Trip IdeasFodor's The Carolinas & Georgia, 18th Edition
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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Carolinas and Georgia!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s The Carolinas & Georgia provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s The Carolinas & Georgia features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Carolinas and Georgia.
•Experience the Carolinas and Georgia like a local! Fodor’s The Carolinas & Georgia includes choices for every traveler, from great golf and pristine beaches to shopping for crafts and exploring Civil War sights, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Carolinas and Georgia!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s The Carolinas & Georgia provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s The Carolinas & Georgia features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Carolinas and Georgia.
•Experience the Carolinas and Georgia like a local! Fodor’s The Carolinas & Georgia includes choices for every traveler, from great golf and pristine beaches to shopping for crafts and exploring Civil War sights, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Experience the Carolinas & Georgia ............ 7
What’s Where ............ 8
The Carolinas & Georgia Planner ............ 12
Top Experiences ............ 14
Quintessential Carolinas & Georgia ............ 16
If You Like ............ 18
Great Itineraries ............ 20
Top Attractions ............ 24
On the Calendar ............ 25
Chapter 2: The North Carolina Coast ............ 29
Orientation & Planning ............ 30
The Outer Banks ............ 34
Cape Hatteras National Seashore ............ 48
The Crystal Coast & New Bern ............ 56
Wilmington & the Cape Fear Coast ............ 67
Chapter 3: The Piedmont & the Sandhills, NC ............ 79
Orientation & Planning ............ 80
The Triangle ............ 84
The Triad ............ 105
Charlotte ............ 118
The Sandhills ............ 129
Chapter 4: The North Carolina Mountains ............ 137
Orientation & Planning ............ 138
Asheville ............ 141
Side Trips from Asheville ............ 163
The High Country ............ 164
The Southern Mountains ............ 176
Chapter 5: Great Smoky Mountains National Park ............ 185
Orientation & Planning ............ 187
What’s Nearby ............ 207
Chapter 6: Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand, SC ............ 219
Orientation & Planning ............ 220
The Myrtle Beach Area ............ 223
The Southern Grand Strand ............ 238
Chapter 7: Charleston, SC ............ 247
Orientation & Planning ............ 248
Exploring Charleston ............ 252
Where to Eat ............ 262
Where to Stay ............ 274
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 283
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 288
Shopping ............ 291
Side Trips from Charleston ............ 294
Chapter 8: Hilton Head, SC & the Lowcountry ............ 297
Orientation & Planning ............ 298
Hilton Head Island ............ 301
Beaufort ............ 315
Daufuskie Island ............ 321
Edisto Island ............ 322
Chapter 9: The Midlands & Upstate, SC ............ 325
Orientation & Planning ............ 326
Columbia & the Midlands ............ 329
The Upstate ............ 344
Chapter 10: Savannah, GA ............ 351
Orientation & Planning ............ 352
Exploring Savannah ............ 356
Where to Eat ............ 362
Where to Stay ............ 369
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 376
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 377
Shopping ............ 379
Chapter 11: The Coastal Isles & the Okefenokee, GA ............ 383
Orientation & Planning ............ 384
Sapelo Island ............ 389
St. Simons Island ............ 393
Little St. Simons Island ............ 399
Sea Island ............ 399
Jekyll Island ............ 400
Cumberland Island ............ 405
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge ............ 410
Chapter 12: Southwest Georgia ............ 415
Orientation & Planning ............ 416
Western Foothills & Farmland ............ 418
The Southwest Corner ............ 425
Chapter 13: Atlanta, GA ............ 429
Orientation & Planning ............ 431
Exploring Atlanta ............ 435
Where to Eat ............ 453
Best Bets in Atlanta Dining ............ 454
Where to Stay ............ 466
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 472
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 479
Shopping ............ 481
Chapter 14: Central Georgia ............ 485
Orientation & Planning ............ 486
Macon & the Antebellum Trail ............ 488
Augusta ............ 498
Chapter 15: North Georgia ............ 501
Orientation & Planning ............ 502
The North Georgia Mountains ............ 505
The Northwest ............ 522
Travel Smart ............ 525
Getting Here & Around ............ 526
Essentials ............ 533
Index ............ 541
About Our Writers ............ 560
Maps
The Outer Banks ............ 35
The Crystal & Cape Fear Coasts ............ 57
Downtown Wilmington ............ 69
The Piedmont & The Sandhills ............ 85
Downtown Raleigh ............ 87
Durham ............ 96
The Triad ............ 106
Charlotte ............ 120
The Sandhills ............ 130
The North Carolina Mountains ............ 142
Downtown Asheville ............ 144
Greater Asheville ............ 148
The High Country ............ 166
The Southern Mountains ............ 177
Great Smoky Mountains National Park ............ 191
Nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park ............ 209
Myrtle Beach & the Grand Strand ............ 223
The Myrtle Beach Area ............ 225
Downtown Myrtle Beach ............ 226
Downtown Charleston ............ 254
Where to Stay & Eat in Charleston ............ 266-267
Hilton Head & the Lowcountry ............ 300
Hilton Head Island ............ 303
Midlands & Upstate ............ 329
The Upstate ............ 345
Savannah Historic District ............ 357
Where to Stay & Eat in Savannah ............ 364
The Georgia Coast ............ 386
Southwest Georgia ............ 419
Downtown Atlanta & Sweet Auburn ............ 437
Atlanta Neighborhoods ............ 445
Where to Stay & Eat in Downtown Atlanta ............ 456
Where to Stay & Eat in Midtown & Eastern Neighborhoods ............ 459
Where to Stay & Eat in Buckhead & the Metro Area ............ 463
Central Georgia ............ 489
North Georgia ............ 505
The Northwest ............ 523
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