Birmingham (Alabama) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, United States
About Birmingham (Alabama)
Birmingham (unlikethe city in England, the "h" isnotsilent here) has a population of 210,000 in the city (2018) and 1.2 million in the metro area (2010). Generally speaking, most of the modern-day big cities of the Southern United States got their start in the 18th or very early 19th century as frontier forts or trading posts (or, in the case of coastal cities likeCharlestonorNorfolk, as seaports), then grew through the antebellum period into administrative centers where folks from the surrounding areas would come to conduct government business and/or market towns where they came to sell their agricultural goods. Birmingham's history is very different from that. For one thing, it's a lot younger than most Southern cities: although white settlers began arriving in the area in the 1810s or s
Top Attractions in Birmingham (Alabama)
Explore the best things to see and do in Birmingham (Alabama):
- ★16th Street Baptist Church
- ★Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
- ★Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
- ★Alabama State Fair
- ★Alabama Theatre
- ★Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens
- ★Ballard House
- ★Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and Motorsports Park
Where to Eat in Birmingham (Alabama)
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Amore Ristorante Italiano
- 🍴Bistro 218
- 🍴Bottega
- 🍴Chez Fonfon
- 🍴Dreamland BBQ
- 🍴El Barrio
Where to Stay in Birmingham (Alabama)
- 🏨Cobb Lane Bed and Breakfast
- 🏨Courtyard Birmingham Downtown UAB
- 🏨Hampton Inn & Suites Birmingham-Downtown-Tutwiler
- 🏨Holiday Inn Birmingham-Airport
- 🏨Hotel Indigo Birmingham Five Points South — UAB
- 🏨Kings Inn Civic Center
Birmingham (Alabama) Travel Guide Sections
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