Atlanta Magazine Travel Stories

Stories by the editorial department about travel, primarily from Arbiter's Getaway pieces

Nashville for the Holidays

Three reasons to visit in December

by Betsy Riley

First there was Bon Appétit’s feature in February, which dubbed Nashville “the coolest, tastiest city in the South.” The New York Times gushed over the town in June, causing the local alt weekly, the Nashville Scene, to bristle over excessive use of the word hipster. Read More

Natchez Trace

Biking the thousands-year-old trail through Tennessee

by Charles Bethea

I smelled something dead as I mounted my LeMond. The temperature was already topping 90 degrees before eleven in the morning on the outskirts of... Read More

Memphis, TN

The city's spirit lives up to its hype

by Zack McMillin

Memphis is on a roll, and by Memphis, the locals don’t just mean the city Andrew Jackson incorporated along the Mississippi River in 1819. Memphis the brand resonates... Read More

Nashville, TN

Follow the neon lights of Nashville into the District

by Kenneth R. Wilson

Next month, thousands of people will follow the neon lights of Nashville into the District, the downtown area that includes Riverfront Park, Lower Broadway, and Printer’s Alley. ... Read More

Chattanooga, TN

by Bill Warhop

Chattanooga has come a long way since Walter Cronkite called it the dirtiest city in America in 1969. A renaissance that arose in 1992 with the glass pyramids of the Tennessee... Read More

Under $1000: Dancing Bear Lodge

Appalachian style polished with comfortable luxury

by Bill Addison

After zigzagging among the mountains and passing through rural towns nestled against Chattahoochee National Forest, the splendor of Dancing Bear Lodge seemed a... Read More

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