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To the world of America's South...and the three cities that create a golden triangle of idyllic proportions. Old world sophistication with a modern touch, this is a land full of warmth and romance, of music, food and tradition...and then more music and food.
Atlanta, the peach of Georgia, is dubbed the Capital of the New South. It's where the nostalgia of Gone With the Wind envelops the gleaming skyscrapers and all the trappings that hosting the 1996 Olympic Games has brought. Atlanta is the shopping mecca of the South, a place of quaint neighbourhoods home to a dizzying array of galleries, museums and parks.
Nashville, capital of Tennessee, to the northwest of Atlanta, is home not only to country music but to a much broader spectrum of rootsy, rocking sounds christened Americana...music for everyone. Yet there's much more to the place than simply its music. Nashville has long been known as the Athens of the South for it's style and sophistication, but even so the life-size replica of Greece's Parthenon still comes as a striking surprise. There are brand new sports venues and sophisticated restaurants, rubbing shoulders with historic music bars on the banks of the Cumberland River.
New Orleans, at the end of a breath-taking road trip to the South in deepest Louisiana, is the old world personified but with an irrepressible passion for life. The ornate, iron-balconied architecture of the French Quarter, stretching down to the mighty Mississippi, is alive 24 hours a day with the sounds of traditional New Orleans jazz and the rich dance rhythms of Cajun and Zydeco music. The Cajun and Creole cuisine is as rich as the musical backdrop. And the downtown shopping malls are enough to warm the heart too.
All three cities are united by the sultry heat of the South, by a reflection of things past and a romance of things to be. Take in all of them and see the Southern states as they were meant to be...
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Atlanta
Atlanta is the only city in the South with teams in all four major sports: The Atlanta Braves (baseball), Atlanta Falcons (football), Atlanta Hawks (basketball) and Atlanta Thrashers (ice hockey). At least one should be playing during your visit!
Nashville
Walk Nashville's music district, Music Row and see the names of record companies lining the street.
New Orleans
Try flamboyant local beers such as Dixie's Blackened Voodoo Lager or microbrewery Abita Springs' Purple Haze.
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