Georgia Travel Guide
The fountain in Forsyth Park, Savannah. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Georgia's two poles are Savannah and Atlanta. Savannah is the South's most beautiful city: 22 park-like squares under live oaks draped in Spanish moss, with the riverfront and Tybee Island nearby. Atlanta is the New South capital: the King Center, the Georgia Aquarium, and a defining food and music scene.
Between them: the antebellum town of Madison, the Blue Ridge foothills' wineries and waterfalls, and the Okefenokee Swamp's black water on the Florida line.
Destinations in Georgia
Savannah historic districtThe squares, Forsyth Park's fountain and River Street.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical ParkThe King Center, Ebenezer Baptist Church and his birth home.- Cumberland IslandFerry-only wilderness: wild horses, ruins and empty beaches.
- Georgia AquariumOne of the world's largest aquariums; whale sharks and belugas.
- Blue Ridge foothillsAmicalola Falls, Dahlonega's gold-rush square and winery trails.
- Tybee IslandSavannah's beach: the lighthouse, the pier, sea-turtle season.
- Stone MountainThe carved mountainside and the summer laser shows.
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Top Cities & towns in Georgia
Regional food
- Fried chicken (Georgia does the Southern classic seriously)
- Pimento cheese (the 'caviar of the South')
- Peach cobbler (the state fruit, in season)
- Shrimp and grits (the coastal version)
Getting there
Atlanta (ATL) is the world's busiest airport and the gateway. Savannah (SAV) covers the coast. MARTA serves central Atlanta; everywhere else needs a car.