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Atlanta
4 days · 8 things to do
Best time to go: April to May and September to October
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Welcome
Atlanta, in a few days
The city of Martin Luther King and Coca-Cola sprawls beneath a tree canopy so dense that it is nicknamed the city in a forest, between the skyscrapers of Peachtree Street and Victorian houses with porches. People come for the history of civil rights told where it happened, an aquarium with whale sharks, a former railway line turned into a promenade and a granite dome half an hour from downtown.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 3 things
- D2 Day 2 2 things
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- D4 Day 4 1 thing
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
3 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Georgia Aquarium · 2 to 3 hBuilt around Ocean Voyager, one of the world's largest tanks, where whale sharks and manta rays glide past a 30-metre tunnel, with beluga whales, sea otters, penguins and dolphins in the other galleries.
- Afternoon · National Center for Civil and Human Rights · about 2 hA museum linking the American civil rights movement to today's human rights struggles, with a gripping recreated lunch counter from the 1960 sit-ins and documents from Martin Luther King's papers.
- Late afternoon · World of Coca-Cola · about 1 h 30The museum of the soft drink invented in Atlanta in 1886, with 140 years of posters and bottles, the vault of the secret recipe and a tasting room of more than a hundred drinks.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel Clermont ↗ · All places to stay by budget →€220 a night
D2
Day 2
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Atlanta BeltLine and Ponce City Market free · half a dayA former railway ring turned into trails and open-air art, whose Eastside Trail leads past murals and brewery terraces to Ponce City Market, a vast 1926 Sears warehouse with a food hall and rooftop.
- Late afternoon · Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park free · 2 to 3 hOn Auburn Avenue, the places of Martin Luther King's life: his birth home, Ebenezer Baptist Church where he preached, and the white marble tomb he shares with Coretta Scott King, all free.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel Clermont ↗€220 a night
D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Atlanta Botanical Garden · 2 to 3 hA 12-hectare garden beside Piedmont Park with a 180-metre canopy walkway through the treetops, one of the country's largest orchid collections and glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly.
- Afternoon · High Museum of Art · 2 to 3 hAtlanta's great art museum, in a white Richard Meier building extended by Renzo Piano, strong in Southern folk and self-taught art and in photographs of the civil rights movement.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Hotel Clermont ↗€220 a night
D4
Day 4
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Stone Mountain Park · half a dayA granite dome rising about 250 metres above the forest east of the city, with a trail to the summit and the world's largest high relief, a Confederate memorial with a heavy history.
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Burgers and barbecue: brisket and ribs cooked low and slow, done differently in every state.
- Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl: the classic lunch on the San Francisco waterfront.
- Mexican food: tacos from a truck in Los Angeles, a Mission burrito in San Francisco.
- Pancakes and weekend brunch: a national habit, generous to the point of excess.
- Craft beer, and California wine from Napa and Sonoma.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Tipping is not optional: add 15 to 20% in restaurants and bars.
- Prices on menus and in shops exclude sales tax, which is added at the till.
- Do not plan more than four or five hours of driving a day: the distances are larger than they look on the map.
- Never travel without health insurance. A night in hospital can cost thousands of dollars.
- In summer, do not hike down into the Grand Canyon in the heat of the day: the climb back out is where people get into trouble.
Getting by
Words that help
🗣️ English is the main language here, so there is nothing to learn by heart.
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyUS dollar (USD, $)
BudgetAbout €160 a day, mid-range
Best seasonApril to May and September to October
PlugA/B · 120V
Tap waterSafe to drink
Tipping15 to 20%, expected
Emergency911
EntryUK, Australian and most EU passports need an ESTA, applied for online before departure, for stays of up to 90 days; a few EU countries sit outside the Visa Waiver Program and need a full visa. Canadians need neither, only a passport. Anyone who has been to Cuba since January 2021 cannot use an ESTA and must apply for a visa.
HealthNo vaccination required. Keep tetanus, diphtheria and polio up to date; hepatitis A is worth considering if you eat well off the tourist trail. In the desert parks, the heat is the real risk.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
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