United States of America Travel Guide

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Festivals and Events

The Sundance Film Festival is one of the most famous of its kind, held annually in Utah. (January)

The Super Bowl is America’s sporting event of the year. (February)

Groundhog Day involves a groundhog predicting the weather for the rest of winter. (February)

The World Rodeo Championships are a ten day event in Las Vegas. (March-April)

The US Masters is arguably the world's greatest golf tournament, held on one of America's most challenging and picturesque courses, the Augusta National in Georgia. (April)

The Independence Day festivities involve marching parades, music and fireworks. The capital Washington DC is the best place to be. (July)

The Thanksgiving Day Parade celebrates this holiday with a three hour parade through New York. (November)

Exciting cities made famous by some of the most popular films in history, breath taking landscapes, varied terrains as well as 50 states to discover; it is clear to see why so many of us visit the USA for our holidays. Getting around the USA by car is great-value-for-money and is an excellent way to take in the scenery and experience all that America has to offer.

People came here from every corner of the globe in pursuit of the ‘American Dream’, which has created a fascinating mix of cultures and traditions. So as well as the sights, there are also plenty of events and traditions to enjoy during your visit.

Find out more about driving in the USA, or read our USA skiing guide. You may also like to view our car hire USA destinations.

USA Tourist Board
The official website for the American National Tourist Office – a useful resource for planning your trip to the USA.

Know Before You Go
Travel advice for USA from the FCO.

Things to See and Do

Do the Ellis Island Tour in New York. Between 1892 and 1954 this immigration depot processed the greatest tide of humanity in US history, nearly 12 million people.

If you are fascinated by the destructive force of hurricanes, there are now companies that can now take you to the eye of the storm.

Take a drive through the desert from Las Vegas to LA.

Visit Graceland, nobody can pass through Memphis without visiting the home of Elvis.

Go and see a Broadway Musical in New York.

Go up the Mississippi river on a paddle steamer.

Partake in a tour of the Civil War Battlefields.

Grab some Chinese food in the country’s second-largest Chinatown in San Francisco.

Take the Alcatraz Tour, once America's maximum-security prison, this grim fortress is set on a bleak rocky island in San Francisco Bay.

Do a walking tour of the Grand Canyon or get a helicopter flight over the canyon. Most tours operate out of Las Vegas.

Hang out at Venice Beach in LA, sit outside a café and watch the roller bladers, body builders, street entertainers, skateboarders and joggers.

Stay at one of the many hotels along the ‘strip’ and gamble in the Casinos in Las Vegas.

Go to a baseball or basketball game.

Visit the Yellowstone National Park to see its steaming fluorescent hot springs and geysers, sheer canyons and meadows filled with wild flowers.

Drive along Highway 1, the rugged Big Sur coastline pounded by Pacific waves between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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