Finding great food and a wonderful place to
spend the night near the Talimena Scenic Drive is easy. The area
boasts a wide variety of lodging including cabins, hotels/motels,
lodges, RV campgrounds and more. Please click here for information about places
to stay
Dining
The area is also home to wonderful restaurants
serving every kind of food imaginable. You will find many well known
restaurants in Fort Smith, Poteau and Mena and all three cities
also have their own unique local restaurants. Many of the smaller
communities around the drive have convenient restaurants serving
great food. Please click here for more restaurant information...
Shopping
One of the great parts of traveling the area
surrounding the Talimena Scenic Drive is discovering the wonderful
shops tucked away here and there. You never know what you're going
to find around the next turn or in the next town!
You will find wonderful shops with antiques,
local arts and crafts plus curios and novelties. The larger cities
are also home to nationally known stores and shopping malls.
Choctaw Nation Casinos and Travel
Plazas
Casinos
The Choctaw Nation Casino's cashless version of traditional gaming
machines has all the features of the fast-paced action of coin
machines, except there is no need for players to keep track of
coin filled cups. Use one of our Pin-Controlled account cards on
Reel Time gaming machines or cash out your secured paper ticket
receipts on our other machines with one of our floor runners or
cashiers.
Travel
Plazas The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is very proud to have thirteen
travel plazas located throughout the 10 1/2 counties of the Choctaw
Nation service area. You may purchase fuel, snacks, and browse
through the gift shops at each location. The plazas are located
in Atoka, Broken Bow, two in Durant, Garvin, Heavener, Hugo, Idabel,
McAlester, Pocola, Poteau, Stringtown.