Georgia Travel Guide

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Top Things to See

Fame and flags
Tour the Georgia State Capitol on Washington Street, Capitol Square, Atlanta. It also houses the Georgia Hall of Fame and the Hall of Flags.

Visit an icon
Pay your respects to an icon at the Tomb of Martin Luther King (www.nps.gov/malu), located at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

History
Visit Madison, an historic town spared from ruin during Sherman's ‘March to the Sea' in 1864.

Presidential sights
Travel to the Pine Mountain area (www.pinemountain.org), noted for its Callaway Gardens and for President Franklin D Roosevelt's Little White House (www.fdr-littlewhitehouse.org) at Warm Springs.

Watch a baseball match
Watch an Atlanta Braves (www.braves.mlb.com) major league baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Enjoy Southern charm
Explore historic Savannah, the USA's first planned city rich with Southern antebellum charm ( www.savannahgeorgia.com). Much of Savannah's original beauty remains, with over a thousand historically important buildings, including the superb Regency-style Owens-Thomas House and Georgian Davenport House (www.davenporthousemuseum.org).

Visit a fort
Encounter Fort Pulaski (www.nps.gov/fopu), one of Savannah's five forts open to the public, named after the Polish hero of the American Revolution.

Delve into the wilderness
Journey through Waycross, one of three gateways to the Okefenokee Swamp (www.swampgeorgia.com), one of the country's most beautiful wilderness areas. The swamp is a refuge of exotic plant and animal life, including alligators.

Calling all golf fans
Witness golfing history during the Masters Golf Tournament (www.masters.org), held at the Augusta National Golf Club every year.

Top Things to Do

Play golf
Play a game of golf on one of over 400 golf courses in the state. Georgia is a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts due to its temperate climate.

Go shopping
Shop in Underground Atlanta (www.underground-atlanta.com), a restored four-square block shopping and entertainment area, located near the business center of Atlanta and home to the Zero Mile Post, which marks the city's birthplace.

Wild encounters
See the wildlife at the Atlanta Zoo (www.zooatlanta.org) in Grant Park. While at the park, tour the restored Confederate Fort Walker, and the Cyclorama, a world-famous 123m- (406ft-) circumference painting of the Battle of Atlanta. View over 100,000 fish and sea creatures at Atlanta's Georgia Aquarium (www.georgiaaquarium.org), billed as the largest aquarium in the world.

Mountain views
Climb or ride the cable car to the top of Stone Mountain (www.stonemountainpark.com), where gigantic representations of three confederate heroes (President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E Lee and Thomas ‘Stonewall' Jackson) have been carved into a cliff-face.

Gold rush
Pan for gold in Dahlonega (www.dahlonega.org), an old mining town.

White water rapids
Raft the rapids on the Ocoee (site of 1996 Olympic events) or Chattahoochee Rivers.

Island getaway
Spend the day at Tybee Island (www.tybeeisland.com) featuring sands, fishing piers and a marine science center. The city is also home to the celebrated Savannah Jazz Festival in September. Explore Jekyll Island's (www.jekyllisland.com) unspoiled natural beauty and fascinating history. It's an ideal destination for bird watchers, golfers and history enthusiasts, and was once the winter sanctuary of some of the US's wealthiest industrialists, such as William Rockefeller and Richard Crane.

Go canoeing
Paddle a canoe through the Okefenokee Swamp keeping an eye out for the resident alligators.