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Atlanta,
Tours of the City
Walking Tours
The Atlanta Preservation Society, 327 St Paul Avenue (tel: (404) 688 3350; fax: (404) 688 3357; ) offers guided walking tours through the historic and architecturally interesting older districts. The guides are volunteers and often speak knowledgeably about their own districts. Options include: Ansley Park, Sweet Auburn/Martin Luther King Jr District, Historic Downtown, Fox Theatre, Walking Miss Daisy’s Druid Hills, Inman Park, Birth of Atlanta and Underground, West End/Hammonds House and Wren’s Nest, Piedmont Park, Atlanta University Center and Historic Midtown. Most tours are 60 to 90 minutes long and cost US$10 per person. The Fox Theatre Tour is offered all year round but the others are offered March to November only.
Bus Tours
American Sightseeing Atlanta (tel: (404) 233 9140 or (800) 572 3050; ) offers a half‐day sightseeing tour by minibus of the city centre, as well as a half‐day tour to Stone Mountain. These cost US$43 and US$45 respectively, including hotel pick‐up and all admissions. The two can be combined into a full‐day tour for US$85.
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