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Centennial Olympic Park

Address: Marietta St. and Centennial Olympic Park Dr., Downtown, Atlanta, GA, 30313 | Map It
Phone: 404/223-4412
www.centennialpark.com

Category: Parks
Location: Downtown

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 4.1/5

Fodor's Review:

This 21-acre swath of green was the central venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics. The benches at the Fountain of Rings allow you to enjoy the water and music spectacle—eight tunes are timed to coincide with water displays that shoot sprays 15 feet to 30 feet high. The All Children's Playground is designed to be accessible to kids with disabilities. Nearby is the world's largest aquarium and Imagine It! Children's Museum. The park also has a café, restrooms, and a playground, and typically offers ice-skating in winter. Don't miss seeing Centennial Olympic Park at night, when eight 65-foot-tall lighting towers set off the beauty of the park. These stylized reproductions represent the kind of markers that led ancient Greeks to significant public events.

Open: Daily 7AM-11PM

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Member Reviews and Ratings

Reviewed by bachslunch from US on 4/1/09
A small and mostly pleasant urban park connecting the Aquarium and CNN Center. Mainly treeless, has a good bit of concrete with some green space as well as fountains, sculpture, and exhibit areas. Homeless people have been known to congregate here. An attractive enough space.

Member Rating: 3.4
Ratings details: Experience: 3.0 Ease: 4.0 Value: 4.0 Don't Miss: 3.0

Reviewed by A_MN from Minneapolis on 6/18/07
This is a really nice park nestled alongside downtown. It has hosted many cool events such as the final four festival and several concerts. At no cost you can't go wrong.