Weekend Getaways

Let our experienced travel planners make your visit an event to remember. We'll help your group turn the weekend into a real getaway!

Come to Jackson where fun and festive events like Jubilee!JAM, Farish Street Festival, and Mistletoe Marketplace happen year-round with hotel rates to fit your budget. We also have one-of-a-kind exhibits that you can only see in Jackson, such as the 2004 "Glory of Baroque Dresden".

Mississippi’s Capital City is conveniently located at the crossroads of Interstate 55 (north-south) and Interstate 20 (east-west) in the heart of our “Hospitality State.” As the center for the Metro Jackson area, home to more than 425,000 people, the city of Jackson is steeped in history, music, performing arts, sports, and our truly Southern way of life.

With 5,500 first-class hotel rooms, your lodging needs will be taken care of. Choose from restored historic bed and breakfast inns to extended stay facilities to properties offering the modern amenities required by the business traveler. The 400+ restaurants in the Jackson metro area offer everything from true Southern cuisine to Thai, Caribbean, and everything in between.

What makes a visit to Jackson really memorable are the things you can do that are a bit off the beaten path. Sprinkle some of these jewels into your weekend itinerary:

• Stop by the grand antebellum Governor’s mansion after touring the historic Manship House.
• Buffs of Beaux Arts Classical architecture will want to stroll the Mississippi State Capitol.
• “Crafts to Own” at the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi store (at the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum).
• Track your family’s genealogy at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
• Bask in the glow of athletic greatness at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
• True patriots can cherish the honor of our nation’s veterans at the War Memorial Building.
• Gaze out over the natural beauty of the swamp at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
• Stop and smell the roses, among other lovely flowers, at Mynelle Gardens.
• Relive the African-American experience in Mississippi at Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center.
• Stargaze or blast off with special large-format films at the Russell C. Davis Planetarium.
• Explore the wonderful world of Mississippi artists at our numerous art galleries and shops.
• Go antiquing and art shopping in the eclectic Fondren District.
• Black tie or safari gear? You decide. Enjoy a reception/party at the Jackson Zoo.
• If you’re what they call a “big shopper,” then Northpark, Metrocenter, and Highland Village are your bag.
• Let your tastebuds do the talking at one of our 300+ fabulous restaurants.
• Experience “Small Town Mississippi” at the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum.
• Take in a play at New Stage Theatre, where the offerings range from serious to hilarious.
• Tour an Old West town and sit down to a campfire dinner on the trail at Hilltop Painted Acres.
• Catch a professional baseball game with the Jackson Senators.
• Follow our state’s history through the Old Capitol Museum and numerous other historic homes and museums.
• Soak up “Mississippi’s Music” – the Blues – at the 930 Blues Café, George Street Grocery, or a variety of other local nightspots.
• Take in a performance by the Ballet Magnificat!, the Mississippi Opera, or the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.