Knoxville: Practicalities
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.
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