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Columbus RiverWalk + Reasons to Stay & 51 Explore Columbus, GA Columbus, Georgia is the place people go for all out fun!
The white waters of the through the spray of the water feathered wonders that are Chattahoochee River rush by while others enjoy a leisurely attracted to the food and the walkers and bikers who paddle in the river’s quieter water promised by the river’s steadily stroll and roll along stretches. Bird watchers presence. Above, squeals of the RiverWalk. In the water, hit the RiverWalk with their excitement echo from daring people in yellow rafts laugh binoculars to see a variety of folk ziplining from one side of the river to the other. Just a few streets over, a different kind of urban adventure is taking place, with shoppers seeking out Columbus’ locally-owned shops and boutiques in easily walkable shopping districts. They stop to admire a bronze statue of a little girl in a rain coat before sitting down Vibrant Music Scene under a red table umbrella
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4 WELCOME 6 VISITORS CENTER 8 URBAN EXPLORATIONS 14 REGIONAL ATTRACTIONS 16 ART & SCULPTURE 18 ON STAGE Sculpture Walk 22 RESTAURANTS to order lunch. Later in SHOPPING the evening, they’ll come 28 back to Uptown to enjoy 29 GREAT GARDENS a free outdoor concert, a MAPS (Center Foldout Section) Broadway series musical at * the RiverCenter, or the latest 32 HOTELS production at the Springer 40 FORT BENNING Opera House. Another group of visitors 43 MILITARY HERITAGE is all about adventuring 45 CHILD’S PLAY through another era. Their weekend is filled with military 49 GEOCACHING museums and historic 51 $ 5 OR LESS homes, from an authentically recreated World War II 53 51+ HOURS IN COLUMBUS Company Street to the 60 ANNUAL CALENDAR home of the “Mother of the Blues,” allowing them to 62 GETTING HERE imagine what life was like “back then.” There are so many things to do in Columbus! This is Columbus – Use your mobile device to scan this QR code to watch a video that showcases some of exciting and adventurous, Columbus’ many fun activities. quaint and friendly, spirited and courageous. And 51 Tech Tip: You may need to download a QR code reader application to your mobile device to use this function. Go to your phone’s app store or marketplace Reasons is just the start… to download a reader. so bring this book and come see for yourself! Paw prints throughout this guide indicate pet-friendly facilities.
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Reasons to Stop In the Visitors Center
5Let us help you plan your Columbus adventure with…
Ideas for your ITINERARY 1With brochures on every major area attraction and suggested outings to fit every interest, you’ll never have a Information on Tours dull moment in Columbus.
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Information on events & HAPPENINGS 2We have the Event Calendar at our fingertips, and we’ll tell you what’s going on during your stay.
Hotel RESERVATIONS 3Whatever your preferences, we can make your reservations for you. Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival
Maps, guides & DIRECTIONS 4No GPS, no problem. We can help you get where you’re going using the fastest and most direct routes.
Service with A SMILE 5Our goal is to make your visit to Columbus unforgettable. Anything you need, we’re here to help. Helpful Planning Guides
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Free Uptown Concerts Columbus Adventures
9Columbus’attractions and activities provide plenty of urban adventure choices for all out fun! Take the city on two wheels along the Chattahoochee RiverWalk and Fall Line Trace. Explore Columbus’ abundant artistic and historic gems. For a super adrenaline rush, fly across the Chattahoochee River on a zip line, or get drenched on a raft sliding through the river’s rapids. Here are nine of our favorite activities.
Move that where the RiverWalk meets BODY the 11-mile Fall Line Trace rails-to-trails path. No bike? 1Walk, run, skate or bike No problem! Bike shops in Columbus’ 15-mile linear Columbus will rent you a park. The Chattahoochee set of wheels. RiverWalk hugs the banks of the Chattahoochee River
and provides a blend of cityscapes and untouched “A beautiful way to wildlife. Extend your journey exercise & explore”
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Sing the BLUES 4Explore the history and influences of “The Mother of the Blues,” Gertrude “Ma” Rainey’s life and career in the blues tradition. Also pick up a Black Heritage Visitors Guide Oxbow Meadows at the Visitors Center to see 26 sites of Columbus’ African- American historical and social Watch the importance, and learn more BIRDS about Ma Rainey, as well as 2Birds are not just flying South for the winter – they’re flying to Corporal Eugene Bullard, the Columbus. With the abundance of fish in the Chattahoochee world’s first black combat River, birds – and bird watchers – are flocking to Columbus. aviator, Horace King, a former The Audubon Society’s Bird Garden at Oxbow Meadows slave and master bridge Environmental Learning Center is designed to attract a variety builder, and many others. of birds and is a great place to observe our feathered friends. columbusblackmus.wixsite. Don’t forget your binoculars! oxbow.columbusstate.edu com/cbhm
“Educational & fun” “Birth of blues”
Ride the RAPIDS 3Take the plunge down the longest urban whitewater course in the world! Choose from mild to wild, the low-water trip with Class I-II rapids, or the high-water trip with Class II-IV+ rapids. whitewaterexpress.com
“A surprising splash!” Whitewater Rafting
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Fly across THE RIVER 5Step off a 60-foot tower in Woodruff Park on the Blue Heron Adventure Course zip line and almost immediately find yourself about 100 feet above the Chattahoochee River as you race toward the Phenix City, AL tower at speeds of 35-40 mph. Once there, get ready to navigate a two-tier aerial course, set off on another 400-foot zip line through the trees along the riverbank, then board a pontoon boat for a ride back to Columbus. whitewaterexpress.com/blue- heron-adventures
“Zip line heaven” Blue Heron Adventure Course Zip Line
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Discover Historic COLUMBUS 8See “100 years of history per hour.” Take a walk through time at the oldest house in Columbus or discover the history and architecture of our town with a driving tour of several historic districts. Admission to tour the Walker-Peters-Langdon House is $5 for adults and $1 for students. Buses must be provided by the group and Historic Columbus will provide the step-on guide for $3 per Columbus Museum person. All tours are by appointment only. historiccolumbus.com See fantastic
ART “One square block The6 Columbus Museum’s rich collection of showcases a lot” artifacts and art in all mediums – from artistic photos to a dazzling Chihuly glass sculpture – adds up to award-winning collections and new and exciting programs. Many pieces depict the story of our ancestors who lived in the lower Chattahoochee River Valley. Always changing…. always free. columbusmuseum.com
“Something for everyone”
Pilot a MARS ROVER 7Become an astronaut for a day at Columbus State University’s Coca-Cola Space Science Center. With interactive exhibits and Georgia’s largest collection of NASA Space Shuttle artifacts, children and adults can embark on space adventures and awaken their senses by controlling miniature Mars Rovers, piloting flight simulators, or voyaging through space and time in the full-dome Omnisphere Theater. Don’t miss the new Space Shuttle Odyssey program. ccssc.org
“Out of this world!” Coca-Cola Space Science Center
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LUNCHBOX BULL CREEK 1 9Browse the proclaimed largest collection of antique, metal 7333 Lynch Rd. | 706.561.1614 lunchboxes at the Lunchbox Museum or stoneware pots and columbusga.org/bullcreek jugs at the Southern Stoneware Museum, both included in OXBOW CREEK 7 Rivermarket Antiques’ 16 acres of antiques, flea market 3491 S. Lumpkin | 706.689.9977 finds, and specialty cars. lunchboxmuseum.com columbusga.org/Oxbow Bull Creek Golf Course is a 36-hole, par 72 course. “A GREAT trip back to my childhood Oxbow Creek is a 9-hole, school days!!” state-of-the-art course.
