Top Weekend Getaways for Memphians

A little R&R is really important for everyone, especially those couples who both work or who seem never to stop running--with the kids, with jobs, or with social obligations. Real health means strength and well being. You can't get this sort of equilibrium if you're like a rat in a treadmill. There are little things one can do like take catnaps, go to a gym, take nature walks, etc. And they do help. But sometimes couples need to unwind for a weekend and get away from the same old routine just to regroup and start anew, get a new perspective.

A weekend getaway can often refresh a person enough so as to open up some new ideas or even some new plans. But more important, it can put back some spice into your romantic life and rejuvenate a marriage that has become jaded from neglect.

There are lots of places to go and things to do in and around Memphis that are just the ticket for a "rejuvenating" weekend and they don't have to cost you an arm and a leg, either. At the corner of Tennessee, Memphis is bordered by both Mississippi and Arkansas, just across the Mississippi River. If you have children, please plan ahead and get a babysitter or a relative to commit to taking the kids for the entire weekend and let the kids know too, so that they won't stress themselves over it.

Now, my first idea is really simple. Memphis is home to one of the most romantic Hotels in the world--the magnificent Peabody. I would make reservations here for Friday and Saturday nights.THE PEABODY MEMPHIS »
149 UNION AVE MEMPHIS, TN 38103 901-529-4000

A weekend at the Peabody is expensive but what it offers is incredible. You are literally transported to a time of grace and elegance. The interior was entirely refurbished, at enormous expense, a couple of decades ago, making it a spellbinding beauty. Breathtaking is the only way to describe it and romance is almost guaranteed here. With a world class restaurant and all the service you and your sweetheart will experience a real scrapbook weekend.