Family Vacation Idea: Georgia

Just 15 miles from Atlanta, 3200-acre Stone Mountain Park is Georgia's number-one tourist attraction, with woods, lakes, Skylift, old-fashioned town, waterslides, Lasershow, riverboat, and more.

20 Marriott hotels are offering a Family Escape Package that includes attraction tickets for Stone Mountain Park: two properties are located right in the Park; the others are in the Atlanta area.

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Stone Mountain Family Escape Package

Stone Mountain Park

The 3200-acre Stone Mountain Park is a state park 15 miles from Atlanta, with a number of attractions (see below), and also the largest outcropping of exposed granite in the world-- which, incidentally, has the world's largest sculpture, a gigantic Confederate Memorial.

Attractions include:

• Crossroads: 1870’s replica of a Southern town, where families can meet fascinating characters in period dress who work the old trades
• Mountaintop Skylift, an 825-foot climb
• for kids, Treehouse Challenge
• the Great Barn: 1870's Barn with four floors of rope nets, mazes, slides, etc.
• “Scarlett O’Hara” authentic riverboat
• waterslides including the Mountain Screamer
• Scenic Railroad
• Antebellum Plantation & Farmyard
• Golf Course
• Stone Mountain Tennis Center

Family Escape Package at the Evergreen Marriott Resort, in Stone Mountain Park

Available through September 5, 2005, this offer includes:

• deluxe accommodations for one night
• buffet breakfast for four in Waterside Restaurant
• Four Marriott exclusive “Play another Day All-Attraction Passes” - with a second full-day of attractions free
• stay two nights and receive a $50 Marriott Bonus Buck toward a future stay
• prices start at $259 per room, per night

Families can visit the attractions, then take a break at the resort indoor/outdoor pool and go back in the evening to see the "world’s largest Lasershow Spectacular". They can also visit the park the next day as part of the Family Escape!®Package.

For reservations or more information, please call 770-879-9900, 888-670-2250, or visit the Evergreen Marriott Resort site.

Family Escape Package at Stone Mountain Inn

Also in Stone Mountain Park, and managed by Marriott, is the 92-room Stone Mountain Inn: a "carefully preserved replica of a nineteenth century plantation." This property too has a Family Escape Package:

• $229 per room, per night, through September 5, 2005
• Double/double guest room
• breakfast buffet for four
• "Play Another Day All-Attraction" passes for Four (second day is free)
• stay two nights and receive a $50 Marriott Bonus Buck to be used toward a future two-night paid stay at any Marriott hotel.

Family Escape Package at other Marriotts

18 other Marriott hotels are also offering the Family Escape Package, all located within 5-13 miles from Stone Mountain Park:

Courtyard Northlake, TownePlace Suites Northlake, Courtyard Norcross/I-85, Atlanta Marriott Century Center, Courtyard Atlanta Executive Park/Emory, Courtyard Atlanta Peachtree Corners, Courtyard Atlanta/Gwinnett Mall, Fairfield Inn & Suites Buckhead, Residence Inn Dunwoody, Residence Inn Atlanta Midtown/17th Street, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Courtyard Atlanta Midtown/Georgia Tech, Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center, Fairfield Inn & Suites Perimeter, Atlanta Marriott Suites Midtown, Courtyard Atlanta Perimeter Center, and Residence Inn Perimeter West.

Call 877-ATL-TRIP, 877-285-8747 or visit www.marriottse.com/stonemt4.