Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia

The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is Atlanta's most sophisticated and technologically advanced hotel. It is located in midtown Atlanta, only minutes from Hartsfield International Airport. The deluxe guestrooms feature a lot of upgraded amenities including working desks, data-ports, wireless and wired high-speed Internet access and many other amenities perfect for business travelers. The hotel also features an elegant restaurant, Club Room Lounge, indoor pool, enhanced health club, full-service business center, and more. The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is certified by the International Association of Conference Centers and prides itself with its technology and service excellence.

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During your Atlanta vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:

Georgia State Capitol
It wasn't until after the Civil War (1868) that Atlanta became, once and for all, the state capital; its present capitol building, completed July 4, 1889, was hailed as a testament to the city's recovery. Modeled after the nation's Capitol, another neoclassical edifice atop a "crowning hill," its 75-foot dome, covered in gold leaf and topped by a Statue of Freedom, is a major Atlanta landmark. The building is fronted by a massive four-story portico with a pediment supported by six Corinthian columns set on large stone piers. In the rotunda, with its soaring 237-foot ceiling, are busts of famous Georgians, including signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The governor's office is off the main hall. The capitol building's public spaces are currently being restored to their 1889 grandeur.Grand staircases in both wings rise to the third floor, where you'll enter the House of Representatives, and, across the hall, the Senate chambers. The legislature meets for 40 days, beginning the second Monday in January (it can also be called into special sessions); all of its sessions are open to the public. The fourth floor houses legislative galleries and the Georgia Capitol Museum, with exhibits on cotton, peach, and peanut growing; cases of mounted birds, fish, deer, insects, and other species native to Georgia; rocks and minerals; American Indian artifacts; and more. Note, too, the museum displays on the first floor.Tours begin on the main floor, and this level also serves as an information center for city and state attractions. The tours take 60 to 90 minutes; allow at least another 30 minutes to browse around on your own after the tour. Highlights of the grounds are detailed in a brochure available at the tour desk. Note: For security reasons, your bag will be searched when you enter.If you're visiting in December or January, take note of two special treats: A beautifully decorated 40-foot tree adorns the rotunda at Christmas, and on January 15, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, there's a memorial program featuring speeches by local dignitaries, including the governor.

Center for Puppetry Arts
Don't miss this place if you're traveling with the kids. In fact, you might not want to miss it even without kids in tow. The center is dedicated to expanding public awareness of puppetry as a fine art and to presenting all of its international and historic forms. Opened in 1978, with Kermit the Frog cutting the official ribbon (he had a little help from the late Jim Henson), it contains a 300-seat theater, a smaller theater, gallery space, and a permanent museum. The puppet shows are marvelous -- sophisticated, riveting, full-stage productions with elaborate scenery. Some are family oriented; others, with nighttime showings, are geared to adults. Call ahead to find out what's on; reservations are essential. You can also call a week or so in advance to enroll yourself or your kids in a puppet-making workshop.The center's permanent exhibit, "Puppets, The Power of Wonder," is stunning, featuring one of the largest and finest puppet collections in North America. The exhibit includes such treasures as ritualistic African figures, Punch and Judy, Henson's Pigs in Space, turn-of-the-century Thai shadow puppets, Indonesian wayang golek puppets used to tell classic stories (a centuries-old tradition), Chinese hand puppets, rod-operated marionettes from all over Europe, original Muppets, pre-Colombian clay puppets that were used in religious ceremonies circa A.D. 1200, and Turkish shadow figures made of dried animal skins. Visitors have the opportunity to use joysticks to manipulate over 350 of these puppets. A video hosted by Jim Henson provides an overview of puppetry and takes visitors around the world to meet masters of the art. Another gallery features visiting exhibits from all over the world. Reservations are required for guided tours of "Puppets, The Power of Wonder"; the tour lasts about an hour.The gift shop is like no other, with oodles of marionettes, one-of-a-kind handmade puppets, masks, videos, and other related items.

