By
car or convenient MARTA public
transportation, the B&B is within minutes of the Woodruff
Arts Center, home of the Atlanta
Symphony and the Atlanta
Ballet, the Atlanta
Opera Center, the Variety
Playhouse, Alliance
Theatre and the High Museum
of Art.
Also nearby are the Fox
Theatre, the restored Margaret
Mitchell House where Gone With The Wind was written, the Martin
Luther King Birth Home, Zoo
Atlanta, Cyclorama,
the World of Coca-Cola,
and the CNN
Center. The B&B is just 2 miles away
from the Georgia World Congress
Center,
AmericasMart, the Inman
Park Justice Center and the downtown business and
convention district.
For
combined shopping and entertainment, check out Downtown's Underground
Atlanta, Buckhead's Lenox
Mall and Phipps
Plaza or go antiquing at the Lakewood and
Scott Antique Markets, or Midtown's Paris
on Ponce.
Walk
from the B & B to Piedmont
Park which hosts the Dogwood
Festival, the Jazz Festival, and the Peachtree Road Race.
If
you visit Atlanta in June, walk to Virginia
Highland's Summer Fest at the intersection of Virginia and Highland Avenues.
Here are some
outdoor adventures available near the Virginia Highland B&B:
PATH ,the Atlanta-DeKalb
system of 18 miles of greenway trails and 22 miles of on-street bike routes.
Call PATH at 404-355-6438 for more information One can rent bikes and access
the Path close to the B&B.
Piedmont Park has
a public tennis complex and jogging and walking trail loops from .70 mile
to 1.68 miles, all withing walking distance from our inn. Call 404-875-7275
for more information.
Appalachian Outfitters, explore North Georgia by canoe, kayak, and tube trips
near the historic gold rush town of Dahlonega, Ga. one hour drive north of
the B&B. Call 706-864-7117.
Golf Atlanta. Call
404-350-1717 for tee times at their 7 courses.
Turner
Field and Braves Museum tour information can be had at 404-614-2311. It is 4 miles from the B&B and can be accessed by MARTA.
If you're enrolled in a woodworking class at Highland Hardware,
the B&B is only a 4 block walk to class.
