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Travel and Leisure knows Atlanta is a hotbed of television and movie filming, and has a lot of venues attractive to tourists. However, some of these venues don't live up their hype, travelandleisure.com says. Here are the seven places in Atlanta the site believes are overrated. Read the full story here.
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Jan 19, 2016

Travel and Leisure doesn't love every attraction Atlanta has to offer.

In fact, the travel website dubbed seven of the city's attractions overrated in an article posted last year. 

The Varsity tops the list. The local drive-in is beloved for its hot dogs and iconic saying ("What'll ya have?"). But Travel and Leisure dubbed it "a typical greasy spoon."

The travel site also felt underwhelmed by the World of Coke, calling it "a bit cliche."

Other Atlanta favorites that made the site's hate list? Travel and Leisure didn't care for Underground Atlanta, Lenox Square Mall,  Atlantic Station, Skyview Atlanta or the Georgia Aquarium.

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Nancy Clanton is a lead producer for The AJC's platforms team, but also writes stories about health, travel, events and entertainment. A native of Knoxville and graduate of the University of Tennessee, she has worked at the AJC for 24 years.

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