Rhodes Memorial Hall
Rhodes Hall is one of a few remaining pre-World War I Peachtree Street mansions -- a significant reminder that Peachtree was once a fashionable residential street. The house was designed shortly after the turn of the century by Willis Franklin Denny (at the time Atlanta's leading residential architect) as a home for affluent Atlanta businessman Amos Giles Rhodes and his family.Its medieval baronial-cum-high-Victorian-Romanesque style was inspired by Rhineland castles. The Stone Mountain granite exterior is replete with arched Romanesque windows, battlements and buttresses, parapets, towers, and turrets. A large Syrian-arched veranda wraps the east and north facades. And the interior is grandiose, with maple- and mahogany-bordered oak parquet floors, mosaics surrounding the fireplaces, and a gracefully winding hand-carved Honduran mahogany staircase with nine stained-glass stairwell panels depicting "The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy." The house and stables originally occupied 150 acres of land and included servants' quarters, a carriage house, and other outbuildings. When it was built, this site was in suburbia, an afternoon's drive from downtown.Upon Rhodes's death in 1929, his residence was deeded to the state of Georgia in keeping with his desire to preserve his home. The house was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Today, it is the headquarters for the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation and is in an ongoing process of restoration. To date, the original dining-room suite and some other furnishings are in place, and all the mahogany woodwork and decorated ceilings on the first floor have been restored. The original landscaping -- with white and red cedars, dogwoods, banana trees, and a circular flowerbed -- has been re-created in the front yard. You can only see the house by tour. On weekdays, 45-minute Historical Tours explain the history of Rhodes Hall while guiding visitors through the first floor of the house. The special Behind the Scenes tours, on Sunday at noon, are comprehensive three-hour experiences that explore the whole house.

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4 out of 5

Nice hotel, but

David

The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is a nice hotel. Rooms are large with all the amenities of any similar class hotel. Had a 25 TV, iron and board, nice robe to use, good mattress, etc. The breakfast buffet was good,but pricy at $14.00 for the usual stuff. There were some cons to go with these pros, however. The internet connection was not free as in many hotels these days. Parking was also not free and cost $10 per day at the attached Georgia Tech parking garage. You either used it or parked on the street! That little item was not mentioned on their rather unfinformative web site. The hotel is located in mid-town Atlanta in a good area with several restaurants close by. There is a Publix market down the street and a Barnes and Noble across the street. The MARTA (public transportaion) is good in Atlanta, but a several block walk from the hotel. Might be a good idea to have a car to go any distance. Of course, bring a few $10 bills to pay for parking. So, between the parking and internet problems, I decided this would be my last stay at the Georgia Tech Hotel.

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5 out of 5

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Daniel, 2007-02-11

The GA Aquarium/Olympic Park/CNN building is a straight 20-25 minute walk from the hotel.

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5 out of 5

Great Location

Yvonne, Augusta, GA, 2006-07-29

There's a great Italian Resturant about two and one half blocks away

We were in town for an evening at the Fox Theatre. The Ga. Tech Hotel & Conf. Center was within walking distane of both the Fox and the Restuarant where we had dinner. After the Theatre we walked back and enjoyed the city. The next morning the breakfast buffet at the hotel was so convenient and both the coffee and the fresh fruit were worth writing home about.

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5 out of 5

very comfortable room

elizabeth, 2006-07-16

Shopping in downtown Atlanta or the Atlanta Gift Market is only a 3 block walk to Marta and then 2 stops away. Easily managed in 20 minutes. Barnes and Noble just across the street from the hotel, along with Starbucks.

The Georgia Tech and Conference Center Hotel in Midtown Atlanta was a very comfortable place to stay. The king-sized bed was one of the most comfortable beds I have encountered in a hote. The room was pleasantly decorated with interesting art as opposed to typical hotel art. The bathroom was well appointed and also had a nice bathrobe in the closet. Unusual for a hotel at this price. The pool and hot tub on the third floor was very clean and enjoyable. It is only 3 blocks from Marta, with only 2 stops to downtown Atlanta. I would highly recommend this hotel.

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5 out of 5

Great Location

Ronald, Tallahassee, FL, 2006-07-16

All of Atlanta's fine restaurants and hotspots are less than two miles away. You couldn't ask for a better location.

The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is located so close to everything that you don't have to worry about getting around. It's the perfect location for business or pleasure. The rooms are nice and large and super clean. The staff is very helpful and we didn't have to worry about a thing.

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4 out of 5

Just alright

Erica, Greenville, SC, 2006-02-19

Everything was a short drive away. Barnes and Noble across the street.

The Georgia Tech Hotel and COnference Center was a decent place to stay. The room was nothing to write home about. It was a short drive from everything witch was nice but couldnt walk anywhere. Parking was a rip-off! For the amount we paid for the room we wouldve appreciated free parking. The phone staff passed us off on others when they didnt know answers to our questions and even dropped our call- that is if they answered at all. Overall I would NOT stay there again.

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5 out of 5

Good for GA Tech visitors

Anonymous, Oakland, CA, 2005-11-08

Campus and several resturants are nearby.

The GA Tech Hotel and Conference Center is a nice, contemporary hotel, ideally located for those visiting the campus. The fitness center and pool looked nice though I didn't get a chance to try them. The dining options are limited (only a buffet-style restaurant), but the quality of the food was excellent. the price was a little steep, but if you can get a discounted room at the campus rate it would be a good deal. They offer wired and wireless internet in the rooms, but the wireless signal was marginal in my room (wired connection was fine). Ironically, the same wireless network worked much better outside the hotel, e.g., in adjacent campus buildings.

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