Atlanta to New Orleans. Suggestions?

Andrea B.

Road trip in April over 4 days. Any suggestions on "must sees" along the route and of course "where to avoids".
Many thanks

Pedro32561

Andrea B. wrote: »

Road trip in April over 4 days. Any suggestions on "must sees" along the route and of course "where to avoids".
Many thanks

You would have to take a detour of about an hour but Pensacola Beach, Florida is beautiful.

ProudDUB

Used to live in Atlanta and did that drive quite often. There is eff all to see or do until you get to the Gulf Coast. Most of the drive is through dull, flat farmland. Mobile and Montgomery are the only big cities that you will pass through. There is not much in either of them to attract the tourist. Biloxi has a load of hotels and casinos. The Hard Rock is the best one. The town is bit tacky, but its very different to any thing that we have in Ireland, so I think its a cool spot to spend the night. It is on the coast too, so it's very pretty if the weather is nice.

There are some great beaches near by in Gulf Shores, if you feel like some sea and sand. The panhandle beaches of Florida are nearby too, but the beach towns along the gulf are pretty much all the same. I wouldn't go out of your way to go to the Florida ones in particular. If it were me, I'd drive straight through and spend the time in New Orleans and Louisiana, or hang out at one of the AL/FL Gulf beaches for a few days. There isn't really a ton of stuff to see along the way, that will keep you occupied for 4 days. It is only a 450 odd mile/6 hour drive. 400 plus miles may seem a lot by Irish standards, but as its motorway all the way, you'll eat up the miles very quickly.

who_ru

ProudDUB wrote: »

Used to live in Atlanta and did that drive quite often. There is eff all to see or do until you get to the Gulf Coast. Most of the drive is through dull, flat farmland. Mobile and Montgomery are the only big cities that you will pass through. There is not much in either of them to attract the tourist. Biloxi has a load of hotels and casinos. The Hard Rock is the best one. The town is bit tacky, but its very different to any thing that we have in Ireland, so I think its a cool spot to spend the night. It is on the coast too, so it's very pretty if the weather is nice.

There are some great beaches near by in Gulf Shores, if you feel like some sea and sand. The panhandle beaches of Florida are nearby too, but the beach towns along the gulf are pretty much all the same. I wouldn't go out of your way to go to the Florida ones in particular. If it were me, I'd drive straight through and spend the time in New Orleans and Louisiana, or hang out at one of the AL/FL Gulf beaches for a few days. There isn't really a ton of stuff to see along the way, that will keep you occupied for 4 days. It is only a 450 odd mile/6 hour drive. 400 plus miles may seem a lot by Irish standards, but as its motorway all the way, you'll eat up the miles very quickly.

Did you ever drive over to savannah or up to myrtle beach SC? Easily doable in a day?

ProudDUB

More than doable. You can do Savannah in about 4 hrs, if you drive non stop. There is not a ton to see or do along the way. You'll pass through Macon about an hour south of Atlanta. It has some lovely old antebellum Gone With The Wind type houses, if you are into that kind of thing. It's not a big city though. You can drive around and see them in 30 minutes. Lots of soul and R&B artists were born in Georgia artists and there is a museum to them all there, if you feel like checking it out. That is about it until you get to Savannah.

Myrtle Beach is about a 5 hr drive. I never stopped along the way.

Andrea B.

So thank ful to all. Tired at time of original post. It is actually Orlando to New Orleans.

ProudDUB

Can I have my money back please?

who_ru

ProudDUB wrote: »

Can I have my money back please?

Thanks for the answers ProudDub, really informative. I've never driven in the states before, but car will have sat navigation, rental company says pontiac g5 or similar, never heard of it.
Is atlanta an.interesting place itself? Can you find out about civil rights movement there.

theoneeyedman

Nice part of the world IMO....brings back memories of time spent in southern Mississippi back in the day. You'll have a bit of craic in 'bollixi' in the casinos if that's your thing but tbh I would be inclined too to hit for LA too rather than spend 4 days on the road.
If you are hanging out around Mobile look into the naval yard if you want to kill some time.....some cool stuff there including USS Alabama which acted as the set for the film under siege back in the day and is preserved as a museum.

Andrea B.

Kind of setting on Pensacola beach for 3 nights, now just need a stopoff point for 1 night between orlando and Pensacola.

Pedro32561

Andrea B. wrote: »

Kind of setting on Pensacola beach for 3 nights, now just need a stopoff point for 1 night between orlando and Pensacola.

I've often driven straight through from Orlando to Pensacola. Takes around 8 hours. Ocala is around half-way if you want to stop off - not much there though.
Feel free to PM me if you want any info on Pensacola Beach. My brother has lived there for a long time and I go there every year.

mickman

Did that drive and wasted days doing it. take a flight , there is nothing to see on the road