Private Jet to Mississippi

The Graduate, Oxford
The Graduate is prominently located at the heart of Oxford on the Square, the historic and cultural hub of the town, just minutes from the Ole Miss campus.  The 3,000-square-foot lobby is stacked with vintage books for guests to read while lounging on seersucker sofas, and there is a chic lounge bar and fitness center.  The Coop is the hotel’s rooftop terrace bar offering live Blues music and affording great views over the town.

The Inn on Whitworth, Brookhaven
The Inn was originally the Cohn Brothers Mercantile Store in 1895.  The Inn has 14 luxurious rooms featuring original artwork by local artists, and there is a beautiful lobby with a 19th-century skylight 30 feet high and heart of pine floors, the ideal spot for a relaxed breakfast.  The front façade is wrought-iron architectural work from the well-known firm of Mesker and Brother from St. Louis, and the original walk-in vault is still at the back of the building.    

Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel & Conference Center, Flowood/Jackson
The Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel is in the Jackson suburb of Flowood.  The hotel offers great amenities, including a large outdoor pool with a lazy river and poolside bar, a 24-hour fitness center, free bike rentals, and a golf course.  The hotel is conveniently located only 4 miles from Jackson Evers Airport. 

Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, Biloxi
The Beau Rivage is the top choice in casino hotels located along the oceanfront in Biloxi, with great views of the sea and city, and within sight of the Biloxi Lighthouse.  The hotel has an outdoor pool with covered cabanas, and a picturesque sundeck overlooking the Gulf of Mexico.  There is an on-site casino and a wide choice of restaurants and bars, plus a spa.  Part of the MGM Resorts International brand, the Beau Rivage’s rooms have Italian marble bathrooms and spa-brand toiletries.  Some suites offer whirlpool bathtubs.

Monmouth Historic Inn, Natchez
The Monmouth Historic Inn is a beautiful antebellum mansion built in 1818 that is a National Historic landmark.  The Inn and gardens are part of a 26-acre property.  The Inn imparts a sense of the Old South way of life.  Rooms in the main house or seven outbuildings contain antiques and four poster beds, while some have a spa tub and fireplace.  There are historic house tours to provide the Inn’s history.  Fine dining can be enjoyed at the award-winning Restaurant 1818 while drinks can be savored in the Quitman Study or Lounge. 

Fairview Inn, Jackson
The Fairview Inn is a Colonial Revival Mansion built in 1908 in the capital of Jackson.  The Library Lounge is one of the best restaurants in the city.  Housed in the mansion’s original library, the lounge contains a Civil War book collection plus books by famous Mississippi writers like William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Eudora Welty.  The hotel also offers nomiSpa, one of the only holistic spas in Jackson. 

Duff Green Mansion, Vicksburg
Enjoy the epitome of Southern luxury at the Duff Green Mansion in historic Vicksburg.  The Mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  At this lovely bed and breakfast, guests are served a three-course Southern breakfast every morning.  Tours of the elegant mansion are offered by costumed guides.  Sleep in antique beds with period furniture and relax by the outdoor pool.  The three-story home is surrounded by magnolia trees, and the front porches are enclosed by Italian iron railings. 

The Oliver Hotel, Oxford
The Oliver Hotel of Oxford is a 40-room redbrick boutique hotel near the Square in the heart of town.  The hotel features elegant décor such as crystal chandeliers and marble flooring, a patio restaurant, a parlor lounge, and a rooftop bar.  The hotel’s Library is a lovely respite with book-lined walls and a fireplace and contains a rare photography collection featuring William Faulkner.

Cotton House, Cleveland
The Cotton House is a luxurious property located in Cleveland in the Mississippi Delta region.  The hotel features 95 guest rooms, two outstanding restaurants, and high-end amenities to create a wonderful base from which to explore the musically rich Delta region.  Cotton House is on Cotton Row, which derives its name from the cotton merchants who stored their product along the railroad tracks that gave rise to the city of Cleveland.  The Delta Meat Market restaurant features wonderful southern cuisine, and there is a state-of-the-art fitness center. 

Hotel Legends, Biloxi
One of the top lodging options in Biloxi, Hotel Legends features 132 suites, a 24-hour fitness center, and an infinity pool with a poolside bar.  The Sapphire Supper Club serves dinner and recalls the popular supper clubs of the 1930s and 40s with live music three nights a week.  There’s also a fire pit area with chaise lounges.