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CHATT GLIDE TOURS RIDE ON BIKES STRONGPOINT 1303 Whitewater Ave. 1036 Broadway SHOOTING COMPLEX Phenix City, AL | Across the 706.324.1132 959 John Weaver Rd. th 13 St. Bridge at Whitewater rideonbikes.com Waverly Hall, GA | 706.573.5726 Express | 706.660.9247 Columbus’ #1 bike store is strongpointshooting.com chattglidetours.com located in Uptown. We offer Beginner/Advanced Courses, Fun & Easy. Tours last at least 2 hours. Training & helmets a wide variety of bike brands Up to 400 Yard Rifle Range, provided. Best introduction and biking accessories. Steel Targets every 100 yds., to Uptown & RiverWalks. We also offer bike rentals. 8 Pistol Bays, Five Stand Military/student discounts. Stop in and Ride On! Shotgun, Trap, Archery, etc.
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Wild Animal Safari Must-See Attractions in West Georgia
3Columbus’ abundance Little White of adventures in its HOUSE urban setting makes 1 See the “Unfinished it easy to fill your time Portrait” of the within the city limits. nation’s 32nd president, But don’t miss some of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, hanging the fantastic experiences in the carefully in the surrounding preserved house region. Hike, camp and with furnishings very Little White House much as Roosevelt horseback ride through left them in 1945. Painted on April 12, 1945, the portrait F.D. Roosevelt State Park, was disrupted and never finished when Roosevelt suffered trek through Providence a massive stroke and died. The house in Warm Springs was Canyon, exercise your established for Roosevelt in the hopes the healing powers of the warm spring water there would end his fight with “picker” skills at country polio. Self-guided and guided tours available. antique shops. Sites gastateparks.org/LittleWhiteHouse you don’t want to miss include: “Excellent historical place to visit”
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Providence Canyon 2OUTDOOR RECREATION AREA Georgia’s “Little Grand Canyon” is a testament to the power of man’s influence on the land. Massive gullies as deep as 150 feet were caused simply by poor farming practices during the 1800s, yet today they make for some of the prettiest photographs in the state. The rare plumleaf azalea grows only in this region and blooms during July and August when most azaleas have lost their color. The canyon soil’s pink, orange, red and purple hues make a beautiful natural painting at this quiet park. gastateparks.org/ProvidenceCanyon
“Perfect day trip” Providence Canyon
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Plains, RIVER MARKET ANTIQUES “WHERE TREASURES ARE FOUND” 3GEORGIA 318 10th Ave. at Victory Dr. Explore the rural, Southern culture that 706.332.6378 | rivermarketantiques.com influenced America’s 39th president, Jimmy allenscars.com | lunchboxmuseum.com Carter. The Jimmy Carter National Historic Classic & Specialty Cars, Lunchbox Museum, Site in Plains includes the Plains Depot, a Antique Mall & Thrift Mall. Buy, sell, & museum of the 1976 campaign, Carter’s trade estates & classic & antique cars. See boyhood home, and Plains High School. investment grade automobiles at allenscars.com. We’ve been in the business over 50 years. New location in July: “Loved the location & story!” 3218 Hamilton Rd. at the corner of 33rd street.
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Columbus Museum Cool Art Scenes
6Columbus’ artistic nature goes all out to fuel creativity and provide inspiration, even as you walk through the city. You’ll start to see the city through an artist’s eye as you wander among the flowing fountains, beloved bronze sculpture “characters,” and visit the phenomenal galleries and art museums.
The Columbus architect Frederick Heritage MUSEUM Law Olmsted. columbusmuseum.com PARK 1Enjoy the Columbus 3Stroll among Heritage Park’s Museum’s permanent and granite pools, outdoor
temporary exhibitions on sculptures and interpretive regional history and American “Always finding markers that celebrate art, and its multimedia something new” Columbus’ industrial heritage theater offering a film to gain an artistic and exploring the history and Gallery on historic view of Columbus. culture of the Chattahoochee historiccolumbus.com/ Valley. Visitors can also enjoy TENTH heritage-park the Bradley Olmsted Garden, 2The Gallery on Tenth is an designed in the 1920s by artists’ co-op selling local and the Olmsted Brothers firm, regional fine art in Uptown founded by famed landscape Columbus. galleryon10th.com “Great little find”
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Sculpture Pasaquan, WALK BUENA VISTA, GA 4See distinctive art around 6Explore out-of-this-world folk art at Pasaquan, every corner at the the estate and legacy of self-proclaimed Sculpture Walk in Uptown eccentric artist “St. EOM” in Buena Vista, Columbus. Every year GA, near Fort Benning. Amidst Pasaquan’s new pieces of artwork are sprawling seven acres are dozens of carved submitted by artists all walls, pagodas and totems, all brightly over the U.S. hoping their decorated with house paint. The imagery sculptures will become is exclusively otherworldly, rendered with a a part of this year-long discernible sense of humor. pasaquan.com exhibit of public art. artbeatcolumbus.org/ art-walk “Visionary art to marvel at”
Illges Gallery/Corn Center for Visual Arts/ COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY 5Attend one of the 6 to 8 annual exhibitions presented by the Norman Shannon and Emmy Lou P. Illges Gallery in the Corn Center for Visual Arts. These exhibitions are both national and international in scope, often with accompanying lectures and gallery talks. The Illges Gallery is free and open to the public. art.columbusstate.edu/exhibition
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Springer Opera House Places to See a Show
8You’ll be applauding until the curtains come down in Columbus, whether you experience our music, acting, dance and comedy from a private box seat beneath a sparkling chandelier, in an arena with 10,000 other screaming fans around you, or under the stars in the streets of Columbus.
