Description - What to expect

Your Atlanta highlights tour starts with a convenient pick-up from your hotel and then a drive to downtown Atlanta. Begin on Peachtree Street found along Atlanta’s main thoroughfare and home to one of the South’s oldest private clubs, several historic churches, and the site of the deadliest hotel fire in US history.



Then head into the Fairlie Poplar Historic District - the commercial heart of the city which contains a range of architectural styles popular in the late 19th and early-20th centuries including Atlanta's Flatiron Building completed 5 years prior to NYC’s.



Then head to the Centennial Olympic Park built for the ‘96 Olympics, this 75-acre urban park has become the hub for the city’s tourist attractions including The World of Coke, Georgia Aquarium, National Center for Civil Rights, and CNN. Finally, see the imposing Mercedes Benz Stadium which is home to the Falcons and Atlanta United.



Continue the tour with a drive through midtown, to see the apartment where the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With The Wind. Appreciate the Fox Theater & Georgian Terrace, a lavishly restored 1920s movie palace. Drive into the Ansley Park neighborhood known for its winding roads, beautiful setting, and a variety of architecture mainly from the early 20th century. Conclude this part of your tour at Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.



Continue your Atlanta highlights tour admiring some of the finest architecture in the city in the exclusive neighborhood of Buckhead and Tuxedo Park including the 1920s Swan House which is featured in The Hunger Games movies. See many sites linked to the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, and step inside the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. End your highlights tour with a quick stop in the Ponce City Market which hosts a lively mix of restaurants, shops, apartments, and offices.



Your Atlanta highlights tour ends with a drive through the Eastside district of the city. Pass by Cabbagetown, one of the 1st textile processing mills built in the South, and the restored mansions at Inman Park. Before you are driven back to your hotel have a chance to tour Grant Park - Atlanta’s oldest city park, home to Zoo Atlanta and a large collection of restored Victorian and Craftsman homes.