Atlanta is the unofficial capital of the New South, birthplace of the Civil Rights movement, Coca-Cola and CNN.

Set in the rolling foothills of North Georgia, Atlanta's dramatic skyline and tree-lined neighborhoods are a far cry from the days of Scarlett and Rhett. In a city that cannot be mentioned without thinking of a certain succulent fruit, and seemingly every other street contains a variation of its name, few are to be found. 

Where are the peach trees? And why is this bustling city identified with them? Explore the mystery with us, take a big juicy bite out of history.

HOW DO I START PLANNING A ROAD TRIP TO ATLANTA?
Whether you are flying or driving to Atlanta, Georgia, our journey planning tool can help you lay out your complete trip, provide maps and point-to-point driving directions to Atlanta.

Click on HOME to begin planning your road trip to Atlanta, including places to stay in and around Atlanta, places to eat in Atlanta, places to shop, places to go, things to do in Atlanta and things that you might need along the way. Or check out the suggestions under Adopt-a-Trip™

To get started, you can put in your home address as your STARTING POINT for your trip to Atlanta, Georgia, and you can go to the WHERE tab and enter the address, airport code or city or region where you want to go to. If you need ideas and don’t know where you want to go, start with letting us know WHO and WHY you are traveling and WHAT you like to do and HOW you want to get there. Unlike other travel planning sites, you don’t have to know WHEN you are traveling to Atlanta, but you can just tell us the number of days you want to be away or what season you prefer to travel to Atlanta.

RoadEscapes.com is a planning tool that can be used for trips around town in your home town, weekend jaunts to Atlanta, Georgia, road trips and vacations to Atlanta or Georgia. So if you need driving directions to Atlanta or a map of Atlanta, or want to know what restaurants, hotels or stores in Atlanta are close to a particular point of interest, use our SEARCH NEARBY function as you add additional points of interest in and around Atlanta to your Trip Plan.

Once you are done building your Trip Plan and adding ideas to your Trip Ideas page, you can plot your route to Atlanta, Georgia by clicking on our PLOT ITINERARY button to get your turn by turn directions to Atlanta and any other destinations in your trip. From there, you can add your hotel stay, search for things along your route to Atlanta, save, print and email your trip plan.

Have fun and enjoy your trip to Atlanta!