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Practicalities
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Greyhound
buses
stop at the depot on Magnolia Street; K-Trans city buses run a free trolley to the campus. The
visitor center
is on the Riverfront at 900 Volunteer Landing Lane (tel 423/523-7263 or 1-800/727-8045,
). The comfortable
Days Inn - Campus
, 1706 W Cumberland Ave (tel 423/521-5000, fax 865/540-3866,
; $50-75/$75-100), is fairly central, and there's a
Comfort Inn
further out at 5334 Central Ave Pike (tel 423/688-1010, fax 865/687-4235,
; $50-75), while the
Holiday Inn Select
, 525 Henley St (tel 423/522-2800, fax 865/523-0738,
; $75-100), is one of the more reasonably priced hotels near the downtown convention center. Rooms are at a premium when the Tennessee Volunteers are playing at home.
Knoxville's favorite
restaurant
, the rib specialists
Calhoun's
, overlooks the river downtown at 400 Neyland Drive (tel 423/673-3355). In the Old City,
Barley's
, 200 Jackson Ave, serves hand-tossed pizza and grilled food, has 43 beers on tap and hosts live music most nights.
Tomato Head
in the downtown Market Square Mall (tel 423/637-4067) is a wildly popular place for pizza and super-stuffed sandwiches throughout the day and evening. Other useful information
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