When planning a trip to the South and plotting out what hotels Georgia has available, make sure that path extends through Atlanta, the home of Coca-Cola and the Georgia Aquarium. Of course, there are many sights to see beyond these two places — such as the Carter Presidential Center and Museum of the Jimmy Carter Library, the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, the Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Capitol Museum, Underground Atlanta, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Grant Park (containing the Atlanta Zoo), and the Martin Luther King Junior National Historic Site — but if you have limited time, you have to make choices.
At the World of Coca-Cola, you’ll find out how one of the world’s most successful and popular beverages was created, how in 1886, Dr. John Pemberton, a chemist, wanted to make a syrup that was supposed to relieve headaches. When the liquid was mixed with carbonic acid and water, it became a force to be reckoned with. The site tells the whole history of the most famous drink in the world. If you’re searching on line for it, you may want to know that the location is now at Pemberton Place just across from the Centennial Olympic Park. It’s open seven days a week all year round, except for three days: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
From 1886, we travel to November 23, 2005, when the Georgia Aquarium officially opened. It’s the world’s largest aquarium, containing more creatures than any other all in eight million gallons of water. The aquarium boasts sixty exhibits and seeks to tell the story of the world’s oceans. It attracts about six million visitors to date, and has a working staff of 220 employees, along with a thousand volunteers. In part, the aquarium aims to be a leader in aquatic animal conservation and outreach. Take a Guided Gallery Tour or a Behind the Scenes Tour and take in the animal life of the world’s ocean depths. Note, too, that the Aquarium is also near the Centennial Olympic Park, making it possible to see both venues on the same day, and then back in the car to the hotel, or on to another of Atlanta, Georgia’s sites.
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