Video: Would you call St. Louis a popular tourist destination?
Posted September 14, 2009 at 4:04 am
Posted September 14, 2009 at 4:04 am
Student Life is the independent student newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis. Keep in touch with Washington University by subscribing to an RSS feed of our stories or an RSS feed of our comments. Privacy Policy | Comments Policy | Web Policy
On September 15, 2009 at 1:54 pm T said
St. Louis is one of them most underrated cities and tourist destinations in America.
Consider this:
St. Louis Arch
Budweiser Factory Tour – FREE
CityGarden – FREE
CityMuseum
Cardinals/Rams/Blues
Various NCAA tournaments, many are final rounds
Forest Park:
-Zagat rated #1 Zoo – FREE
-Science Center – FREE
-27 holes of golf and driving range
-Boathouse
-Missouri History Museum – FREE
-St. Louis Art Museum – FREE
-Ice Skating/Sand Volleyball/etc
-Jewel Box
-The Muny – largest outdoor amphitheather in the US
Magic House – Zagat rated #1 Children’s Attraction
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Six Flags
Various weekend/cultural events (outdoor movies, jazz, etc)
2nd largest Mardi Gras Celebration in the US
Unique cultural neighborhoods – Soulard, Dogtown, The Hill
Fox Theatre
Watch a movie at the Moolah
Moonlight Ramble – largest and oldest moonlight bike ride in US
Casinos
and that is just to name a few world class things for visitors to do without having to spend a lot of money to do it
On September 25, 2009 at 9:03 am bb said
Only people from small towns and villages will enjoy those attractions.
On October 19, 2009 at 6:51 pm Ben Stein said
Wash U is not a tourist destination you imbecile!