Louisville Visitors Center

I am a Louisville resident, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t get anything out of the Louisville Visitors Center.
I mean, there’s a life-​size replica of Colonel Sanders. Colonel Sanders!!! I know it’s a bit cliché — OK, a lot cliché — but you can walk up to him and get your pic taken. And no matter how jaded you are, if you see a replica of Colonel Sanders, you have to at least go up and look at it. The statue is kind of eery in how life-​like it looks.
The Louisville Visitors Center also has a whole section devoted to the most iconic of fast food founded in Kentucky. You learn all about the first KFC and how it took over the world, one chicken leg at a time.
And again, I know, cliché. There is so much more to Louisville and Kentucky than KFC, but do you know the history of KFC? I betcha not! So it’s neat to get to spend some time learning what all of the hubbub is about.
And the Louisville Visitors Center tries to address some of the items we would like to be better known for, such as our culinary scene.
There are guidebooks and pamphlets that list great places to eat around town, along with our other attractions.
The Visitors Center also has some great Louisville-​centric gifts — good for residents and visitors.
And you can go on free walking tours that start and end at the center. Residents, perhaps, are the least educated about their city because they take it all for granted. The walking tours let you see the city as a visitor, exciting you all over again.
The Visitors Center isn’t very big, just occupying a small corner building near Fourth Street Live.
But the staff are always friendly and welcoming. And you just might learn something.
If you have some time to kill and if you’re in that area of downtown, venture inside and give it a look.

Such helpful folks working here! We got some magazines and brochures to explore the area and a few coupons, too. The ladies were all super helpful. There was also a small gift shop in this location.

I absolutely loved tha’ Looeyville Visitors Center, aka the Colonel Sanders mini museum. Best of all, it’s free and sells true Lu’ville souvenirs.
Although I haven’t had KFC in years, the memories of buying the Family Chicken Meal Dinners when I was young are priceless so I loved checking the center out. They have a section dedicated to the Colonel with his outfit, timeline of success, charities and historic memories.
I bought some stocking stuffer type gifts here. Bourbon Balls, Kentucky Derby Chocolate with a cookie cutter, a shot glass and pony pencil. It’s not about the $$ of gift, but the thought that counts in my book.
Plus I learned about the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, which we planned to visit in the next couple days. Awesome!

The walking tour I went on was very enjoyable. I got to learn about the arts and history of downtown louisville, only the west side of the city. The souvenirs are so cute. I got a Kentucky state shaped cookie cutter and the horse pencil topper. I was bummed that the store only had L-​XL t-​shirts and hoodies for sale at the time I was there.