Play Hard Rest Easy: Carolinas and Georgia

Play Hard, Rest Easy Carolinas & Georgia

1-931339-01-5
$19.95 paperback
464 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½
225 black-and-white photographs

This guide to the top 12 vacation spots in the Carolinas and Georgia gives the reader everything needed to plan the ultimate soft-adventure getaway, whether it’s for a quick weekend trip or a one- to two-week vacation.

As the second title in the successful Play Hard Rest Easy™ travel series, Play Hard Rest Easy: Carolinas & Georgia combines the best elements of outdoor sports books, B&B or inn guides, and general travel guidebooks into one comprehensive source. Each chapter includes an entertaining history of the area; the lay of the land; and detailed flying and driving directions. Also in each chapter, a “Play Hard” section describes the best active pursuits, including hiking, mountain biking, road cycling, paddling, fishing, horseback riding, swimming, scuba diving, sailing, and snow skiing, just to name a few.

Readers will also find descriptions of more relaxed activities, including antiquing; visiting art galleries, historic sites, museums, spas, wineries, and plantations; touring back roads; taking boat, buggy, hot-air balloon, and walking tours; attending music and theatrical performances; and, of course, shopping. Each “Rest Easy” section recommends upscale lodging choices—historic inns, quiet B&Bs, and full-service resorts—as well as great places to eat from chic restaurants and cafés to roadside BBQ shacks, fish houses, and picnic spots.

Each chapter also includes recommended itineraries; dozens of photographs; up-to-date websites; and GPS-accurate regional and city maps.

about the authors
Malcolm Campbell is the author of Play Hard Rest Easy: New England. Before founding Walkabout Press in 2000, he worked as an advertising account executive, copywriter, travel marketing director, and senior editor for Selling Power, a national business magazine. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Deron Nardo hails from Pennsylvania but has made the South his home for nearly 10 years. Deron’s travel writing has appeared in Charlotte Magazine, and his commentaries have run on NPR-affiliate WFAE. He also lives in Charlotte.