Springer Opera venue for shows traveling Hall Mainstage Theatre and from the Big Apple to the the new Dorothy McClure HOUSE Big Easy, allowing them Theatre, the Springer 1Catch a musical, drama to play and recoup some produces Mainstage, Studio or comedy at the Springer travel expenses. Legendary II and Children’s series of Opera House, the State talents who have appeared musicals and plays and is Theater of Georgia. Opened on the Springer’s stage the home of the largest in 1871, the Springer is now include such luminaries theatre academy for the one of only seven producing as Edwin Booth, Buffalo training of young actors theatres that is also a Bill, John Phillip Sousa, Ma (5-18 years) in the Southeast. National Historic Landmark. Rainey, Ethel Barrymore, springeroperahouse.org When it opened, the Springer Tom Thumb, W.C. Fields, was the grandest theatre Chet Atkins, Burt Reynolds, between New York and New and Garrison Keillor. With “Beautiful theatre – Orleans and served as a the historic Emily Woodruff excellent talent!”
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RiverCenter for the In addition, outdoor events and activities are often held on RiverCenter’s Illges Plaza on PERFORMING ARTS the corner of Broadway and 10th Street. 2In the heart of Uptown Columbus, this rivercenter.org artistic cultural institution hosts Broadway shows, plays, and acts such as Jerry Seinfeld, Vince Gil, Celtic Woman, and Yo Yo Ma. “Grand venue” RiverCenter presents its own season of 20-30 major productions and supports hundreds of functions each year. Highlights of the 2016-2017 season include: Romeo & Juliet by the Russian National Ballet, Taj Express the Bollywood musical, Drumline Live, Mamma Mia Farewell Tour, and Cinderella. RiverCenter is also home to the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Schwob School of Music, Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus, Cantus Columbus, and the Columbus Ballet. The facility offers unique arts experiences within its three state-of-the-art performance halls: Bill Heard Theatre, seating 2,000; Legacy Hall, RiverCenter seating 430; and Studio Theatre, seating 150.
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No Shame Historic Liberty THEATRE THEATRE 3If the stage is calling your name, you’ll want to be at the 5Opened in 1925, Springer Opera House on Friday nights at 10:30 for No Columbus’ first Black Shame Theatre. In this weekly showcase of original works, theater continues to host you will see improv, music, comedy, poetry, dance and more. musical events, plays, Must be 18, you can’t break anything, must perform original and classes. Placed on material and act can only be 5 minutes long. $5 at the door the National Register of and you can light up the stage or be awed in the audience. Historic Places in 1984, springeroperahouse.org/no-shame-theatre the theater has hosted such ground-breaking performers as Marian “Always a good time” Anderson, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, the big bands of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and Fletcher Henderson, as well as Columbus’own Ma Rainey and her protégé, Bessie Smith. libertycolumbusga.org
Family THEATRE 6Presenting family friendly entertainment, Family Theatre provides children, teens and adults an opportunity to perform onstage. Musicals, comedies, dramas, children’s theatre and an occasional magic Sherlock’s Mystery show provide a variety DINNER THEATRE of entertainment for the 4Step into the spotlight in this interactive and comedic, whole family. An intimate murder mystery theatre where actors and audience theatre experience awaits members solve the crime together. Hosted at RiverMill audiences in a relaxed Event Centre, this mystery dinner theatre has been atmosphere, complete with entertaining thousands since 2008. You can help solve a café and complimentary the mystery, or just watch and enjoy during this seasonal desserts at intermission. offering. SherlocksDinnerTheatre.com Family Theatre is located in the historic Rose Hill district in Columbus. “So entertaining!” familytheatre.org
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Theatre on the Park/ 7 RIVERSIDE THEATRE COMPLEX Columbus State University’s Department of Theatre offers a regular menu of cutting- edge performances at its Riverside Theatre Complex. theatre.columbusstate.edu 9 EXPERIENCE Columbus RIVERCENTER CIVIC CENTER 8With 10,000 arena seats and various events RIVERCENTER throughout the year, the Columbus Civic 900 Broadway | 706.256.3612 Center is the most diverse entertainment Rivercenter.org venue in Columbus. Events include the circus, Experience the arts in the largest and finest Disney on Ice, the Columbus Cottonmouths performing arts center in the Southeast. professional ice hockey team, Columbus Lions From Broadway musicals to rock concerts, professional indoor football team, concerts, educational workshops to beauty pageants — comedy shows, pro bull riding and more. RiverCenter has it all. There is always something to see at the arena. Make a night of it, capture an unforgettable columbusciviccenter.org memory, visit Rivercenter.org today!
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Plucked Up Chicken Delish Local Dishes
6Scrambled The Chelsea Biscuit DOG SANDWICH 1Served in a banana split 2It’s unlike any biscuit you’ve had dish, this dog is too messy before…complete with fried chicken, to pick up! Chopped hot pimento cheese, bacon and jalapeno dog and bun smothered jelly and the only place you’ll find it is in chili, onions and pickles, at Plucked Up Chicken & Biscuits! with oyster crackers on top. People line up outside Dinglewood Pharmacy for this local favorite.
Red Velvet PANCAKES 3Originally a Valentine’s Day special, Ruth Ann’s now serves these red velvet pancakes with a cream cheese drizzle every day!
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Mac ‘n CHEESE 4This Southern fare meets a Columbus twist with a Ritz cracker topping at Mark’s City Grill and truffles at Epic Restaurant. Try them all. You won’t be disappointed!
Award-winning FRIED CHICKEN 5Get your Southern “meat and three,” including the best fried chicken in the state, at Minnie’s Uptown Restaurant. (continued on page 25)
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Pimento CHEESE BURGER 6The Black Cow’s pimento cheese burger with bacon and a dab of jalapeno jelly was named one of the “Best Burgers in the South” by Garden & Gun magazine.
Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, Columbus cuisine goes all out. From a hearty meat-and-three plate to a cooked-to-perfection angus steak, a delicious, authentic Italian pasta dish, or a signature cocktail, your taste buds will tell you – Columbus offers it all!
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11TH & BAY THE BLACK COW CANNON BREW PUB 1050 Bay Ave. STEAKHOUSE & OYSTER BAR 1041 Broadway 706.940.0202 115A 12th St., Ste. A 706.653.BEER (2337) www.11thandbay.com 706.321.2020 thecannonbrewpub.com 11th and Bay is a Southern Uptown’s only Oyster Wood fired pizzas, table restaurant inspired by Bar. Southern comfort homemade burgers, Southern hospitality and food in a laid back rustic great steaks, pastas, fresh creative food. We atmosphere. Voted best and the finest craft hope you’ll pull up a chair burgers in the South by brewed beers made and stay awhile! Garden & Gun readers. in West Georgia.
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THE CANTINA DINGLEWOOD EL FLAMBOYAN 1030 Broadway | 706.320.4520 PHARMACY 19 12th St. | Columbus, GA 31901 Serving up fresh authentic 1939 Wynnton Rd. 706.221.8131 Mexican dishes for lunch 706.322.0616 elflamboyancolumbus.com and dinner. Try our delicious Authentic Puerto Rican, Home of homemade chicken soup Mexican & American “Lieutenant’s Famous or our Hot Sizzling Fajita Restaurant. Fresh, homemade, style dishes. Beautiful Scrambled Dogs.” cooked-to-order food. Happy outside patio located in Serving your Hour every day, all day. Live the heart of Uptown. family since 1918. music Friday & Saturday, 6pm.
