Alpharetta Guidebook
Food scene
Avalon is a luxury mixed-use development in Alpharetta, GA. It includes retail shops, dining, and events.
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Avalon
2200 Avalon BlvdAvalon is a luxury mixed-use development in Alpharetta, GA. It includes retail shops, dining, and events.
Alpharetta City Center has walkable areas for local shopping, chef-led dining, and recreation including outdoor gathering areas.
Alpharetta City Center
2001 Commerce StAlpharetta City Center has walkable areas for local shopping, chef-led dining, and recreation including outdoor gathering areas.
Secreto Kitchen & Bar Alpharetta
Coalition Food and Beverage
50 Canton StWinery
Painted Horse Winery offers artisanal handcrafted wines alongside beautiful vineyard horses.
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The Painted Horse Winery and Vineyards
13762 Bethany WayPainted Horse Winery offers artisanal handcrafted wines alongside beautiful vineyard horses.
Entertainment
Topgolf
10900 Westside PkwyAmfiteatrul Ameris Bank (fostul Verizon Amphitheatre)
2200 Encore PkwyFree Things to Do in Alpharetta
Free Things to Do in Alpharetta:
From art to history, concerts to festivals, hiking to biking, Alpharetta has a plethora of FREE activities to keep your crew entertained! The city features two self-guided walking tours: Downtown Alpharetta Arts Walking Tour & Alpharetta History Walk. Dig a little deeper into history at the Alpharetta & History Museum inside City Hall. Explore the exhibits at the Alpharetta Arts Center and several arts galleries around town. Nearly every weekend lends itself to free festivals & events. Stroll four arboretums and geocache for treasures. Explore the Big Creek Greenway or the alfresco shopping & dining districts. Here is the full list so start planning your getaway now!
Alpharetta Arts Walking Tour
Experience Alpharetta’s explosion of public art sculptures. Stop by the Alpharetta Welcome Center to pick up the official tour brochure with descriptions of the sculptures created by local, regional, national, and international artists. After the tour, visit Alpharetta’s local parks to see four beautifully painted, freely accessible Play Me Again Pianos, where you can take a selfie, play a little ditty, or just observe the painted piece!
Alpharetta History Walk
Explore the early days of Alpharetta on this self-guided tour with stops at over 25 historic markers located within walking distance of one another and seven others located just beyond the tour’s main sites. Uncover the story of Alpharetta’s past at your own pace.
Alpharetta & Old Milton County History Museum
Start your Alpharetta history tour at the History Museum, covering the history of Alpharetta, from its earliest days as Cherokee Indian territory, through its remarkable emergence as one of the nation’s most vibrant high-tech cities. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30am to 5:00pm; Fridays, 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Alpharetta Arts Center
Opened in October 2018, the 10,000 square-foot Arts Center includes a black-box theater space, visual arts and clay studios, digital media studio, gallery exhibits and art events.
Art Galleries
Alpharetta has an array of art galleries to browse: Chic Evolution of Art, Sis & Moon’s, Still Point Art Gallery and The Treehouse at Sis & Moon’s.
Arboretums
Explore and learn about native trees in Alpharetta’s four arboretums inside Wills Park, Webb Bridge Park, Cogburn Road Park and Brooke Street Park.
Hiking and Biking Trails
Alpharetta has nearly 15 miles of hiking and biking trails including the Big Creek Greenway.
Geocaching
This outdoor treasure-hunting activity is great for groups, families and even individuals.
Wills Park
Wacky World Playground – Located inside Wills Park, Wacky World is a mammoth structure of slides, monkey bars, bridges, towers and swings. There are also sandboxes on the wings for little ones.
Disc Golf at Wills Park – This quickly growing sport puts a unique spin on traditional golf by using a frisbee instead of a ball and clubs. The object is to complete each hole in the fewest throws.
Walk of Memories
The only one of its kind in Georgia, this memorial pays tribute to servicemen and women from the Indian War to WWI to Iraq and Afghanistan. Find inscribed bricks representing those who lost their life serving, monuments, M60 tank, Huey helicopter, jet, and Navy gun are all part of the exhibit.
Free Festivals and Events
Great weather most of the year means a plethora of free events throughout the year.
