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  • Visit historic locations significant to the city's role in the Civil Rights struggle. Birmingham's historic Civil Rights District includes the church where a Ku Klux Klan bomb killed four African-American girls and Kelly Ingram Park, where dogs and firehouses were turned on demonstrators.
  • View Birmingham from high atop Red Mountain in 10-acre Vulcan Park, home to the world's largest cast-iron statue.
  • Hike and bike at Ruffner Mountain, a 1,000-acre nature preserve about five miles outside of the city. Swim, boat, and bike at Oak Mountain State Park just 18 miles south of downtown.
  • Go on safari at the Birmingham Zoo. With 700 wild animals, this is Alabama's top tourist attraction.
  • Ride the Rampage, one of the biggest wooden roller coasters in the country, at Alabama Adventure theme park in nearby Bessemer.

Birmingham Travel Guide

Birmingham has come a long way since the 1960s, when the civil rights struggles erupted in bombings, riots, and arrests that drew international attention to this city in north-central Alabama. The pioneer farm settlement of the mid-1850s expanded with the advent of railroads and influence of land barons that helped establish Birmingham as a city in 1871. Fueled by the area's coal, iron ore, and limestone resources, the city earned the nickname the "Magic City" for the rapidity with which Birmingham grew and prospered. Its fortunes waned with the Great Depression in the 1930s, even though the city was largely ruled by wealthy Northern industrialists. Read More

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Hotels

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The Redmont Hotel

2101 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203 Map

Distance: 0.3 mi.
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Hotel Class: 3 class stars

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Sheraton Birmingham Hotel

2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North
Birmingham, AL 35203 Map

Distance: 0.6 mi.
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Hotel Class: 3 class stars

from: $119

Courtyard Birmingham Downtown at UAB

1820 5th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233 Map

Distance: 0.9 mi.
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Hotel Class: 1 class stars

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Attractions

Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau

2200 Ninth Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203-1100

Distance: 0.4 mi. (from destination center)

Peanut Depot (The)

2016 Morris Ave
Birmingham, Alabama 35203

Distance: 0.5 mi. (from destination center)

Pete's Famous Hot Dogs

1925 2nd Ave N
Birmingham, Alabama 35203

Distance: 0.5 mi. (from destination center)
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Airports

Major Airports near Birmingham

Distance (mi.)
Birmingham International Airport 4.1 map
Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 136.8 map
Nashville Metropolitan Airport 180.8 map

Other Smaller Airports near Birmingham

Distance (mi.)
Huntsville International Airport 83.7 map
Montgomery Dannelly Fld Airport 87.6 map
Columbus Golden Triangle Reg. Airport 91.2 map

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Chicago (CHI) to Birmingham (BHM) $194

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