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Georgia Travel Guide Information about Georgia

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Compared to the rest of Georgia, the largest of the Southern states, the bright lights of its capital Atlanta are a wild aberration. Apart from some beaches and towns on the highly indented coastline, this overwhelmingly rural state is composed of slow, easygoing settlements where the best, and sometimes the only, way to enjoy your time is to sip iced tea and have a chat on the porch. Settlement in Georgia, the thirteenth British colony (named after King George II), started in 1733 at Savannah, intended as a haven of Christian principles for poor Britons, with both alcohol and slavery banned. However, under pressure from planters, slavery was introduced in 1752, and by the time of the Civil War almost half the population were black slaves. Little fighting took place on Georgian soil until Sherman's troops marched in from Tennessee, burned Atlanta to the ground and laid waste to all property on the way to the coast. The economy successfully re-established itself after the war, attracting substantial investment in the latter years of the nineteenth century. Today, bustling Atlanta stands as the unofficial capital of the South. The city where Dr Martin Luther King Jr was born, preached and is buried bears little relation to Gone with the Wind stereotypes, and its forward-looking energy is upheld as a role model for other cities with large black populations - though it does still suffer high levels of urban poverty and violent crime. Destinations by City in Georgia Acworth Adairsville Adel Albany Alma Alpharetta Americus Ashburn Athens Atlanta Augusta Austell Bainbridge Barnesville Baxley Blairsville Blakely Blue Ridge Braselton Bremen Brunswick Buford Byron Cairo Calhoun Camilla Canton Carrollton Cartersville Chamblee Chatsworth Claxton Clayton Cleveland College Park Columbus Commerce Conyers Cordele Cornelia Covington Cumming Cuthbert Dahlonega Dallas Dalton Darien Dawson Dawsonville Decatur Dillard Donalsonville Doraville Douglas Douglasville Dublin Duluth East Dublin East Ellijay East Point Eastman Elberton Fairburn Fayetteville Fitzgerald Forest Park Forsyth Fort Oglethorpe Fort Valley Gainesville Garden City Glennville Greensboro Griffin Grovetown Hahira Hampton Hapeville Hartwell Hawkinsville Hazlehurst Helen Hiawassee Hinesville Hiram Hogansville Jackson Jasper Jefferson Jeffersonville Jekyll Island Jesup Jonesboro Kennesaw Kingsland La Fayette Lagrange Lake Lanier Islands Lake Park Lavonia Lawrenceville Lenox Lithia Springs Lithonia Locust Grove Loganville Lookout Mountain Macon Madison Manchester Marietta Mcdonough Metter Milledgeville Monroe Montezuma Morrow Moultrie Newnan Norcross Oakwood Peachtree City Pelham Perry Pine Mountain Pooler Port Wentworth Richmond Hill Rincon Ringgold Riverdale Rockmart Rome Roswell Royston Saint Marys Saint Simons Island Sandersville Savannah Sea Island Smyrna Snellville Statesboro Stockbridge Stone Mountain Suwanee Swainsboro Sylvania Sylvester Tallapoosa Thomaston Thomasville Thomson Tifton Toccoa Townsend Trenton Trion Tucker Tybee Island Unadilla Union City Valdosta Vidalia Villa Rica Wadley Warm Springs Warner Robins Washington Waycross Waynesboro West Point Winder Woodstock Young Harris Atlanta's main rival as a tourist destination is the Georgia coast, stretching south from beautiful old Savannah via the sea islands to the semitropical Okefenokee Swamp, inland near Florida. In the northeast, the Appalachian foothills are particularly fetching in fall, while Athens has a reputation for producing offbeat rock groups such as REM and the B-52's. Further south, the agricultural heartlands are rich in musical history, but only Macon and ancient Ocmulgee provide reasons to stop. Georgia's main points of interest are easily accessible, but local transportation is poor. Amtrak trains from Washington, DC to New Orleans and Florida call at Atlanta and Savannah respectively. Bus services in most areas are patchy and infrequent, though Atlanta has regular connections to the major cities, and several daily buses along the coast call at Savannah. Atlanta has the world's largest passenger airport, and Savannah has a reasonable service - but airfares between the two are high. American Tourister | Delsey luggage | Dockers luggage | Lewis N Clark | Pierre Cardin luggage | Samsonite luggage | Travelpro luggage | Victorinox luggage

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