Here is a list of Alpharetta’s FREE Don’t Miss Events:
Downtown Alpharetta
• Alpharetta Art in the Park
• Alpharetta Farmers Market
• Brooke Street Park Summer Concert Series
• 4th of July Celebration at Wills Park
• European Market
• Season of Celebration
• Taste of Alpharetta (Free admission. Food sample range from $1-4)
• Wire & Wood Alpharetta Music Festival
Avalon
• Avalon Nights Live
• AvalOM
• Hop-A-Long Easter Egg Hunt
• Punchline Comedy Nights
• Kentucky Derby Party
• The Lighting of Avalon
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Alpharetta
Free Things to Do in Alpharetta:
From art to history, concerts to festivals, hiking to biking, Alpharetta has a plethora of FREE activities to keep your crew entertained! The city features two self-guided walking tours: Downtown Alpharetta Arts Walking Tour & Alpharetta History Walk. Dig a little deeper into history at the Alpharetta & History Museum inside City Hall. Explore the exhibits at the Alpharetta Arts Center and several arts galleries around town. Nearly every weekend lends itself to free festivals & events. Stroll four arboretums and geocache for treasures. Explore the Big Creek Greenway or the alfresco shopping & dining districts. Here is the full list so start planning your getaway now!
Alpharetta Arts Walking Tour
Experience Alpharetta’s explosion of public art sculptures. Stop by the Alpharetta Welcome Center to pick up the official tour brochure with descriptions of the sculptures created by local, regional, national, and international artists. After the tour, visit Alpharetta’s local parks to see four beautifully painted, freely accessible Play Me Again Pianos, where you can take a selfie, play a little ditty, or just observe the painted piece!
Alpharetta History Walk
Explore the early days of Alpharetta on this self-guided tour with stops at over 25 historic markers located within walking distance of one another and seven others located just beyond the tour’s main sites. Uncover the story of Alpharetta’s past at your own pace.
Alpharetta & Old Milton County History Museum
Start your Alpharetta history tour at the History Museum, covering the history of Alpharetta, from its earliest days as Cherokee Indian territory, through its remarkable emergence as one of the nation’s most vibrant high-tech cities. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30am to 5:00pm; Fridays, 8:30am to 4:30pm.
Alpharetta Arts Center
Opened in October 2018, the 10,000 square-foot Arts Center includes a black-box theater space, visual arts and clay studios, digital media studio, gallery exhibits and art events.
Art Galleries
Alpharetta has an array of art galleries to browse: Chic Evolution of Art, Sis & Moon’s, Still Point Art Gallery and The Treehouse at Sis & Moon’s.
Arboretums
Explore and learn about native trees in Alpharetta’s four arboretums inside Wills Park, Webb Bridge Park, Cogburn Road Park and Brooke Street Park.
Hiking and Biking Trails
Alpharetta has nearly 15 miles of hiking and biking trails including the Big Creek Greenway.
Geocaching
This outdoor treasure-hunting activity is great for groups, families and even individuals.
Wills Park
Wacky World Playground – Located inside Wills Park, Wacky World is a mammoth structure of slides, monkey bars, bridges, towers and swings. There are also sandboxes on the wings for little ones.
Disc Golf at Wills Park – This quickly growing sport puts a unique spin on traditional golf by using a frisbee instead of a ball and clubs. The object is to complete each hole in the fewest throws.
Walk of Memories
The only one of its kind in Georgia, this memorial pays tribute to servicemen and women from the Indian War to WWI to Iraq and Afghanistan. Find inscribed bricks representing those who lost their life serving, monuments, M60 tank, Huey helicopter, jet, and Navy gun are all part of the exhibit.
Free Festivals and Events
Great weather most of the year means a plethora of free events throughout the year.
Here is a list of Alpharetta’s FREE Don’t Miss Events:
Downtown Alpharetta
• Alpharetta Art in the Park
• Alpharetta Farmers Market
• Brooke Street Park Summer Concert Series
• 4th of July Celebration at Wills Park
• European Market
• Season of Celebration
• Taste of Alpharetta (Free admission. Food sample range from $1-4)
• Wire & Wood Alpharetta Music Festival
Avalon
• Avalon Nights Live
• AvalOM
• Hop-A-Long Easter Egg Hunt
• Punchline Comedy Nights
• Kentucky Derby Party
• The Lighting of Avalon
Big Creek Greenway
Centrul de recreere Wills Park
11925 Wills RdWeddings
Little River Farms
The Hamilton Alpharetta, Curio Collection by Hilton
The Hotel at Avalon, Autograph Collection
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Alpharetta is located in the heart of the Southeastern United States, and only 22 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia. Alpharetta is easy to get to by air or automobile.
Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport is the busiest passenger airport in the world.
For those traveling by road, Interstates 75, 85, 95 and 20 all pass through Georgia. Georgia 400 provides the link from Alpharetta to nearby metropolitan Atlanta and North Georgia attractions.
1. MARTA 404-848-4711
2. Avis Rent-A-Car 678-461-7255
3. Uber and Lyft