Food, Faith, Fun

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

• 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 Siverlene Blount at 1-866-750-0840.

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: Morgan Burnette, 229-430-5275
• Flint RiverQuarium & Imagination Theater (behind-the-scenes tours with advance notice)
  Group Tour Contact: Vicki Churchman, 229-639-2650

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 Siverlene Blount at the Albany CVB. Other lunch options include:

• RiverFront Bar-B-Q;
  Group Tour Contact: Dale Saunders, 229-883-4746

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

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

Ask Siverlene Blount about local, seasonal add-ons: Mark’s Melon Patch, Sunnyland Farms Pecans and more

• 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 more. For a complete list, click here.

Additional Evening Options:

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