Thrillist: Escape Atlanta Without Leaving Town By Visiting These 14 Places

The COVID-19 pandemic is making it difficult to travel the world, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun around Atlanta. With a little creativity, a restaurant’s patio or a botanical garden may make you feel as though you’re on that dream trip for the afternoon — minus the jet lag. Feeling antsy for an escape? Here are 14 places to visit within a couple hours drive of Atlanta.

Visit Umi’s Bonsai Room to dine on sushi in a beautiful patio

Buckhead
The U.S. Department of State recommends that American travelers reconsider travel to Japan right now. Take their advice, and head to Umi in Buckhead instead. The sushi restaurant, widely considered the best in the city, has recently completed a patio dubbed the Bonsai Room. Grab a table, order some sushi (the New Page roll, with salmon and thinly sliced lemon is a standout), and pretend you’re in the Omiya Bonsai Village outside of Tokyo.

Read the full article on Thrillist, originally published on September 15, 2020.