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EPIC RESTAURANT FIFE & DRUM HOULIHAN’S 1201 Front Ave., Suite E 1775 Legacy Way (inside the 800 Front Ave. 706.507.9909 | epiccuisine.com National Infantry Museum) 706.653.1898 | houlihans.com [email protected] 706.685.5801 Inside the Columbus Marriott Epic Restaurant offers an facebook.com/fifeanddrum. Hotel, Houlihan’s has become intimate space within the restaurant one of the most popular downtown Historic Eagle and An American bistro restaurants in Columbus. Phenix Mill to experience featuring classic American Enjoy a lively atmosphere, culinary creations that fare served in a richly excellent service with an empower the senses. appointed dining room. exceptionally creative menu.
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HOULIHAN’S IRON BANK COFFEE CO. MELLOW MUSHROOM 5351 Sidney Simons Blvd. #6 West 11th St. 6100 Veterans Pkwy. 706.243.0551 | houlihans.com 706.992.6609 706.322.4602 Inside the DoubleTree Hotel, ironbankcoffee.com mellowmushroom.com Houlihan’s serves Classic Iron Bank Coffee Company is a Serving hand-tossed, baked- American food cooked from specialty coffee shop located in on-stone pizzas and calzones, scratch for breakfast, lunch & the heart of Uptown Columbus. monumental hoagies and dinner daily and your favorite Come enjoy specialty lattes, scrumptious salads in a beverages. Columbus’ best enticing sandwiches and unique setting. Offering over outdoor patio. delectable desserts. 100 beers. Open daily 11am. ©Peter G. Dobson
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MERITAGE RUTH ANN’S SCRUFFY MURPHY’S 1039 1st Ave. | 706.327.0707 RESTAURANT IRISH PUB meritageonline.com 941 Veterans Pkwy. 1037 Broadway | 706.322.3460 Lunch to upscale, casual 706.221.2154 scruffymurphyspub.com dining. Come taste the ruthannsrestaurant.com A little bit of Ireland in experience at Meritage. A must visit in Columbus Columbus. Pub-Style Fish ‘N’ Lunch Tues-Fri: 11am- 2:30pm for over 60 years. Country Chips with house made Tartar Sat. Brunch/Lunch: vegetables, entrees and sauce is our signature dish. 10:30am-2pm breakfast. Fresh espresso We carry premium import & Dinner Tues-Sat: starts 5pm and homemade desserts. Craft beers on draught.
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Columbus Park Whitewater Express’ shop something for your history- 7Crossing: Enjoy a wide offering outdoor gear for loving friends. variety of restaurants, the venturing on their rafting or nation’s most popular stores kayaking trips down the river. Regional shopping: and a diverse collection of Charming shops, boutiques services. Whittlesey Blvd., Gift shops at Columbus’ and antique stores are found Exit 10 off I-185 many museums – pick up throughout the region. The Shoppes at Bradley Park: With stores like Chico’s and Talbots, this lifestyle center lets you indulge in pure retail therapy. 6401 Whitesville Rd.
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Peachtree Mall: BIG DOG THE POSH PEACH Satisfies your itch for upscale RUNNING COMPANY 1105 Broadway | 706.221.6402 goods and refined service in 1228 Broadway theposhpeach.com a traditional indoor setting. 706.322.2786 We hand select each item 3131 Manchester Expy. Big Dog Running Company that enters our unique is a specialty running/ boutique. We believe ALL Uptown Columbus: walking store, offering a women should feel the best Uptown is home to the full array of running and about themselves. Sizes Small best locally owned and walking shoes, apparel to 3XL. Always adding new operated retailers, including and accessories. items. Mon-Sat: 10am-7pm
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Columbus Botanical Garden Great Botanical Wonders
Stroll through tranquil gardens and historic estates and enjoy the 4breathtaking floral splendor of nature’s all out gorgeous display of colors.
Columbus Botanical Bradley Olmsted GARDEN GARDEN 1Wander through a variety of experiences, 2Look for this jewel tucked in the 13 acres from a nature trail to gardens like of what is now the Columbus Museum. homestead, vegetable, herb, event lawn, Designed in the 1920s by Olmstead & and camellia, all part of this 23-acre tract Olmstead, scions of the designer of New York’s anchored by an 1890s farmhouse. A new Central Park, this garden includes sweeping master plan has recently been adopted vistas, rose gardens, dramatic ravines, waterfalls, and new projects are regularly underway. forest glens and massive plantings for dramatic Open from dawn until dusk, admission is seasonal effect. The museum often schedules free with a $2 suggested donation. The live music and other events in the garden. Garden offers tours in addition to both For information call 706.748.2562 or visit children and adult educational programming. columbusmuseum.com. columbusbotanicalgarden.org
“…a refreshing place “Beautiful hidden gem” to get close to nature”
800.999.1613 | VisitColumbusGa.com Columbus Visitors Guide 2017 | 800.999.1613 29 ALL OUT GORGEOUS Callaway GARDENS® 4With a medley of activities for more than just those with a green thumb, Callaway Hills & Dales Gardens is an experience everyone will love. Nature ESTATE lovers, adventure seekers, and 3Experience the serenity of sports enthusiasts can enjoy this 35-acre estate as you award-winning gardens, the tour the spectacular 30- Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, room Georgian Italian villa zip lining, water sports, two of designed to flow gracefully the top golf courses in Georgia, into its pre-Civil War gardens. and more. Celebrate holidays Located in LaGrange just and seasonal festivals such as one hour north of Columbus the Hot Air Balloon Festival, on I-185. Plan your visit at Azalea Watching, and Fantasy In Lights®, which is ranked hillsanddales.org. among the most dazzling holiday light show experiences in the South. callawaygardens.com
