A fast-paced urban environment mixes with welcome smiles in Atlanta, creating an experience you won’t find anywhere else. Georgia’s capital city offers a sophisticated mix of arts and cultural destinations, world-class shopping and some of the best professional sports in the country. A visit to Atlanta always opens a world of opportunity.

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This Buckhead facility features 32 acres of gardens, wildlife trails and woodland areas, the 1840s Tullie Smith Farm, newly restored 1928 Swan House mansion and Swan Coach House restaurant. The museum features permanent exhibitions such as “Down the Fairway with Bobby Jones” and changing exhibitions on subjects such as the Civil War, African-American heritage and Southern folk art. More about the Atlanta History Center

Six city blocks in the heart of downtown Atlanta have been transformed into a spirited marketplace that offers historic guided tours and features Kenny’s Alley with 12 spectacular restaurants, specialty stores, street-cart merchants, and the newest attraction, Aero Balloon, an adventure ride that rises up to 350 feet above Atlanta’s downtown streets. Segway Tours offer a unique tour of the city. More about Underground Atlanta

"Stroll along a mile-long trail on 24 wooded acres and encounter over six hundred highly sociable birds and animals indigenous to the state of Georgia. White-tailed deer, bunnies, buffalo, sheep, kid goats, black bears and a bevy of new-born animals are waiting to be fed, admired and petted on a ""nose-to-nose"" basis. We specialize in ""people-friendly"" wildlife. " More about the Yellow River Game Ranch

Sixteen recreation areas along a 48-mile stretch of the Chattahoochee River have been designed to conserve the river and provide outdoor entertainment for the whole family. In addition, the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell offers educational environmental programs, canoe trips and other recreational activities. Contact the Chattahoochee National Park Service to plan your outdoor fun. More about Chattahoochee River Fun

Downtown Atlanta has been booming with the help of the influx of young professionals and artists. In addition to serving as the home of Underground Atlanta and hosting all of the city’s major sports venues, Downtown offers year-round events to excite any age group. Exciting events include: the Southeastern Flower Show, an annual tour of downtown lofts, parades and July 4th fireworks, and great dining, especially during the annual Downtown Restaurant Week . Downtown also presents a popular monthly gallery walk, Turner First Thursdays, from spring to fall, and an outdoor weekly event called Lunch on Broad. More about Downtown Atlanta

Theatrical Outfit celebrates its 30th season in 2006-07 with a collection of stories that will make your heart sing, and maybe make it ache. Stories that will make you make you laugh, and those surely to make you think. These are stories that stir the soul. Each one will be an experience, because they’re brought to life by actors and others artists who call Atlanta home – and they know how to tell a good story. And because there are no bad seats at the Balzer, as many people have noted about the intimate 200-seat theater. It offers the very best in patron comfort, technology and relationship between audience and actors. You can hear every song and every sigh. See every twinkle in the eye and every tear. Come see and hear for yourself. More about Theatrical Outfit

This educational museum includes exhibition galleries and an IMAX Theater. Special features include displays of Argentinosaurus, the largest dinosaur ever unearthed and Giganotosaurus, the largest meat-eater ever discovered. Fernbank’s 150-acre complex also includes a science center, planetarium, observatory and a forest with trails that wind through majestic old trees. More about the Fernbank Museum of Natural History

The New American Shakespeare Tavern is unlike other theaters. It is a place out of time; a place of live music, hand-crafted period costumes, outrageous sword fights with the entire experience centered on the passion and poetry of the spoken word. With an authentic British Pub Menu and a broad selection of Irish ales and premium brews, the Shakespeare Tavern is a place to eat, drink, and nourish the soul. More about the Shakespeare Tavern

Out Of Hand Theater, featured in American Theatre Magazine as one of the hottest young companies in the country, creates high energy physical theater Events. Out Of Hand makes live theater accessible and exciting by involving the audience in a new way in each show, as well as through our extreme physical style. Out Of Hand is the only generative ensemble theater company in Atlanta, regularly creating original work as an ensemble. More about the Out Of Hand Theater