where I live) has several covered bridges to tour.

Lisa

www.eufalachamber.com

on Lake Eufala

neat old architecture on Lake

on your way down to Fairhope

also Point Clear AL is very nice

Contact COC%26#39;s AG agnecies for farm stays.

Thanks so much everyone for your replies. I will check out those links.

We will be going in mid October and starting and finishing our trip from New Orleans, LA so we had thought we%26#39;d head to the Mobile area first.

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