City of Florence

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University of North Alabama Harrison Fountain
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Trails Abound in the Shoals and North Alabama

Florence is listed as one of the top 11 small towns in the United States

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With the first audible utterance of a word, Shoals native Helen Keller challenged the notion of disability - and inspired the world.
MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND
Muscle Shoals is home to the Studios & musicians that defined southern soul music and captured voices like Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon & so many more.
THE ALABAMA MUSIC HALL OF FAME
celebrates the States rich musical heritage that includes legendary musicians from Hank Williams Sr. to Nat King Cole, Alabama, and more ...
WC HANDY, "THE FATHER OF THE BLUES" is hes celebrated yearly with a festival that honors the groundbreaking contributions this voice gave to the world.

WORLD -CLASS FISHING
With miles of water and a long growing season for huge and hungry bass, our region is an eternal favorite for anglers from across the country.

From the luxurious Shoals Marriott Resort & Spa to quaint B&Bs & downright charming outdoor lodging, The Shoals has it.
GOLF. GOLF. GOLF.
With several courses including the Robert Trent Jones "Fighting Joe", The Shoals has a course made for everyone.
ATTRACTIONS & SHOPPING
Frank Lloyd Wright, Etc ... and information about uinque shops etc.

Point Your Compass to Adventure!
The Shoals and Tennessee River of Northwest Alabama Florence, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals, and Sheffield. Come roll with a singing river through northwest Alabama, pass through thousand-year old cypress trees. The woods are sweet with oxeye daisies, crepe myrtles, and flowering dogwoods. Wave at the folks in Waterloo, stop in a town caf for Saturday morning biscuits and chocolate gravy.

Snap your fingers to a little jive with fathers of the blues W.C. Handy and Nat King Cole. Marvel at Muscle Shoals, its historic Wheeler and Wilson dams that shoulder into the river. Stop at a roadside barbecue stand, wind your way to a Civil War tavern, a coon dog cemetery, Helen Kellers homeplace, and the worlds greatest smallmouth bass fishing hole. Air-up your bike, strap on your pack, camp and hike in pristine woods untouched for 2000 yearsfollowing the footsteps of ancient Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek and Chickasaw. Linger in Florence, wander downtown avenues lined with grand Victorian homes, Queen Annes, bungalows, Alabamas only Frank Lloyd Wright. Find the antiques tucked in shop corners. Symphonies, restaurants with white tablecloths, art exhibits, designer boutiquesdo it all.

Come roll with us in The Shoals. Find your secret places, live high on the hog, make good memories.
Please the part of you thats pure Southern in our northwest Alabama adventure.
Florence/Lauderdale Tourism