best vacation spot around Georgia?

Question

We are only going to stay there for 4-5 days.

Answer 1

Stay in Atlanta. there is a great downtown core to shop eat and drink at. You can tour the Coke factory, go behind the sceens at CNN and check out a Braves game. There is a Six Flags amusement park, a fantastic Water park and a great outlet mall about a half hour north. You are also a day trip away from everything else in the state.

Answer 2

ATLANTA is a relatively young city: only incorporated in 1847, it was little more than a minor transportation center until the Civil War, when its accessibility made it a good site for the huge Confederacy munitions industry – and consequently a major target for the Union army. In 1864 Sherman's army burned the city, an act immortalized in Gone with the Wind. Recovery after the war took just a few years: Atlanta was the archetype of the aggressive, urban, industrial "New South," furiously championed by "boosters" – newspaper owners, bankers, politicians and city leaders. Industrial giants who based themselves here included Coca-Cola, source of a string of philanthropic gifts to the city. Heavy black immigration to Atlanta increased its already considerable black population and led to the establishment of a thriving community centered around Auburn Avenue.

Very few of Atlanta's buildings predate 1915, and nothing at all survives from before 1868. Its characters, on the other hand – politicians and newspaper people – have changed little, and the "booster" tradition has continued to the present, peaking spectacularly when Atlanta won the right to host the 1996 Olympics. The bid to convince the world of the city's prosperity and sophistication was led by city leaders such as ex-mayor Andrew Young (the first Southern black congressman since Reconstruction, who became Carter's ambassador to the UN) and flamboyant former CNN magnate Ted Turner.

Today's Atlanta is at first glance a typical large American city. Its population has reached 3.5 million, and urban sprawl is such a problem that each citizen is obliged to travel an average of 34 miles per day by car – the highest figure in the country. Cut off from each other by roaring freeways, bright lights and an enclave mentality, its neighborhoods tend to have distinct racial identities – broadly speaking, "white flight" was to the northern suburbs, while the southern districts are predominantly black. That said, the city is undeniably progressive, with little interest in lamenting a lost Southern past. Since voting in the nation's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson, in 1974, it has remained the most conspicuously black-run city in the US, and an estimated 200,000 black fami lies streamed in from states further north in the 1980s alone. The Olympics may not have been the triumph Atlanta so eagerly anticipated – even before the Centennial Park bombing tarnished the event itself, years of disruption and grandiose construction projects had left many Atlantans wondering whether the city had lost more than it gained – but with its ever-increasing international profile, cosmopolitan blend of cultures and hip local neighborhoods, the spirit and dynamism of modern Atlanta is a far cry indeed from its much-mythologized Deep South roots.

Answer 3

Savannah is a charming and historical city to explore its downtown, and there's Tybee Island nearby for a beach (don't expect the Caribbean). YOu can even drive a couple of hours from there and visit Charleston, sc.
If you prefer the highlands, head NE from Atlanta to Helen,GA, and if you don't like its cutesy timered-house style, the area is beautiful mountains (tree-covered, not rocky), streams, lakes, farmer's markets on the roadside, crafts shops, one-of-a-kind restaurants, campgrounds, some lodges and motels.
Just drive around the NE corner of Georgia and you'll find neat places to stop. I like around Lake Burton in Rabun County, but it's quiet and not many 'attractions'.
You're also not far from the Great Smoky Mountains.
Check out Gatlinburg, TN and Cherokee, NC. There's a highway connecting the 2 towns that goes through the mountains. Also there's the Cherokee Indian Reservation and Museum.
Around Chattanooga there's Rock City and Ruby Falls, both nice and family 'fun' if you have kids.

Answer 4

Tybee Island is very nice. Near Savannah. There's tons to do in that city.

Don't go to Helen, GA. It's touted to be this cute little Alpine Swiss town. We went there for a secluded honeymoon in May. We left 22 hours after arriving. Talk about a rip off tourist trap. The paint job is cute, but some of the locals are a bit on the scary side and they roll up the sidewalks at 9.

Answer 5

Atlanta: Atlantic Station, White Waters, Six Flags, Georgia Aquarium, MLK Memorial, Undergroud Atlanta.

Answer 6

It really deepends on what you like to do.
Savannah is nice and has Tybee Beach (murky water)..
The Swamp around Waycross Ga is a site to see, might not be now though since they had fires.
Atlanta has lots to do with the parks and all.
It really pretty up around Toccoa and if you like whitewater kayaking this is the place to be. I've also visiting Red Top mountan and found it to be enjoyable with their ski boat rentals and only an hour away from Atlanta.

Answer 7

I have to say either Savanna or Tybee Island, I have been to both places and I had a really good time. If you are going to Savanna, try taking a haunted tour at night. Everything in Savanna is haunted, so thats pretty neat. If your going to Tybee Island, then I suggest going to this resturant called The Crab Shack. IT IS BY FAR THE BEST SEA FOOD PLACE IN GEORGIA. Trust me, its worth the stay!!

Answer 8

I lived outside of Savannah for about 8 yrs. If youve never been there its a great place to visit. plus your only a short drive to the beach.

Answer 9

ST. SImons Island is beautiful!!!

it has beaches and golfing and lots of other things if you are going to stay here i think that the best place to stay is the king and prince best of luck to ya

ps: look it up on the internet i think you will love it!

Answer 10

Savannah Ga is amazing as well as callaway gardens