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Stay in comfort and style on your next your stay in Columbus a breeze, or call the visit to Columbus whether you come to work Columbus Visitors Center at 800.999.1613, or play. You are sure to get a good night’s and we will make the arrangements for you. sleep in one of the 4,600 rooms Columbus hotels offer. Featuring amenities, state-of-the- art meeting space, and reputable customer service, our hotels will show you what true Southern hospitality really means. Don’t spend hours searching for accommodations for your stay. Our convenient, user-friendly website, visitcolumbusga.com – also optimized for your smartphone – can make booking
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Scan the QR code for more hotel Handicap Accessible Dining Room/Lounge # of Rooms/Suites information. Pets Welcome Airport Shuttle FitnessFREE Room Breakfast FREE Wi-Fi Meet Me at the hotel Pool
Candlewood Suites - Ft. Benning 706.683.9900 81 3 3 3 3 3
Comfort Inn 706.256.3093 72/2 3 3 3 3 3
Country Inn & Suites 706.660.1880 62 3 3 3 3 3 3
Courtyard by Marriott 706.323.2323 139 3 3 3 3 3
Days Inn - North Ft. Benning 706.561.4400 119 3 3 3 3
DoubleTree Hotel Columbus 706.327.6868 175/1 3 3 3 3 3 3
Econo Lodge - Ft. Benning 706.682.3803 80 3 3 3 3 3
Fairfield Inn & Suites - Airport 706.317.3600 57/22 3 3 3 3 3
Hampton Inn - Airport 706.576.5303 118 3 3 3 3 3
Hampton Inn - Fort Benning 706.660.5550 102 3 3 3 3 3
Hampton Inn - LaGrange 706.845.1115 81 3 3 3 3 3
Hampton Inn - North Columbus 706.256.2222 87/2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Hilton Garden Inn 706.660.1000 120 3 3 3 3 3
Holiday Inn - North - Ft. Benning 706.324.0231 117 3 3 3 3 3 3
Holiday Inn Express & Suites-Ft. Benning 706.507.7080 81 3 3 3 3 3 3
Holiday Inn Express & Suites @ Northlake 706.507.7200 23/65 3 3 3 3 3
Homewood Suites 706.568.3545 91 3 3 3 3 3 3
Hyatt Place 706.507.5000 82 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Marriott Columbus 706.324.1800 172/5 3 3 3 3 3 3
Quality Inn 706.568.3300 51/4 3 3 3 3 3
Sleep Inn & Suites 706.653.1330 61/6 3 3 3 3 3
Staybridge Suites 706.507.7700 83 3 3 3 3 3 3
Wingate By Wyndham 706.225.1000 84 3 3 3 3 3
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CANDLEWOOD SUITES HOLIDAY INN - NORTH FORT BENNING COLUMBUS FORT BENNING 2800 Manchester Expressway | 706.324.0231 3389 Victory Dr. | 706.683.9900 holidayinn.com/columbus-north candlewoodsuites.com Located 7 miles north of Ft. Benning, just off of Convenient and historic, the area surrounding the I-185 (Exit 7,7B), convenient to the Columbus Candlewood Suites® Columbus Ft. Benning hotel Airport, Peachtree Mall, restaurants and is ideal for all visitors. Whether you are traveling attractions. Our 117 guest rooms feature free for business or leisure, our spacious, comfortable wireless Internet, 37” HD TVs, huge pool and suites provide all of the accommodations you need courtyard area with gazebo. Enjoy breakfast, for extended stay travel. Our pet friendly suites dinner or room service in our on-site restaurant, have a fully-equipped kitchen, TV with DVD player, the Sweetwater Cafe. Meeting/Banquet and large workspace with high speed Internet. facilities available for up to 175 people.
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38 RELAX BY 39 NORTH FORT 40 FULL SERVICE THE POOL BENNING STYLE
COLUMBUS COURTYARD DAYS INN DOUBLETREE COLUMBUS BY MARRIOTT 3452 Macon Rd. | 706.561.4400 5351 Sidney Simons Blvd. 3501 Courtyard Way Newly remodeled, 40” flat 706.327.6868 706.323.2323 screen TV, complimentary hot columbus.doubletree.com Newly renovated Lobby breakfast, seasonal outdoor Sweet Dream Bedding, & Bistro; free wireless pool, laundry facilities, Houlihan’s Restaurant, Internet. 15% off rate with micro/fridge, coffee/tea, meeting space, mini fridge, corporate code C77 on complimentary newspapers, flat-panel HDTV, WiFi, columbuscourtyard.com or rental car on premise, and business center, fitness center. ask for CVB discount. ATM/banking services. Near I-185 and the airport.
41 MINUTES TO 42 ONLY 1 MILE 43 CONVENIENT TO FT. BENNING FROM AIRPORT EVERYTHING
ECONO LODGE FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES HAMPTON INN - AIRPORT FORT BENNING 4510 Armour Rd. 5585 Whitesville Rd. 4483 Victory Dr. | 706.682.3803 706.317.3600 706.576.5303 | columbus econolodge.com/hotel- fairfieldinn.com/CSGFI airportga.hamptoninn.com columbus-georgia-GA181 Off Hwy. I-185, Exit 7. Two miles from the Airport, Off Hwy. I-185, Exit Completely renovated in 10 minutes from Fort Benning. 1B. Refrigerator, 2015. Free WiFi, indoor All rooms feature mini-fridge, microwave, WiFi, deluxe pool & on-site fitness center, microwave, free WiFi, fitness complimentary deluxe complimentary facility, complimentary continental breakfast. continental breakfast. hot breakfast.
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HAMPTON INN - HAMPTON INN - FORT BENNING NORTH COLUMBUS 2870 S. Lumpkin Rd. 7390 Bear Ln. | 706.256.2222 706.660.5550 columbusnorth. hamptoninn3.hilton.com hamptoninn.com Off Hwy. I-185, Exit 1B. Rooms feature micro/fridges, Free WiFi, complimentary flat-panel HDTV, WiFi, hot breakfast, HDTV, fitness Hampton Cloud Nine bed. center, & business center. Free full hot breakfast. “Connie Award” Winner. “Light House” Award Winner.
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MARRIOTT COLUMBUS QUALITY INN 800 Front Ave. | 706.324.1800 3443 Macon Rd. marriott.com/csgmc 706.568.3300 Newly remodeled guest The relaxed rooms have rooms. Built around the flat-screen TVs with cable, original Empire Mills Grist plus fridges, microwaves Mill, the hotel combines and coffeemakers. Pool. 19th century charm with Freebies include WiFi, 21st century amenities. stays for kids 12 and under, Located Uptown. and FREE HOT BREAKFAST.
