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Pro
Its definitely a charming little town with a lot of history
Con
It would be a challenge to find more than a day and a half worth of stuff to do
In a nutshell
The shops can be overwelming but just look at sites
Toughluck Says: Down at the landing, there are things to do. Take a river cruise, have a meal, enjoy the river it self.
Tom Sawyer's Boyhood Home and Museum
saw50st8 Says: This is the place to see in Hannibal. Tour the home, both up and down and see the fence that Tom had everyone paint for him! Its a good way to understand where Samuel Clemens was coming from.The tickets ($8 for adults) includes The Interpretive Center, the Mark Twain Boyhood...
Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse
atufft Says: America's greatest author has a memorial lighthouse on the hill over Hannibal. Built in 1935, this lighthouse has been visited by American presidents Roosevelt and Clinton. Unfortunately, we arrived to late to visit. But, here are some images of the picnic area and other...
Walk Along the Mississippi River
atufft Says: There is a park and boat ramp on the Mississippi. To get there one has to walk or drive across the railroad tracks, which are in routine use. Naturally, an excursionary paddlewheeler has regular trips that leave from the waterfront.
atufft Says: Even during ordinary days, Hannibal is worth a visit for it's collection of antique stores and sidewalk cafes. The old downtown has well kept 19th century commercial buildings.
1 Review and 96 Opinions DO NOT STAY HERE. Plumbing and ventillation from the '30's. Customer Service non-existent.
Quality Inn And Suites Hannibal
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Rustic Oak Riverview Dining @ Sawyers Creek: Great Steaks and view!
luv2travel101 Says: Enjoyed the view of the mississippi river, it just flowed on by. The food and desserts were great. We had steaks and Giant Chocolate Truffles....yum. Sara (dorry if i didn't spell it rite)was our server and she so very helpful and the kids really enjoyed her personality....
General Store: Eat Here, Get Worms
AKtravelers Says: How many people do you think stop for a bite at this place, a combination general store, roadside diner and bait shop? This certainly is not Maui's Haile Mailie General Store! I wonder if the "Eat Here Get Worms" combination was inadvertent or a sly restaurant review by a...
watersc Says: its was dirty the drinks were really high. most of the time i was there the bartender wouldnt wait on me because she was busy kissing the other guest. there was drugs and prostution openly there not the kind of place anyone would go unless your wanting to fight. none
The Dwon Under Club: Down Under
dlandt Says: Although most of the places to drink in Hannibal struck me as being little honky tonks, this one impressed em a bit more and I spent some time there. Drinks are very reasonably priced and the people who come here seem very respectable. There's quite a few young people here...
atufft Says: From Chicago, take I-55 south to Springfield, and then take I-72 west. I-72 crosses the Mississippi River on substantial modern bridge, with great views of the river. The west bank of the River is a high mound or ridge that looks down upon the town of Hannibal. I-72 then...
Rich62 Says: They have these trolleys, or trailers, or whatever they call them, that you can board and they will take you around town.
atufft Says: In addition to the brick and mortar antique and clothing stores along Main Street Hannibal, the Mark Twain Days offers shoppers an opportunity to browse vendor kitsch in the city park. Unfortunately, we arrived too late, as the vendors had tarped their concessions for the...
Downtown Hannibal: Downtown Hannibal
dlandt Says: The downtown area has a number of shops geared to the passerby rather than the native. These include numerous souvenier shops, but also a very nice selection of local crafts and Indian arts, a few bookstores, heavy on Mark Twain of course, jams, candles, fudge, and more...
Helpfulness
People are a little standoffish to strangers. Its probably not too hard to overcome this if you actually stay for a while, but it really has the small town mentality, even if the town boasts 20000+ people.
Written Jun 4, 2003
atufft Says: There are locals who fit the Mark Twain image almost perfectly, so who can leave town without having the opportunity to meet Mark Twain? Unfortunately, at the time of our visit, the museum was closed.
Sawyer's Creek and Riverview Cafe
dlandt Says: This is a non-descript group of souvenier shops that don't offer particularly much to do, though there is an arcade, miniature golf and a shooting game. Things seemed expensive and the food in the cafe was passable but not worth the money. Skip this one. Beers aren't too...
It's quite a climb - It's just as nice from below.
Toughluck Says: The memorial lighthouse sits atop a bluff, visible from all over town and much of the river. Since Lighthouses weren't particularly common on the inland rivers, this is not historic. Enjoy the view of it atop the bluff, and save the hike. If you have young kids who need to...
dlandt Says: In the center of the main park downtown there is a small memorial which features eight plaques dedicated to the men of Marion County who lost their lives in WWI & WWII. The sheer number of names was quite shocking to me, personally. There are literally hundreds.
Why is Mark Twain so important?
atufft Says: Visitors to Hannibal learn quickly that Mark Twain (whose actual name was Samuel Clemens) is not just another famous American author. He's THE giant of American literature which in fact includes a long list of authors alive and dead who allude to Twain's work in their own...
dlandt Says: Down in this area they've made an attempt to preserve some of the things Mark Twain wrote about like the whitewashed fence and Becky Thatcher's house. Its pretty picturesque but there's too much in the way of souvenier shops and the like. I would walk through here, but not...
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Hannibal is famous as the home of Mark Twain and the setting for his famous novels Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Quite a few of the attractions here are named for him or the characters he invented, and......
Touring Hannibal makes it seem like Tom Sawyer was real! Sometimes it makes you wonder, it he fact or fiction?
I've been visiting Hannibal every few years since I was a child on cross country trips to Kansas City, Missouri. Hannibal is always my favorite stop along the way. It's a great place to spend part of...
July 4th in Mark Twain's Childhood Town
Hannibal, Missouri is a little more than 100 miles upstream from St. Louis, on the west side of the Mississippi River where Bear Creek cuts through a dramatic gorge as it flows into the great river....
Becky and Huck welcome you. The whole town theme is staged on the two icons. It is a net little town with a declining streets going down to the river, Mississippi. Clapborad homes, white wash and smal...
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