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HoSPITAlITY SUITE and RECREATIonAl ACTIVITIES
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
FULL DAY TOUR OPTION - THE GOOD LIFE IN HISTORIC
BUCKHEAD
Buckhead is Atlanta’s premier residential and shopping district. Tour
Georgia’s elegant Governor’s Mansion, a stunning example of Classical
Revival architecture. This 1968 mansion, the home of Georgia’s Chief
Executive and his family, is filled with an extensive collection of
Federal period furniture and Aubusson carpets.
Afterward, visit the Atlanta History Center with its regal Swan House,
quaint Tullie Smith House, and the Atlanta History Museum with the
recently opened Centennial Olympic Games Exhibit.
Enjoy a truly Southern lunch at the Swan Coach House, the former
garage and servant quarters for the Swan House.
Following their visit to the Atlanta History Center, guests will continue
with a visit to the Carter Presidential Library.
TIME: 09:30-16:00
COST: $94.00 per person. Price includes luxury motorcoach
transportation, tour of Governor’s Mansion, Tour of the History Center,
Tullie Smith and The Swan House, lunch, and entrance fees.
Thursday, 19 June 2008
HALF DAY TOUR OPTION - CULTURAL MIDTOWN
Start your day with a visit to the glorious Atlanta Botanical Gardens,
a showcase of the most beautiful and unusual flora in our region,
located on a 60-acre site in Midtown’s Piedmont Park. Take a quiet
stroll through the massive hardwood forest or the lovely vegetable,
rose, or Japanese gardens.
Then feast your senses at the magnificent Dorothy Fuqua Conservatory.
Under the glittering glass dome live some of the world’s most exotic
and glorious plants.
Next, enjoy a spectacular visit to one of Atlanta’s favorite attractions,
Margaret Mitchell’s “Dump”. This is the home she lived in with her
husband while writing the world famous book Gone With the Wind in
1926.
You will also have the opportunity to visit a museum at the Margaret
Mitchell House. The museum exhibits Herb Bridges collection of Gone
With The Wind movie memorabilia and opened on December 15,
1999, the 60 th anniversary of Gone With The Wind’s premiere. Bridges
is considered the world’s foremost authority on Gone With The Wind
and this is the largest memorabilia collection.
TIME: 13:00-17:00
COST: $52.00 per person. Price includes luxury motorcoach, guides,
self guided tours of High Museum and the Margaret Mitchell House,
and entrance fees.
Thursday, 19 June 2008
HALF DAY TOUR OPTION - SHOP TILL YOU DROP
Enjoy a day full of shopping as your motorcoach takes you to elegant
Buckhead. Phipps Plaza - named a “Southern Best” in “Southern
Living” magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards - is anchored by Nordstrom,
Parisian, and Sak’s Fifth Avenue. Atlanta’s premier upscale shopping
center, Phipps Plaza is home to more than 100 specialty stores, four
restaurants, including the newly opened Twist serving creative satays,
tapas, and wraps, and a 14-screen AMC theatre.
Across the way from Phipps Plaza is Lenox Square. Lenox Square is
anchored by Neiman Marcus, Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s. Guests are
treated to unique specialty retailers such as BCBG, Burberry, Brooks
Brothers, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Ferragamo, Ralph Lauren,
St. John’s Knits and Versace Jeans Couture. Experience fine dining at
the new Clubhouse, Brasserie Le Coze or Prime. You are also invited to