Graceland
Museum · Graceland
Elvis Presley Blvd, Memphis, TN 38116
Highlights
Mansion tours, exhibits, car museum, 2 jets & Jungle Room
Mansion tours, exhibits, car museum, 2 jets & Jungle Room
"A must-see pilgrimage stop on Tennessee music itineraries and road trips, revered by fans for its cultural and musical significance and commonly paired with other nearby music-focused attractions." - Travel + Leisure Editors Travel + Leisure Editors Since 1971, Travel + Leisure editors have followed one mission: to inform, inspire, and guide travelers to have deeper, more meaningful experiences. T+L's editors have traveled to countries all over the world, having flown, sailed, road tripped, and taken the train countless miles. They've visited small towns and big cities, hidden gems and popular destinations, beaches and mountains, and everything in between. With a breadth of knowledge about destinations around the globe, air travel, cruises, hotels, food and drinks, outdoor adventure, and more, they are able to take their real-world experience and provide readers with tried-and-tested trip ideas, in-depth intel, and inspiration at every point of a journey. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"Listed by Hertz among the standout Tennessee music locations on the Journeyscape itinerary, included as a recommended stop on the route that traverses the state to Memphis before following the Mississippi toward New Orleans." - Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel journalists. Her photos, videos, and words have appeared in print or online for Travel + Leisure, Time, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, and many more. You'll usually find her in an airport. If you do see her there, please say hello. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"Graceland, the former-home-turned-museum of Elvis Presley, is an idiosyncratic place in its totality. But perhaps the crowning jewel of Graceland’s quirk is the Jungle Room. Elvis added his tropical man cave to his mansion in the mid-’60s. Its jungle atmosphere came complete with a built-in rock waterfall and green shag carpet, and he furnished it with ferns and lacquered wood furniture. It was the ultimate at-home tiki bar. Elvis called the Jungle Room “The Den.” The name Jungle Room was coined when Graceland opened to the public in 1982. The Jungle Room also became the King’s final recording studio, where he recorded much of his last two albums. Graceland could be considered the mecca of American mid-century kitsch, but the Jungle Room is truly its best signifier. Its tropical trimmings are reminders of a bygone trend in luxury, now largely considered silly and over-the-top. It was allegedly a favorite place of Elvis’ and his family’s, and the room’s tiki vibe is said to have reminded him of his time spent in Hawaii." - ATLAS_OBSCURA
"Compared with Alcenia's, Graceland needs no introduction." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"A destination for diehard fans seeking Elvis-themed kitchen merchandise — from pot holders, cutting boards, and spoons to cookbooks — that invites visitors to bring the performer’s aesthetic into their home kitchens. Its kitchen lore, reflected in companion cookbooks, evokes a midcentury American pantry stocked with comfort and indulgence: cases of Pepsi and “orange drinks,” Brown ’n’ Serve rolls and multiple cans of biscuits, abundant bacon and ground meat, milk and half‑and‑half, potatoes, onions, pickles, bananas and nightly banana pudding, plus brownies, ice cream, shredded coconut, fudge cookies and even multiple packs of gum. That pantry image underpins a nostalgic, calorie-forward culinary identity — peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches, fried and breaded comforts, bacon-wrapped tidbits and rich dips — positioning the place as both a memorabilia shop/museum and a touchstone for fans who enjoy the hedonistic, homey side of his cuisine." - Nick Mancall-Bitel
