Affordable Atlanta

Atlanta Cyclorama
See the world's largest diorama painting that revolves around viewers as it depicts the 1864 Civil War Battle of Atlanta. Adult tickets are $8 year-round.

Atlanta Preservation Center
Take a walking tour of Atlanta's neighborhoods and historic sites as guides provide an informative look into the history of the city. Tours include historic Downtown, Sweet Auburn/Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District, Inman Park and Druid Hills, the neighborhood featured in the movie "Driving Miss Daisy," and more. Adult tickets are $10 and seniors and students are $5.

Castleberry Hill
Trendy art galleries, restaurants and meeting places can be freely explored at Castleberry Hill.

Centennial Olympic Park
The 21-acre park is the city's lasting legacy from the Centennial Olympic Games and hosts some of Atlanta's most exciting free events:

• At the Park, experience the Wednesday Wind Down each Wednesday evening from 5:30-8 p.m., April-September, with performances varying from jazz to reggae.
• Fourth Saturday Family Fun Days
  The fourth Saturday of each month, April - September, enjoy an afternoon of family fun once a month. This event is full of activities including educational programming, specialty workshops, performances, contests, prizes and more.
• On Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon-1 p.m., April-October, enjoy Music at Noon, which features a variety of live music including R&B, jazz and reggae.

Georgia State Capitol
Free self-guided tours include a history of the building and lawmaking process, the public galleries of the House of Representatives and Senate and the Georgia Capitol Museum.

Historic Oakland Cemetery
This garden cemetery, founded in 1850, is the final resting place of many of Atlanta's settlers, builders, and most noted citizens like Bobby Jones, Margaret Mitchell, and Maynard Jackson. It is also a showplace of sculpture and architecture, and a botanical preserve with ancient oaks and magnolias.

Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site
The FREE National Historic Site includes year-round tours of Dr. King's birth home, the church where his father preached, Ebenezer Baptist Church, his and wife Coretta Scott King's final resting places, the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame and the Visitor Center exhibiting civil rights memorabilia.

Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View
Travel to the top of the Westin Peachtree Plaza for a revolving view of Atlanta. Tickets are $5 for adults, meal not included.

Turner First Thursdays
FREE self-guided tours of Downtown galleries occur the first Thursday of every month throughout the year. View the arts, tour historic districts of Downtown and enjoy discounts at Downtown restaurants.

Underground Atlanta
Underground Atlanta is located in the heart of Downtown and features shopping, dining, history, city festivals and entertainment.

Woodruff Park
Woodruff Park is one of downtown Atlanta's most significant green spaces and a great place to soak up Atlanta – free programming is available during the summer months.

Atlantic Station
There's so much to do in Atlantic Station that the area created its own zip code. Window shop or relax without spending a dime.

The Federal Reserve Bank
Visit the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta and learn that money doesn't grow on trees.

Piedmont Park
Located just 2 miles from downtown, Piedmont Park is one of the largest green spaces in the city:

• The park includes playgrounds for children of varying ages, baseball, soccer and football fields, and public tennis courts.
• Piedmont Park's sidewalks are one of the many PATH trails for pedestrians, bikers and rollerbladers. Other in-town PATH trails include the South Decatur Trolley Trail, the Westside Trail and the Chastain Park Trail.

Fernbank Science Center
One of the nation's largest planetariums with nature trails and an observatory; $4 adult admission and $3 for students and seniors. The observatory by itself is free.

The Governor's Mansion
Georgia's Governor invites you to tour the mansion and learn the true meaning of Southern hospitality.

Michael C. Carlos Museum
Maintains the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast with objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and the Americas at Emory University; $7 adult admission year-round.

MARTA
Atlanta's bus and rail system is $2.50 per person. Rail service stops at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and in the major business and tourist areas of Downtown, Midtown, Buckhead and Perimeter Center.

The Buc
Buckhead's free shuttle service has 26 stops to take visitors around the Buckhead area, including Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza.

Tech Trolley
This free Midtown trolley is sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology and takes riders to various places in the Midtown area.