Graceland - May 21, 2005

Tour of Southern States (6 of 9) :

Graceland is of course the legendary home of the King of Rock'n'Roll - Elvis Presley. It's in Memphis, Tennessee on the Mississippi. The Mansion is quite large. When Elvis bought it in 1958, it was about 10,000 square feet and had 13 acres of land. I think he had additional rooms and facilities like the raquet ball court added. So it could well be about 20,000 square feet.

There are a lot of rooms of course. The family bedrooms are not public - however you get to see all the public rooms of the mansion. There's an incredible collection of Gold and Platinum Disks in the trophy room - he was amazingly successful.

Elvis (and his parents and grandmother) are buried in the Meditation Garden in the grounds. It's very peaceful and nice. There are some other exhibitions of cars, memorabilia and his aircraft - however the house is the star of the show. You're provided with an audio tour and you're free to walk from room to room at your own pace - following the commentary. It's very well presented.

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Being bussed to the house
House from the bus
Waiting to enter

Plaque outside house
The front of the house
The front garden

The Lounge
Lounge and music room
The sofa

Portrait of Elvis
His Parent's Bedroom
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Stairs to family rooms (private)
Dinning room
Kitchen

The stove
The Jungle Room
Corner of Jungle Room

The TV Room
More TV room
Table in TV room

Bar in TV room
The pool room
Cue's in pool room

Decoration is amazing
The Pool Table
Jungle room and waterfall

Carpet on floor and roof
Birthplace model
Wardrobe

More clothes
Red coat
Blue suit

Cool clothes
Jewellery
Old furniture

Recording equipment
Nice dog
His guns

Sports clothes
Hobbies
Black belt and saddle

Back Yard
The car port
Back of the house

The office
Press conference area
Shooting range

Smokehouse
Back yard and stables
Rear of the house

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