Your Ticket to Fun in Albany

Food, Faith, Fun

Breakfast:

Albany has many hotels that offer a hot continental breakfast included in the room rate. Other breakfast options include:

  • The Corner Café for groups up to 20
    Group Tour Contact: Yalda Harris, 229-438-7074
  • Dine with the cheetahs at Chehaw! Included is a hot continental breakfast, zookeeper talks with group and behind-the-scenes view. Advanced reservations required. Call Courtney Spencer at 1-866-750-0840.

Morning Activities:

Stop by the Albany Welcome Center for souvenirs and an introductory film, “From the Heart of Southwest Georgia”; call ahead for goodie bags and an official welcome from the Albany CVB.

  • Chehaw (behind-the-scenes tours available with advance notice)
    Group Tour Contact: Doug Porter, 229-430-5275
  • Flint RiverQuarium & Imagination Theater (behind-the-scenes tours with advance notice)
    Group Tour Contact: Ola Terrell, 229-639-2650

Lunch:

Albany offers many opportunities for group lunches. For a catered lunch at a unique facility, such as the Flint RiverQuarium, Thronateeska Heritage Center or RiverFront Park, call Courtney Spencer at the Albany CVB. Other lunch options include:

  • RiverFront Bar-B-Q;
    Group Tour Contact: Dale Saunders, 229-883-4746
  • Ole Times Country Buffet;
    Group Tour Contact: BJ Fletcher, 229-439-1600

Afternoon Activities:

  • Riverfront Park and the Ray Charles Plaza
  • Thronateeska Heritage Center & Wetherbee Planetarium
    Group Tour Contact: Cheryl Jones, 229-432-6955
  • The Albany Civil Rights Institute (The Freedom Singers perform every second Saturday of each month)
    Group Tour Contact: Lee Formwalt, 229-432-1698

Additional attractions in Albany include:

  • The Albany Museum of Art
  • The Carnegie Library
  • Shopping at Lancaster Village
  • Paula Deen Hometown Tour
    To book the tour, call Courtney Spencer at the Albany CVB, 1-866-750-0840

Ask Courtney Spencer about local, seasonal add-ons: Mark’s Melon Patch, Cromartie Pecan Farm and more

Dinner:

  • Blackbeard’s
    Group Tour Contact: Randy Carr, 229-878-6369
  • Specially-arranged dinners with local historians or storytellers, behind-the-scenes tours or other evening entertainment may be booked through the Albany CVB.
  • Albany offers many of the well-known chain restaurants such as Ryan’s, Golden Corral and Ole Times Country Buffet. For a complete list, click here.

Additional Evening Options:

  • Theatre Albany
  • Albany Symphony
  • Albany Chorale
  • Albany Concert Association

 

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