'Rising from the Ashes' Atlanta architecture tour
Attractions & guided tours

'Rising from the Ashes' Atlanta architecture tour

Free cancellation
Language: English
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: up to 3 hours
Do this because
  • Visit architectural highlights in Atlanta
  • Learn how Atlanta's architecture has risen from the ashes like a phoenix
  • See architectural styles popular in the last 19th and early 20th centuries
What to expect

Atlanta's official symbol is the mythic phoenix, a bird consumed by fire and risen from the ashes. Observe the city's rebirth as you visit architectural gems that arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries during this architecture tour of Atlanta!

Based on your interests, the tour stops will include some of the following:

COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

  • Peachtree Street - located along Atlanta’s main thoroughfare is one of the South’s oldest private social clubs, several historic churches and the site of the deadliest hotel fire in US history
  • Fairlie-Poplar Historic District - the commercial heart of Atlanta includes architectural styles popular in the late 19th and early 20th century and also contains Atlanta’s Flatiron Building, completed 5 years prior to New York’s
  • Midtown - Atlanta's 2nd largest business district contains its oldest Jewish Temple, a classical train station, a lavishly restored movie palace, and the hotel which hosted the premiere gala for Gone With the Wind

HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS

  • Cabbagetown - comprised of one of the 1st textile processing mills built in the South, the industrial area has been renovated to become the nation’s largest residential loft community surrounded by a neighborhood of restored millworkers ‘shotgun’ houses
  • Inman Park - Atlanta’s 1st planned ‘suburb’ contains a variety of restored Victorian mansions from the late 19th century including a Civil War Colonel, the founder of Coca-Cola, and even a former bordello
  • Grant Park - home to the Atlanta’s oldest park, it houses the largest collection of Victorian homes and Craftsman bungalows in the city and one of the only homes that predates the Civil War
  • Druid Hills - this neighborhood designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape designer of NYC's Central Park, includes the historic mansions of some of Atlanta’s early leading families

CEMETERIES

  • Oakland Cemetery - the garden cemetery is the final resting place for various historical figures including Civil War soldiers, the author of Gone with the Wind and the founder of The Masters Golf Tournament
  • Westview Abbey - the Mausoleum is the largest of its kind ever built under one roof and includes the stunning Abbey Chapel showcasing 27 stained glass panels
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What's included
  • check Guided tour
What's not included
  • x_not_included Tips (optional)
Where

180 Jackson St NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, USA

Meeting point:
You can be picked up from any location within the Atlanta, Georgia city limits. Otherwise, you can meet at the Martin Luther King Historic site parking lot at 409 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE. You will need to coordinate your pickup or meeting point with the tour operator after purchase.
What to remember
  • You will need to contact the tour operator after purchase to coordinate your pickup
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Provider
DTours
Booking fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation policy
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 24 hours before the experience begins.

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