Natchez and its Antebellum Mansions
Previously the original capital of Mississippi, Natchez is renowned for its collection of antebellum mansions and gardens.  The city is built along the Mississippi River.  The Natchez Spring Pilgrimage is when all 32 of the city’s mansions open their doors to visitors.  At other times, the best places to visit include Longwood with its unique octagonal shape and Byzantine onion dome, the Auburn Museum & Historic Home, Mongolia Hall (the last mansion built before the civil war began), Federal-style Rosalie Mansion overlooking the Mississippi, Greek Revival Stanton Hall and Monmouth Historic Inn and gardens. 

Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg National Military Park commemorates one of the most important battles of the Civil War.  Vicksburg was an important location astride the Mississippi River, and a Union victory here secured control of the Mississippi.  The park preserves the battlefield site and tells the story of the 47-day siege of the city with memorials and monuments strung along the Park’s 16-mile drive.  The visitor center has displays and the remnants of the U.S.S. Cairo, an ironclad gunboat sunk during the conflict. 

Biloxi
Biloxi draws travelers to its Gulf Shore beaches and the lure of the waterfront casinos at such places as the Beau Rivage and the Hard Rock Biloxi.  Beach opportunities abound along the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Biloxi Beach, and by taking a boat to Ship Island.  There is Old South history in the form of Confederate President Jefferson Davis’s retirement home, Beauvoir.  There are interesting art museums like the Walter Anderson Museum in Ocean Springs and the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum with its pottery and sculpture collections.  Overlooking the city is the Biloxi Lighthouse, built of cast iron in 1848.

The Delta Blues Highway
The Mississippi Delta Region is the rich agricultural region where cotton was king.  This area gave birth to the Blues, and the Delta Blues Highway connects the Blues heritage and history of the communities along the route.  Drive the Blues Highway as it crosses the state from its origin in Memphis down to New Orleans.  You’ll come to Clarksdale, home of the Delta Blues Museum and many live music venues.  Indianola boasts the B.B. King Museum and Greenwood is the final resting place of legendary blues musician Robert Johnson.  The Grammy Museum in Cleveland Mississippi is a sister museum to the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and highlights Grammy award-winning singers and musicians. 

Natchez Trace Parkway
The Natchez Trace Parkway is a beautiful road that traverses Mississippi’s landscapes as it follows old Indian trails.  The entire route covers over 400 miles, beginning in Natchez and ending in Nashville, Tennessee.  Among the many interesting sights along the way are Indian burial sites like Emerald Mound, Civil War battlefield sites, the haunting Antebellum Windsor Mansion Ruins where only the columns remain, the Sunken Trace, Cypress Swamp, and the abandoned town of Rocky Springs. 

The Capital City of Jackson
Jackson is both the capital city of Mississippi and the largest in population.  Visitors enjoy Jackson’s musical roots, from jazz and rock to gospel.  The city’s history is captured in the State Capitol Building along with the Old Capitol Museum.  The tumultuous Civil Rights era history is told in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, while the Mississippi Museum of Art presents an eclectic collection from American landscapes to folk art and photography.  Literary fans will want to seek out the museum home of writer Eudora Welty.  

Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs is a scenic community along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, located about 2 miles east of Biloxi.  The city is a magnet for artists and craftspeople, and its attractive downtown is filled with shops and studios.  The Walter Anderson Museum of Art displays the 20^th century artist’s paintings and work.  Ocean Springs is near the Gulf Islands National Seashore, which provides guests with great opportunities for beach-going and water activities such as fishing, kayaking, and swimming.  Davis Bayou contains hiking trails as well as camping and picnicking sites.

Oxford
Oxford is a charming college town, home to the University of Mississippi.  The University’s permanent holdings include the Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman artifacts.  Oxford’s central downtown, particularly the Square, is full of attractive shops and restaurants.  Rowan Oak is the home of famed southern author William Faulkner, who penned many of his masterpieces here.  Oxford is named after its namesake university city in England and is also home to the Lyric Theater and Square Books, one of the state’s most famous bookstores.

Elvis Presley Birthplace, Tupelo
The small town of Tupelo is famous for being the birthplace of Elvis Presley, one of the greatest names in rock and roll history. Here you can visit the small house where Elvis lived along with a museum covering his early life, plus the chapel where Elvis grew up listening to the local gospel music.  There is a “Walk of Life” built around the house that chronicles the most important events in Presley’s life year by year. 

The Mississippi River
The majestic Mississippi River forms the western boundary of the state and is the setting for several of its most historic cities, Natchez, and Vicksburg.  Vicksburg tells the history of this part of the River in its Lower Mississippi River Museum.  Visions of paddle-wheel steamers plying the river with jazz orchestras entertaining guests are an iconic image of the river, though these adventures are based out of the larger cities of New Orleans and Memphis rather than in the state.  But a drive along its banks and vistas of grand antebellum mansions like Natchez’s Rosalie stirs visitors’ imaginations as they pass alongside this mightiest of U.S. rivers.