How to Get Around Georgia

A car is necessary for everything except central Atlanta and Savannah, both of which are walkable in their cores.

Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world and connects almost everywhere; it has a direct rail link into the city on the MARTA network, which also serves the centre and the airport reliably.

Atlanta traffic is genuinely among the worst in America. The rush hours are long, the ring road is heavily used, and routing a cross-state drive through the city at the wrong time can cost two hours.

Interstate 95 runs the coast and Interstate 75 the length of the state; both carry heavy holiday traffic.

Some of the Golden Isles have road bridges; the undeveloped ones are ferry-only and require booking well ahead, with strictly limited daily numbers.