Sample Itinerary

 

These are places that I recommend for my family and friends when they visit St. Louis.  Of course, there are so many things that you could explore in our vibrant city including sporting events with the Cardinals or Blues.  These are some of our favorites.

 

Day 1

• Kingside Diner Breakfast
• Art museum 
• Forest Park Hike
• Basilica 
• Rest
• Broadway Oyster Bar

 

Day 2

• Botanical Garden
• Balkan Treat Box – Conde Naste top restaurant to visit in Missouri
• Busch Tour
• City Museum
• Brewery 2
• Brewery 3
• Barbecue
• Clementine’s 
• Takashima Record Bar

 

Day 3

• Egg
• Meramec Springs
• Ted Drewes Custard
• Rest
• Kounter Kulture

 

Day 4

• Breakfast at home
• Library
• Fraser’s 

 

Day 5

• Lone Elk or Castlewood
• The Bellweather

 

 

 

 

Hidden Gems

 

These local and not so local places were shared by many local people on a Facebook page.  There might be something here for you.

 

 

• Back stage tour at The Fabulous Fox
• Chain of Rocks Bridge
• Critter Lane Petting Zoo
• Salt Lick Trail
• Bee Tree Park
• Montelle Winery in Augusta
• Aeries Resort Winery in Grafton
• Johnson Shut In
• Elephant Rock State Park
• Mastodon State Park
• Soulard Farmer’s Market
• Crystal City Kayak Cave Tours
• Miniature Museum
• Shameless Grounds Coffee House
• Lone Elk Park
• Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum
• Contemporary Art Museum
• Mash Pit in Webster Grove
• Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood
• Endangered Wolf Center
• Legacy Cafe and Bar Tuesday Night Open Mic Night Word Up
• Purine Farms
• Mural Mile
• Fugitive Beach
• Olivino Tasting Bar
• Mauhaus Cat Cafe
• Paddle Boats at Forest Park

Nightclubs

• Boom Boom Room - Best Burlesque Show Ever
• Prism - Drag Queen Show
• BB’s Jazz, Blues and Soup
• Gallery Pub at Thurman