Charlotte Travel Guide
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Dubbed " The Queen City ", after Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III, Charlotte is an undeniably historic American city. Today, it is one of the top 20 fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States, and home to an endless array of interesting attractions, popular restaurants, and raging late-night hotspots. Uptown Known for its fine … Read Charlotte introduction
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Residential-Style All-Suite Motor Hotel located off I-77 at Tyvola Road, 6 miles from downtown or train station.
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I visited Charlotte mainly to find "southern charm", but there were none. It has no historic buildings. If you really want to visit a historic, and southern-western place visit Fort Worth ... more
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Introduction
A banking hub complete with futuristic high-rises and elevated walkways, Charlotte is a southern Big Apple. But don't expect a New York level of buzz. This is primarily a business town, with the added appeal of a few good museums, some excellent restaurants and a scattered but lively music scene.
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Levine Museum of the New South The Levine Museum of the New South gives an excellent look at modern Southern history covering everything from sharecropping to Nascar racing. Discovery Place Discovery Place is a hands-on science museum with an Omnimax cinema and planetarium. You can wander …
Facts for the Traveller
Population : 614330 Area : 626km² Longitude / Latitude : -80.83568573 / 35.2058143616 Currency : US Dollar (USD) Weights & Measures system : Imperial
Getting there & Getting around
Getting there Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (5501 Josh Birmingham Parkway) is a heavily used airport, handling domestic flights and scheduling some direct flights to and from Europe. The Greyhound station (601 W Trade St), handy to uptown, has regular connections to Atlanta, …
History
Recent History Today, Charlotte is the second-largest US banking centre after New York: the hornet's nest turned hive. It's also a study and party town, with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte attracting students from all over the region. Pre 20th Century History Founded at the …
Weather
Carolina weather is generally kind all year round. Winters are mellow, summers are warm but not prostratingly so, and the spring and autumn slide balmily between them. Summary of average yearly weather data for Charlotte Low temp (°C) High temp (°C) Sunshine (hours) Rainfall …
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Overview of Charlotte
143 miles SW of Raleigh; 91 S of Winston-Salem In the past decade or so, Charlotte has been sprouting skyscrapers, including the 40-story, trapezoidal steel-and-glass tower of the Bank of America Plaza and the stunning 46-story Hearst Tower, the completion of which was set for 2001. The city has …
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In 1524 explorer Giovanni da Verrazano landed on what is now North Carolina's shore and wrote in his log, as pleasant and delectable to behold as is possible to imagine. Sixty years later the New World's first English-speaking settlers found their way to the state's eastern edge, which is bordered …
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