Paducah, Kentucky Port Reviews

Interesting stop. We were there for their July 4 fireworks. Great view from the boat.

Visited: Jun 23, 2019

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This is a great stop, Paducah is full of interesting things to see and do. We took the city tour and the guide was excellent. He not only sold us on the city's revitalization efforts, he gave us multiple tips on where to go and what to see. DO NOT MISS to National Quilt Museum; there are works of art, well displayed. A new insight on what can be done with cloth.

Ship's tour (free) to an interesting town. Civil War museum was excellent

National quilt museum was wonderful - a big surprise.

National Quilt Museum was unbelievable! A must-see for all, not just the quilters or seamstresses in our midst.

Visit the quilt museum!

We went to Patti's 1880 Settlement, and it was a 1/2 hour drive each way. “Settlement” doesn’t denote a historical group of buildings where you can learn about this area of the country. It’s the name of the restaurant on a large piece of property. The restaurant is surrounded by collection of gift shops in old log cabins that were brought in from other places and rebuilt here. Definitely more commercial than historic. Other than the local moonshine and seasoning with their name on it, there is likely nothing in the gift shops that you couldn’t buy at home. It’s cute and kitschy. The first activity is lunch at Patti’s restaurant (the description said food was last and the emphasis was on the “settlement” area). We arrived around 11, lunch took almost an hour and a half, and we had to be back on the bus at 1:15. No one was hungry because we’d just eaten breakfast on the ship an hour or so before. Eat light on the ship if you choose this excursion because the cost is $75 each. It was kind of a waste for us. We had a chef’s salad and a catfish sandwich with iced tea. The food was just OK. None of the other four people at our table were impressed either. We noticed tons of wasted food left at the other tables because no one was really hungry. The restaurant itself is beautiful with many unique rooms and there are some presidential memorabilia in one of the rooms that was donated by a patron. Unfortunately, you can’t read the correspondence because it's so faded. It’s really a choice between this restaurant trip and a quilt museum, or you can take a loop shuttle to wander around in this city of less than 400 people. Definitely not worth $75 each.