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• Best Western Plus - North Columbus...... 706.507.1111 • Budgetel Inn & Suites...... 706.689.6181 • Candlewood Suites - Columbus Northeast...... 706.940.0900 • Comfort Suites Airport...... 706.322.6666 • Country Inn & Suites - Bradley Park...... 706.256.6390 • Econo Lodge & Suites - Historic District...... 706.320.0007 • Extended Stay America - Columbus Airport...... 706.653.0131 • Extended Stay America - Bradley Park...... 706.653.9938 57 RECENTLY • Hawthorn Suites...... 706.687.7515 • Home2 Suites...... 706.257.6931 REMODELED • Home-Towne Suites...... 706.561.1795 • Howard Johnson Express...... 706.322.6641 • La Quinta Inn - Midtown...... 706.568.1740 WINGATE BY WYNDHAM - • La Quinta Inn & Suites - Columbus State University...... 706.323.4344 COLUMBUS/FORT BENNING • Microtel Inn & Suites - Fort Benning...... 706.685.2305 1711 Rollins Way | 706.225.1000 • Microtel Inn & Suites - Columbus North...... 706.653.7004 wingatehotels.com/ • Motel 6...... 706.687.7214 hotel/12201 • Motel 6 Columbus - Uptown...... 706.322.2522 • Residence Inn...... 706.494.0050 Spacious rooms, free hot • Rothschild Pound House Inn...... 706.322.4075 breakfast, 42” flat screens, • Springhill Suites...... 706.576.3773 fridge, Internet, microwave, • Super 8...... 706.322.6580 coffeemaker, outdoor pool, • TownePlace Suites...... 706.322.3001 fitness center, business center. • Value Place...... 706.649.6599
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All Out HONOR
National Infantry Museum Fort Benning, Maneuver Center of Excellence
Columbus’ patriotic spirit goes all out every day for the steady stream of visitors who make their way to take part in activities at neighboring Fort Benning, or to visit soldiers and their families in the area.
Fort Benning has served as the Home of leaders as five-star generals Omar the Infantry since 1918, transforming into the Bradley, George Marshall and Dwight D. Maneuver Center of Excellence in 2005. Since Eisenhower. George Patton and Colin World War I, its mission has been to “produce Powell also trained at Fort Benning. the world’s finest combat infantrymen.” Since the 1970s, new missions The U.S. Army Infantry School at at Fort Benning have included the Fort Benning has developed such military Airborne school and the Ranger school.
POSSIBLE FORT BENNING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: • Riverside Plantation Built in 1909 by businessman Arthur Bussey, Riverside is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the commandant’s residence. (continued on page 42)
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173rd Airborne Brigade Memorial • Cuartels Designed and • POW Monument constructed in the Erected in 1946, this monument was originally intended to honor 1920s, this building U.S. prisoners of World War II. It was later moved to its current serves as offices and location and altered to also reflect the POWs of World War I, quarters for visiting Korea, and Vietnam. officers. The building appeared in the 1941 • WHINSEC edition of Ripley’s Currently training officers of foreign countries, this building Believe It or Not for originally served as the U.S. Army Infantry School and Fort the world’s longest Benning Headquarters. continuous porch.
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All Out GLORY
National Civil War Naval Museum Places to Explore Military History
Our nation’s military heritage gets a lot of attention in Columbus, and for 4good reason. Neighboring Fort Benning has trained hundreds of thousands of soldiers for our country’s defense since 1918.
National Infantry Museum & through an interactive experience with amazing special effects. “Meet” Infantrymen SOLDIER CENTER from the Revolutionary War through today’s 1Visit the best free museum in America War on Terrorism and come to understand as voted by USA Today’s 2016 Readers’ why an Infantryman puts himself in harm’s Choice Awards! Trace the footsteps of the way in the name of liberty. The Patriot Park Infantryman from early wars to the jungles campus includes the museum, a ¾-scale of Vietnam to the sands of the Persian Gulf replica of the Vietnam Wall, stadium and parade field for weekly graduations of new soldiers, Memorial Walk of Honor, authentic World War II Company Street, a full-service restaurant, gift shop, combat simulators, and theater. nationalinfantrymuseum.org
National Infantry Museum “An amazing tribute”
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Andersonville POW Monument
National Civil War Naval Museum Eternal Flame 2 AT PORT COLUMBUS MONUMENT You can still smell the charred wood 150 years later of 3Honor our veterans when the two original Civil War military vessels dredged up you visit the Eternal Flame from where they burned on the Chattahoochee River. monument on the south side There are stories you’ll hear nowhere else – of sailors, of Columbus’ Government marines, sailing ships, and history-changing battles. Step Center at 100 10th Street into a reproduction exhibit of the USS Hartford and CSS (the 9th Street side of the Albemarle. There’s always something new to discover! building). The monument portcolumbus.org (outside only) also recognizes the city’s five Medal of Honor recipients.
“If you are a Civil War buff, then this is a must!”
And one more… ANDERSONVILLE 4Travel about an hour’s drive southeast of Columbus to Andersonville, site of Camp Sumter, a prisoner of war camp that is now Andersonville National Historic Site, a memorial to the nearly 13,000 Union POWs who died at the camp during the Civil War. In addition to the prison, the site includes the Andersonville National Cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum, which honors all American POWs in the United States’ various military conflicts. nps.gov/ande (outside only)
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All Out FUN
Places Your Kids Will Love
Let your little ones go all out with these kid-friendly activities. Splash around at 9Woodruff Park, let your imagination take flight or journey to sea at Columbus museums, or travel on an exotic safari. You’ll never hear “I’m bored” again!
G O: National Civil War Naval G O: Wild Animal Safari 1Museum at Port Columbus 2 D O: Get your wild-life on D O: Explore the USS Hartford Drive through one of the best animal parks in the Southeast and encounter more than 500 It was on board this ship that Admiral animals. Like no other zoo you’ve been to! Farragut famously damned the torpedoes at Only ½ hour from Columbus in Pine Mountain, the Battle of Mobile Bay. A recreated berth Georgia. Feed and interact with animals from deck, wardroom and captain’s cabin are six continents and enjoy a ride in a zebra van displayed and are frequently used in living or tour bus (seasonal). Visit online for more history at the museum. info at animalsafari.com.
“Great adventure!” “Very fun, exciting safari drive”
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G O: The Columbus Museum 3D O: Release your inner Picasso Draw a self-portrait, put on a puppet show, or read an art story in the reading area of Transformations, The Family Gallery at the Columbus Museum. Kids can develop their creative side and create a work of art in the process. And the best part is, all activities are completely free! columbusmuseum.com
“A family favorite for many years” Columbus Museum
G O: Family Theatre 4 D O: Let your imagination soar Be transported by the musicals, comedies, dramas, children’s theatre and an occasional magic show. Enjoy an intimate theatre experience in a relaxed atmosphere, complete with a café and desserts at intermission. Located in the historic Rose Hill district in Columbus. familytheatre.org
G O: Coca-Cola Space 5Science Center D O: Take off into Outer Space Use your imagination along with incredible interactive exhibits and Georgia’s largest collection of NASA Space Shuttle artifacts to find yourself in outer space! Control miniature Mars Rovers, pilot flight simulators, and experience the universe like never before in the center’s Omnisphere Theater. Children will embark on cosmic adventures through discovery learning. And for the tiny astronauts in training, there’s even a designated “KidsSpace.” 706.649.1470, ccssc.org
Coca-Cola Space Science Center “Out of this world!”
