Guide Exploring Louisville, Kentucky | SolarTravels.com

<body> Destination Guides Search for a City Destination Guides > North America > USA > South > Kentucky > Louisville, central and western Kentucky > Louisville Louisville -- Neighborhoods -- Central Louisville -- Sights -- Louisville's horses: the Kentucky Derby Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars • Louisville • Arrival, Information And Getting Around • Eating • Nightlife And Entertainment • Explore Louisville • Hotels in Louisville LOUISVILLE BE THERE NOW Hotels in Louisville • Microtel Inn - Louisville Louisville from $46.00 USD • Days Inn Louisville Ky Louisville from $46.00 USD • The Chariot Hotel Louisville from $59.00 USD More Hotels in Louisville >> Vacation Rentals in Louisville • Central Park B&B Louisville from $136.00 USD • Aleksander House Bed & Breakfast Louisville from $115.00 USD • 1853 Inn At Woodhaven Louisville from $129.00 USD More Vacation Rentals in Louisville >> READ IT HERE LOUISVILLE , just south of Indiana across the Ohio River, is firmly embedded in the American national consciousness for its multimillion-dollar Kentucky Derby . Each year, the horse race attracts over 500,000 fans to this cosmopolitan and well-diversified industrial city, which still bears the traces of the early French settlers who came upriver from New Orleans. Today a third of the country's bourbon is made here. Louisville's history revolves around a perennial rivalry with Cincinnati, a mere one hundred miles upstream. For example, despite being pro-Union during the Civil War, it promoted itself thereafter erecting Confederate statues and so on as the place for Southern business to invest, as opposed to Midwestern cities like Cincinnati. Besides a lively arts scene and lots of citywide festivals, Louisville boasts an unrivaled network of public parks, many designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. One native son who took advantage of the recreation facilities was three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali , who used to do his early-morning training in the scenic environs of Chickasaw Park. </body>