Tupelo

Tupelo is a city in Northeast Mississippi that is known best for being the birthplace of Elvis Presley.

Get in

By plane

• 🌍 Tupelo Regional Airport (TUP  ^IATA). Served only by Silver Airways to Atlanta Airport.  
• 🌍 Memphis International Airport (MEM ^IATA). Is 1 hour and 40 minutes northwest. It is a key Delta Air Lines hub and is also served by six other airlines.  
• 🌍 Birmingham International Airport (BHM ^IATA). In Alabama, is about 2.5 hours southeast.  

By car

Tupelo is on US Route 78, between Memphis and Birmingham.

Get around

Tupelo requires a car to see freely. A tour bus will keep you on the main tourist trail.

See

• 🌍 Birthplace of Elvis Presley, 306 Elvis Presley Dr., ☎ [phone]. M–Sa 9AM–5PM, Su 1PM–5PM.  
• 🌍 Tupelo Auto Museum, 1 Otis Blvd, ☎ [phone]. M–Sa 9AM–4:30PM, Su Noon–4:30PM. $10 for adults, $5 for children 5–12. (updated Jul 2018)
• 🌍 Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo, 2272 North Coley Rd, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. M-Sa 9AM-4PM, Su 11AM-4PM. (updated Jul 2018)

Civil War battlefields

• 🌍 Tupelo National Battlefield, 2083 Main St, toll-free: [phone]. (updated Oct 2018)
• 🌍 Brice's Cross Roads National Battlefield Site. (updated Oct 2018)

Do

• Tupelo Furniture Market, where thousands of furniture retailers meet twice a year.
• Tupelo Flea Market at the Tupelo Furniture market comes on the second weekend of every month except when the furniture markets in town. You can buy arts, crafts, furniture, cell phone accessories, clothes & purses, candy, even puppies. The list goes on.
• 🌍 BancorpSouth Arena (Tupelo Coliseum). (updated Oct 2018)
• North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, 1800 W Main St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Oct 2018)

Buy

• 🌍 Mall at Barnes Crossing, 1001 Barnes Crossing Rd, ☎ +1 662 844-MALL (6255). (updated Oct 2018)
• Tupelo Hardware, 114 W Main St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Oct 2018)

Eat

• Harvey's, 424 South Gloster Street, ☎ [phone]. 
• Vanelli's Greek & Italian Restaurant and Papa's Place Lounge, 1302 North Gloster Street, ☎ [phone]. 
• Neon Pig Cafe, 1203 N Gloster St, ☎ [phone]. (updated Jul 2018)

Drink

Sleep

• Airport TRACE INN Motel, 3400 W. Main St., ☎ [phone]. Has Wi-Fi and an airport shuttle. 
• Hilton Garden Inn, 363 East Main Street. 
• Ramada Inn Conference Center Tupelo, 854 N. Gloster Street, ☎ [phone]. 
• Cart Barn Inn, 74 CR 259, Bruce, Ms., ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. has Wi-Fi and satellite flatscreen tv" $99-$169. 

Go next

• Oxford (Mississippi)
• Memphis
• Jackson (Mississippi)

Routes through Tupelo

Memphis ← Holly Springs ←	W  E	→ Fulton → Birmingham
Jackson, TN ← Booneville ←	N  S	→ Columbus → Meridian
END ← Nashville ← Jct W E ← E ← Jct W E ←	N  S	→ Jct W E → Jct W E → Ridgeland → Jackson