A "Wonderful Weekdays" package at Callaway Gardens rewards visitors with a chance to start the holiday season with an overnight weeknight (Value Nights) stay at the Mountain Creek Inn starting at $99 per night (from $124 on Prime Nights and special military rates available). Also included in the rate is a one-day admission to Callaway Gardens, featuring the Day Butterfly Center, Sibley Horticultural Center, Callaway Discovery Center, live Birds of Prey Shows, seven miles of nature trails, a 10-mile Discovery Bicycle Trail -- and, four tickets to the spectacular Fantasy In Lights (children under age 5 are free but will need a ticket).
Valid on stays from Nov. 18-Dec. 30, based on double occupancy. Taxes and gratuities are additional. Blackout dates are Nov. 20, 23-24 and Dec. 18-22.
If you need more accommodation space, reserve a charming, two-bedroom cottage for only $199 or a luxurious two-bedroom villa for $229.
Act fast! At these rates, reservations are filling fast.
For 20 years Fantasy In Lights has been the best holiday lights show in the South and bedazzles young and old nightly. Families choose a time (6, 7 or 8 p.m.) and board the fun, interactive "Jolly Trolley" or take their own car while navigating through more than five miles and 14 electrifying holiday scenes at the 13,000-acre destination.
Enjoy more holiday magic at the Christmas Village, open daily beginning at 4 p.m., an indoor magical wonderland shopping area with opportunities to visit Santa Claus and other holiday characters.
Check off all the good folks on your list as you shop for specialty food items at the Callaway Gardens Country Store and with gifts hand made from an array of Georgia crafters.
Fantasy in Lights tickets bought in advance online at www.CallawayGardens.com, or by phone (1-800-225-5292) range from $16 (Value Night) to $22 (Prime Night) for adults; $8 (Value Night) to $11 (Prime Night) for children; children five and younger are admitted for free but must still have a "free child" ticket.
Tickets purchased on-site are $25 per adult; $12.50 for children 6-12; children five and younger are free.
Callaway Gardens is located about an hour southwest of Atlanta and thirty minutes north of Columbus.
Clara Bosonetto is a retired travel consultant.
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