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G O: Oxbow 6Meadows D O: Discover Columbus wildlife Experience nature up close at Oxbow Meadows. See if you can spot the Queen Bee in an observation bee hive, watch the American Alligators swimming in the enclosed pond, or catch the carnivorous plants in action. Children will be fascinated by the center’s reptiles, amphibians, fish and other live exhibits. Admission is free, some programs do require a fee; donations always welcome. oxbow.columbusstate.edu
“Learning made fun” Oxbow Meadows
G O: National Infantry G O: Columbus Ice Rink 7Museum & Soldier Center 8D O: Perform your D O: Dress up like a Soldier! best arabesque Visit the best free museum in America as Practice your figure skating, play hockey, take voted by USA Today’s 2016 Readers’ Choice lessons or just glide around the rink on your Awards! Explore the museum’s Family Gallery blades. The Columbus Ice Rink is an NHL to learn about the sacrifices made by those regulation-sized ice surface, offering public who love a Soldier. Try on uniforms, boots, ice skating, party rentals and programs in and hats and crawl into the virtual interior of a hockey, figure skating, and learn-to-skate Bradley Fighting Vehicle, where stereoscopes classes for all ages. ColumbusIceRink.org reveal images of Soldiers befriending children. nationalinfantrymuseum.org
“Exhibits capture your attention and ignite your patriotism”
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Splash Pad and bumper cars at Stars and Strikes, or special children’s performances G O: Riverfront Splash Pad 9D O: Splash around at RiverCenter for the Run through the refreshing, spraying waters that will keep Performing Arts and the kids cool on those sticky, summer days. This kid-friendly Springer Opera House. interactive fountain in Woodruff Park provides hours of summertime fun and entertainment. Open 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Check out the calendar of daily, April-September. events on page 60 or visit calendarcolumbusga.com “Great escape with children”
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All Out Treasure HUNT
Take the RiverWalk GeoTour
Bring your family and friends to follow the RiverWalk GeoTour and to hunt for treasure along the Chattahoochee RiverWalk. Locate hidden containers, called geocaches, then share your experiences online. You can even take home prizes!
Pick up a RiverWalk GeoTour Grid Sheet Locate one or all the caches – labeled from the Columbus, GA Convention & as RiverWalk GeoTour geocaches – using a Visitors Bureau (900 Front Avenue 31901) hand-held GPS unit. Caches are located at or download it from visitcolumbusga.com/ 31 points along the 15-mile Chattahoochee visitors/riverwalk_geotour. If you are RiverWalk. When you find a RiverWalk not already registered to geocache, go to GeoTour cache, log your name and comments Geocaching.com, create a log-in and find the in the logbook inside the container. Then, fill GPS coordinates and additional information in the correct space on the grid sheet with the for the RiverWalk GeoTour locations. letter found inside each cache container.
Go on a GeoTour
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There are six unique 1geocache SERIES in the RiverWalk GeoTour: • RiverWalk • Dams • Attractions • Mills • Chattahoochee River • Whitewater Complete each of the series to qualify to win a limited edition RiverWalk GeoTour trading card. There are 5 to 6 caches in each series. Collect one or all six cards. Present your RiverWalk GeoTour Grid Sheet with the appropriate spaces filled in at the Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau Find Your Cache during regular hours.
In addition, complete a specific number of caches to get a 2custom geo-coin. Bring your completed grid sheet into • 10 completed caches = bronze level coin. the Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau • 20 completed caches = silver level coin. during regular hours to receive your coin. • 30 completed caches = gold level coin.
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All Out BARGAINS
Bike the Fall Line Trace Ways to Enjoy Columbus for $5 or Less
9Check out these fun and funky ideas to enjoy Columbus on a budget.
Grab your SNEAKERS 1and get a good stretch before you hike, bike or skate the 15-mile Columbus RiverWalk that hugs the banks of the Chattahoochee River. Extending from the main post of Fort Benning to the cotton mill town of Bibb City, this exercise routine is completely free.
Step into the SPOTLIGHT 2or watch from a cushy seat in the audience during No Shame Theatre every Friday night at the Springer Opera House. For $5 you can entertain the city or watch your comrades perform original acts of improv, music, comedy, poetry and dance. Must be 18, you can’t break anything, must perform original material RiverWalk Run and act can only be 5 minutes long.
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Immerse YOURSELF 3in Columbus’ history and art on a self-guided tour of Heritage Park or the Sculpture Walk in Uptown Columbus. Free.
Release your INNER ARTIST Come face 4at the Columbus Museum—always changing…and always free. TO FACE 7with Infantrymen from the Take a Revolutionary War to today’s WALK War on Terrorism at the 5through one of the largest botanical gardens in the Southeast, National Infantry Museum. Columbus Botanical Garden, where stopping to smell the This amazing, interactive roses is always free. Open dawn to dusk. experience is free. $5/person donation requested at the Discover the door; some programs have a fee. WARES 6of artists, artisans and crafters at Uptown’s First Friday events, Hunt for or bring a picnic and a blanket to one of Uptown’s frequent concerts held on the stage in the 1000 Block of Broadway. Free. GHOSTS 8behind the scenes at the historic Springer Opera House. On Mondays and Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m., a 30-minute tour is offered for just $5. The tour gives you access to the ornate trappings of the State Theater of Georgia, a haunted thrill or two, and much more.
Pedal through TOWN 9along the former railroad path that once connected Columbus to the rest of the nation. The Columbus Fall Line Trace weaves its way through town for cyclists, walkers, and joggers to Uptown’s First Friday enjoy. Free.
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All Out Long WEEKEND +Kayak the Chattahoochee River 51 Hours in Columbus Not sure where to start your fun in Columbus? We’re here to help. We’ve taken care of everything including the itinerary, so the only thing you have to worry about is what to do when the family doesn’t want to leave!
DAY ONE
8 AM Start the morning right with a fresh cup of coffee. Stop in Uptown Columbus for a steaming brew or a muffin at a shop you can’t find in your hometown.
9 AM Rent a bike and take the kids for a ride on the Chattahoochee RiverWalk, or stroll through Heritage Park to see the granite pools, outdoor sculptures and interpretive markers Chattahoochee River that celebrate Columbus’ industrial heritage.
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11 AM Become an astronaut for a day at the Coca-Cola Space Science Center on Front Avenue. Engage with flight simulators and other interactive tools, and journey through time and space in a show in the War Posters at the National Infantry Museum Omnisphere Theater. 2 PM 12 Noon After exploring the National Infantry Museum, get some Enjoy Japanese, Mexican, fresh air with a visit to Oxbow Meadows Environmental Thai, or fried chicken for Learning Center, an animal “museum” filled with living reptile lunch – there is no shortage and aquatic exhibits. See the carnivorous plants in the Bog of choices for dining in Garden, or look for birds in the Aviary Garden. Columbus. Lunch at the Fife & Drum, the restaurant 3 PM in the National Infantry Continue from Oxbow Meadows to the National Civil Museum, puts you steps War Museum at Port Columbus. See the “bones” of ships away from the museum’s that burned and sank on the Chattahoochee River during interactive wonders. the U.S. Civil War.
Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center
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8 PM Attend a Broadway touring production at RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, or take the family to see the latest Hollywood blockbuster at Carmike Cinema’s Ritz 13, Peachtree 8 or Carmike 15 theaters.
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8 AM Fill your belly with a Southern breakfast at Ruth Ann’s Restaurant, a Columbus landmark. We recommend the red velvet pancakes with a cream cheese drizzle!
9 AM Stretch your legs with a walk on the Chattahoochee Zip Line RiverWalk.
1 PM 7 PM Strap on your helmet and Help solve a crime prepare for the ride of your at Sherlock’s Mystery life as you raft the Class I-II Dinner Theatre. Did whitewater rapids on the the butler do it? Chattahoochee River, the longest urban whitewater 9 PM rafting in the world! Unwind and share memories of the day at a martini bar, 3 PM sports bar, or sweetery in Get a birds-eye view of Uptown, Bradley Park, the river on the Blue the Landings, or Columbus RiverWalk Heron Adventure Course Park Crossing. complete with a 1,200-foot 10 AM zip line that glides you Explore the Columbus 100 feet over the water! Museum’s ever-changing exhibits of art, furnishings 4:30 PM and historical artifacts that Didn’t get enough of the will provide you and your rapids? Do it again, this family with a fresh outlook on time on the highwater trip, Columbus’ past and present. a Class II-IV+. The river has rapids like those found in 12 Noon Colorado and Zimbabwe! Try Columbus’s hidden hotdog gem, the “scrambled 6 PM dog” at Dinglewood Shower and change into Pharmacy. Pair it with a some dry clothes back cherry Coke or vanilla malt. at the hotel.
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8 AM Try the Plucked Up Chicken Biscuit with pineapple marmalade. Yum! Then hit the road for the 45-minute drive to Pine Mountain, Georgia.
10 AM Encounter zebras, giraffes and other exotic animals when you drive through Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain. You may even have animals eating right out of your hand!
12 Noon Have lunch at the Safari Café or drive over to the village of Warm Springs for an authentic Southern Wild Animal Safari lunch served buffet-style.
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FROM PAST TO PRESENT, WATER TO LAND Each of its seven cities offers something unique – history; attractions; dining; shopping; festivals; and eco-friendly outings. Enjoy new murals that portray beauty, charm and stories of each city. Butterfly gardens are underway in what will become a county-wide Meriwether Murals and Monarchs Trail. Geocache adventures are being developed with The “Real Woodbury” Zombie GeoQuest now available with the soon-to-be launched Magic City RailQuest in Manchester and the Marvelous GeoVengers in Warm Springs. Come & make your memories in Meriwether…
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8 PM Contact the Columbus Take your seat at Convention & Visitors Bureau RiverCenter for the for suggested itineraries to Performing Arts to satisfy interests ranging from hear the best of Bach, the arts, education, military, Beethoven, or many of your and regional explorations. favorite classical, pop or We can also help you set Broadway Show tunes by up a custom itinerary for the Columbus Symphony your group. For details, 45 Orchestra. For live drama, contact the Visitors Bureau NEAR CALLAWAY comedy or musicals, snag at 800.999.1613 or GARDENS tickets to the Springer [email protected] or visit the website at Opera House, the State HAMPTON INN - LAGRANGE visitcolumbusga.com. Theatre of Georgia. 100 Willis Cir. | LaGrange Refer often to the 706.845.1115 Columbus Event Calendar, 11 PM lagrangecallawaygardens. calendarcolumbusga.com, Stop for a late dessert and hamptoninn.com for the latest information coffee or nightcap after the WiFi, a mini-fridge, on what’s going on in and show, then back to the hotel microwave, business center, around the Columbus area – to rest up for the trip home complimentary full hot where to go, when you – that is, if you can convince breakfast, meeting rooms, need to know. the family to leave. fitness room, and pool.
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800.999.1613 | VisitColumbusGa.com Columbus Visitors Guide 2017 | 800.999.1613 59 ANNUAL CALENDAR Reasons to mark 15 your calendar All Out JANUARY EVENTS COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Mozart & Friends Festival
FEBRUARY MARCH
BLACK HISTORY COLUMBUS BALLET’S Month Events Spring Repertory
APRIL APRIL
THUNDER IN THE VALLEY Riverblast Airshow AT NATIONAL CIVIL WAR NAVAL MUSEUM AT PORT COLUMBUS
MAY JUNE
UPTOWN RIVERFEST MISS GEORGIA & Dragon Boat Festival Pageant
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JULY AUGUST
4TH OF JULY JIM BLANCHARD Fireworks Leadership Forum
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
UPTOWN Arts Beer & Wine Festival ON THE RIVER
OCTOBER NOVEMBER
SPOOKTACULAR CHRISTMAS Halloween Festival Made in the South
DECEMBER DECEMBER Victorian Christmas Polar Express AT NATIONAL CIVIL WAR NAVAL AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AT PORT COLUMBUS INFANTRY MUSEUM
For details on these and many other Columbus Area Happenings, visit the Event Calendar at ColumbusGaCalendar.com
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All Out DIRECTIONS
Columbus Airport Getting Here & Getting Around
Getting to Columbus couldn’t be easier! Visitors to our city are served by the Columbus Airport, located at 3250 W. Britt David Road, 706.324.2449, flycolumbusga.com. Delta Air Lines offers daily flights to Columbus from Atlanta, Georgia. At the airport, car rentals, cabs, and airport and hotel shuttles are available to help you get to all our shopping centers, accommodations, restaurants, sites, and attractions. Columbus is also served by several of the state’s major highways, including Interstate 185 and U.S. 27/27Alt. off I-85 South out of Atlanta, U.S. 80 West out of Macon, and 67 HEART OF U.S. 280 North out of Albany. Columbus’s METRA bus system operates from 4:30 a.m. COLUMBUS to 8:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and picks up from bus stops located all around the city. Visit columbusga.org/metra for COLUMBUS DIAGNOSTIC schedules and fare information. CENTER/CDC ON COMER If you are a Zipcar member, there is a Zipcar lot on the 2040 10th Ave. | 706.322.3000 main campus of Columbus State University, near the airport. 2131 Comer Ave. | 706.323.7622 Go to zipcar.com/columbusstate for more information. columbusdiagnosticcenter.com It’s easy to get around in our city, because exits are clearly The outpatient facilities offer marked and our citizens are some of the friendliest people in high-field, open & wide open the South, so just ask! You’ll soon feel right at home! MRIs, CTs, Ultrasound, 3D See the maps in the center of this guide mammography & many other imaging services at a fraction for more help in enjoying our city. of the cost of other facilities.
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